ARLINGTON, Virginia, USA: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced the appointment of Peter Rabley as OGC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The announcement was made last night at the Geospatial World Forum 2024 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Mr. Rabley...
Orbit Logic Delivers Collection Planning Software to New Customer
GREENBELT, Md., March 20, 2014—Orbit Logic announced today that they will deliver their Collection Planning & Analysis Workstation (CPAW) software to an undisclosed customer for an upcoming satellite imaging system. The customer will initially use CPAW for...
Skydweller Aero Inc. Validates Initial Flight Hardware and Autopilot Software
OKLAHOMA CITY -Â Skydweller Aero Inc., a U.S.-Spanish aerospace company developing solar powered aircraft for defense and commercial industries, today announced the successful flight demonstration of the company's initial aircraft control, actuation, and sensor...
Timmons Group to Develop and Implement Enterprise GIS for Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office
Richmond, VA, May 27, 2015 — The state of Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO) contracted with Timmons Group to develop and implement an Enterprise GIS to support their land and mineral lease management. The new system will be based on Esri version...
MipMap Technologies provides GIS-support in Processing the Existing Geospatial Data & Establishing a Geodatabase and Geoportal for Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MipMap Technologies continues to provide GIS-based solutions to a long-standing client, Geotech Overseas of KSA, on their contract with the Municipality of Jeddah for a GIS project comprised of the collection of existing geospatial data, 3D topographic mapping and...
Hexagon to Update High-Resolution Geospatial Data of Twelve US States
(Norcross, Georgia, U.S.A.) Hexagon's Geosystems division announced today that the HxGN Content Program will refresh aerial data of twelve U.S. states at 6-inch (15-centimetre) resolution for the 2023 collection season, namely Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama,...
Highest Point East of Rockies Gets New Name
Harney Peak in South Dakota will now be called Black Elk Peak on federal maps. This unanimous decision was made August 11 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN). The mountain is not only the highest point in the state, but is the highest peak east of the Rocky...
Astronauts Observe Lake Ontario Whiting Event
This photograph from the International Space Station highlights a late-summer whiting event visible across much of Lake Ontario. Such events commonly occur in late summer and are caused by changes in water temperature, which allows fine particles of calcium carbonate to form in the water column.
Velodyne Lidar Signs Multi-Year Sales Agreement with Motional to Provide Alpha Prime Sensors for Its Driverless Vehicles
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced a multi-year sales agreement for Alpha Prime™ sensors with Motional, a global driverless technology leader. Velodyne will be the exclusive provider of long-range, surround view lidar sensors...
Satellogic Adds General Joseph F. Dunford Jr., Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to its Board of Directors, Completes $150 Million Investment by Liberty Strategic Capital and Announces Share Repurchase Program
NEW YORK- Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL), a leader in sub-meter resolution satellite imagery collection, today announced the appointment of Liberty Strategic Capital’s Senior Managing Director and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F....
