November 4, 2015 — Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia (JUPEM) has received a prestigious Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award for their efforts to promote the use of geospatial information in Malaysia through a ground-breaking project called Geospatial Data...
Call for Papers for the Esri UK 2016 Annual Conference Now Open
Aylesbury, November, 4, 2015 — Esri UK is pleased to invite proposals for presentations for its 2016 Annual Conference to be held on Tuesday 17th May, at the QEII Conference Centre, in London. The day-long event, the biggest in the UK GIS calendar, brings...
GEO Unleashes the Power of Open Data in Mexico City, November 9 – 13
Geneva, November 4, 2015 — Hosted by the Government of Mexico, the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) will convene its international Plenary and Ministerial Summit on 9-13 November in Mexico City. Against the backdrop of recent approval of the UN...
Georgia URISA Named Outstanding Chapter of the Year
Des Plaines, IL, November 4, 2015 —Each year, URISA recognizes an outstanding Chapter that has sponsored particularly effective activities or has otherwise excelled in serving its membership. Outstanding Chapter Award criteria include: • Innovation • Outreach...
At Prestigious NAS Workshop, Velodyne Sketches Future of Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2015) – Low-altitude, low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles are poised for a genuine breakthrough across a range of industries – and compact LiDAR sensors of unprecedented mobility will make that happen. So predicted Wayne Seto, Product...
The International Drone Expo Announces Influential Speaker Lineup, Agenda
LOS ANGELES – November 2, 2015 — The International Drone Expo (IDE) is attracting industry luminaries across the emerging commercial drone business sector. Professionals and influencers pioneering and shaping the industry will share their insights at the...
Satnews Publishers Announces over 57 Speakers to have Agreed to Talk in the Upcoming SmallSat Symposium
November 3, 2015 — Satnews Publishers is pleased to announce that over 57 speakers have agreed to talk in the upcoming SmallSat Symposium which will be held in Silicon Valley the 23rd and 24th of February, 2016. This very distinguished group of speakers have seen...
ISPRS “ IAA Space Agency Forum
November 2, 2015 — The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) together with the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) is proud to announce The First ISPRS-IAA Space Agency Forum. One of the strategic goals of ISPRS and the XXIII...
ISPRS “ UN-GGIM National Mapping and Cadastral Agency Forum
November 2, 2015 — The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) together with United Nations Initiative on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) is proud to announce The First ISPRS – UN-GGIM National Mapping and Cadastral...
Charles Elachi to retire as JPL Director
October 30, 2015 — Charles Elachi, the director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 2001, announced today he is retiring at the end of June 2016. He will become professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, where he currently serves as a vice...
