Des Plaines, IL - URISA, the National Center for Transit Research and the Transportation Research Board are pleased to announce that the 2017 National GIS in Transit Conference was approved for 46.5 AICP-CM credits. The conference, taking place September 6-8...
Keynote Sessions Announced for Drone World Expo Featuring Thought Leaders from Fortune 500 Companies
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Many companies are exploring the potential use of UAS, or drone technology for unmanned travel with programs to develop self-driving cars and pilotless passenger planes and everything in between. The keynote sessions at this year’s Drone World Expo...
Boundless Reinforces its Commitment to Open Source with Diamond OSGeo Sponsorship
NEW YORK, NY - Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced it has reinforced its ongoing commitment to open source by providing a Diamond Sponsorship of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) for 2017. As part of its sponsorship, Boundless is being...
HERE and Pioneer/Increment P Form Partnership to Enable Global Map Solutions for the Autonomous Driving Era
Tokyo, Japan - HERE Technologies (HERE), the Netherlands-based global provider of mapping and location services, and Increment P Corporation (IPC), a mapping subsidiary of Pioneer Corporation (Pioneer), the global car electronics company, have signed definitive...
Textron Announces Lisa Atherton as President & CEO of Textron Systems
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) today announced that Lisa Atherton has been named president & CEO of Textron Systems. She succeeds Ellen Lord, who will be nominated by President Donald J. Trump as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,...
Avineon Launches Portal on Innovation Lab to Highlight Next Evolution of GIS Network Management
Avineon, Inc., a successful provider of geospatial, information technology, and engineering support services for over 25 years, has launched a new portion of the Avineon Innovation Lab dedicated to insightful articles, white papers, and videos highlighting the impact...
CompassDrone to Demo Integration of DJI Video with ArcGIS at Esri Mapping Forum
Full motion video (FMV) captured by the best-selling drones in the world can now be viewed, queried and used for professional mapping projects in Esri ArcGIS. CompassDroneâ„¢ will introduce DJI2FMV, a beta script soon to be rolled out as a web-accessible application,...
Esri Canada Donates $5M in Software to the Canadian Research Data Centre Network
Esri Canada has pledged more than $5 million in geographic information system (GIS) software to the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), a major research infrastructure providing access to data and enabling advanced statistical analyses of critical...
Insitu Announces INEXA Cloud Capability
COSTA MESA, Calif.- Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, today announced availability of its INEXA Cloud capability — an integral feature of Insitu's rapidly growing professional unmanned suite of tools and capabilities. The suite consists of...
Talend and Disy Introduce New Connector for Geospatial Integration
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Talend (NASDAQ:TLND), a global leader in cloud and big data integration solutions, today announced the availability of a geospatial connector for Talend Data Fabric that makes it easier for customers to integrate geographical or spacial...