SAN FRANCISCO - rideOS, a technology platform designed to accelerate the safe, global rollout of next-generation transportation fleets, today announced the addition of leading mapping and automotive visionaries Brian McClendon and Ralf Lenninger to its advisory board....
MGISS Appoints Mike Cooper to Expand Geospatial Business
Liverpool, UK – Mike Cooper has joined the management team at MGISS, a specialist in the use of geospatial technology in the utility, infrastructure and environment sectors. Joining from Leica Geosystems, Cooper brings more than forty years’ experience in the...
INSPIRE Workshop Helsinki
November 2019. "WCS is the natural way to deliver and exploit coverage data", Jordi Escriu (Cartographic and Geologcal Institut of Catalonia/Spain) said at the beginning of the hands-on workshop “Implementation of INSPIRE Coverages†helt in Helsinki/Finland. The...
Velodyne Lidar Supports Next Generation of AV Developers in Formula Student Competitions
SAN JOSE, Calif. - During the 2019 Formula Student, Europe’s most established educational engineering competition, Velodyne Lidar, Inc. contributed sensors to 20 university teams across Europe. The students used Velodyne lidar technology in powering the autonomous...
New General Manager to lead Maptek in Africa
Maptek is pleased to announce the appointment of Gideon Slabbert to the role of General Manager of Maptek in South Africa. Slabbert replaces Nick Venter who will join Maptek's North American operations as Director of Sales and Technical Sales Support. Slabbert joined...
TerraSim Demonstrates Latest Virtual Terrain Technology at I/ITSEC 2019
At I/ITSEC 2019 in Orlando, Florida, TerraSim will be demonstrating the VBS World Server, which underpins terrain data streaming and editing for VBS4. Our World Server is based on open standards for streaming terrain data to VBS4 and any other runtime system. A...
Woolpert's Shiv Iyer Elected Vice Chair of U.S. Technical Advisory Group for ISO/TC 251 Asset Management Committee
The group supports the International Organization for Standardization and helps further the nation’s position on asset management standards. DAYTON, Ohio — Woolpert Strategic Asset Management Subject Matter Expert Shiv Iyer, Ph.D., PE, PMP, MIAM, has been elected...
DIN Innovators Award for Datacube Inventor Peter Baumann
DIN Innovation Award for Prof. Dr. Peter Baumann Never before has so much information about the Earth been available to mankind. Every day, satellites provide an enormous amount of data, for example on the climate, on changes in the atmosphere, or land use. The...
Dewberry's Deborah Mills Named ASFPM Foundation Fellow
The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) announced that Deborah Mills, CFM, has been named a Foundation Fellow. The ASFPM Foundation began its Fellows Program to provide an opportunity for long-standing supporters to remain engaged and active in supporting...
Linda van den Brink receives OGC's 2019 Gardels Award
Last night, at the November meeting of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Technical Committee in Toulouse, France, Linda van den Brink received the OGC’s prestigious Kenneth D. Gardels Award. The Gardels Award is presented each year to an individual who has made...
