Dec. 5, 2013, Montreal, QC, Canada—Effigis Geo-Solutions Inc., a leading distributor of Earth observation images, is pleased to announce it has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute satellite images from the Pléiades satellites operated by Astrium Services, a...
MapAction Supports Humanitarian Community's Response to Yemen Cyclone
Saunderton, November 9, 2015 — MapAction has announced that two MapAction volunteers are travelling to Muscat, Oman, to support humanitarian efforts following the impact of Tropical Cyclone Chapala in Yemen. They will be working in partnership with the United...
AeroMetric Announces GeoApps, a New Family of Geospatial Cloud Solutions
San Diego, Calif., July 9, 2013—At the 2013 Esri User Conference, AeroMetric announced GeoApps, a new family of geospatial cloud solutions that operationalize geospatial data and services from their acquisition in any sensor through its deployment within the...
Bluesky Appoints Dr Simon Schuffert to Lead Software Innovation
Leicestershire, England, 07 June 2016 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky has appointed Dr Simon Schuffert to the role of Software Engineer. Schuffert is highly qualified with specialist skills in automated image processing, photogrammetry and GIS, having gained a PhD...
PAR Government Announces Rebranded Situational Awareness Solution for Government and Civilian Public Safety Organizations; Unveils iOS App
ROME, NY – PAR Government, a provider of geospatial and decision support solutions for 57 years, has rebranded its TeamConnect™ cloud-based situational awareness suite as Sit(x)™. The commercial Sit(x) solution is designed for enhanced...
Remote-Sensing Scholarship Introduced
The U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) partnered with Riverside Research to create the Ken Miller Scholarship for Advanced Remote Sensing Applications, which will be awarded for the first of three times in fall 2016.
DJI Refines Geofencing To Enhance Airport Safety, Clarify Restrictions
SHENZHEN, China - DJI, the world's leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, is improving its geofencing technology to refine the airspace limitations for drone flights near airports, in order to provide smarter protection for airplanes in critical...
New Leica iCON Construction Total Stations Provide Efficient Layout Solution
(Heerbrugg, Switzerland) – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, industry leader of measurement technology, announced today the new Leica iCON construction total stations, Leica iCR70 and Leica iCR80, the most productive one-person layout solution for building...
Swift Navigation and Deutsche Telekom Announce Partnership
Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm redefining GNSS positioning technology for autonomous vehicles, today announced a partnership with Deutsche Telekom, one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies. This partnership brings the...
Waterways Weave Mosaic Across Yukon Delta
Southwestern Alaska's Yukon Delta spreads out in a vast tundra plain, where the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers meander toward the Bering Sea. Resembling a delicate pattern of branching and overlapping blood vessels, the delta's complex system of rivers and streams flow through circuitous channels toward the sea, passing and feeding a multitude of coastal ponds and lakes.
