One of the most important tools for success when the military plans missions is accurate, up-to-date geospatial information. Precise and timely information of this kind can mean the difference between sending warfighters into the field with a sound plan, or into one...
Pre-Landslide Movements Found on Radar
On May 20, 2017, more than a million tons of dirt and rock buried part of California's Highway 1 along the Pacific coastline in the state's Big Sur region. In addition to cutting off the route, the landslide added some 12 acres of land to the shoreline.
Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure Launches Incident Command System Application
Huntsville, Alabama, June 13, 2017 – Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has launched Intergraph® Planning & Response, an application for managing major incidents and events. The system integrates and coordinates resources, procedures and communications during...
More Purchasing Power in Austria in 2017 “ Same for Switzerland, but Only in National Currency
Bruchsal, Germany, June 13, 2017 – Two new GfK purchasing power studies evaluate purchasing power in Austria and Switzerland in 2017. The studies reveal substantial regional differences both within and between these two countries. GfK’s 2017 purchasing power data...
European Retail: Central and Eastern Europe Gaining Ground
Bruchsal, Germany, June 13, 2017 – GfK has released a comprehensive analysis of the retail scene in 32 European countries. The study evaluates purchasing power, the retail share of private consumption, inflation and sales area productivity, and also includes a...
Mappedin Announces Support for Apple Indoor Maps
KITCHENER, Ontario- Mappedin, the leading indoor mapping SaaS platform, today announced its collaboration with Apple to offer indoor mapping services in select malls across the U.S. Launching with iOS 11 this fall, and previewed on stage at last week’s WWDC, Apple...
GEO Business Just Gets Better and Better “ UK's Biggest Geospatial Event Reports Record Attendance for 2017
London was the capital of the geospatial world last month – as GEO Business returned to the Business Design Centre in Islington, on 23-24 May, to showcase the best new products, services and solutions of the year. The UK’s biggest geospatial exhibition and...
Plan to Deliver Authoritative Pan-European Open Data Services Unveiled Today in Brussels
Members of EuroGeographics have today (12 June 2017) unveiled plans for pan-European open data services underpinned by geospatial information from official sources. The Open European Location Services (ELS) project aims to improve the availability of geospatial...
First in France: A Commercial Drone Successfully Completes a BVLOS Flight of 30 Miles via 3G Cell Network
Today at 11:00 a.m., RTE and Delair-Tech set a new distance record when they flew a civilian drone 30 miles (50 kilometers). This official purpose of the flight, which took place in France, was to inspect by remote camera RTE’s power lines as well as recording...
TomTom and Bosch Collaborate on World First: Radar Localisation Map Layer for Autonomous Driving
DETROIT- TU-Automotive Detroit - TomTom (TOM2) and Bosch today announced the creation of an HD map with integrated Radar Road Signature layer for the localisation of vehicles in autonomous driving. The Radar Road Signature layer will allow automated vehicles to...
