HONG KONG - Hong Kong-based venture capital fund Beyond Ventures is spearheading a US$3 million investment project to benefit Mapxus, one of Apple's Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) platform service providers.  Founded by an impassioned team of professors, tech...
Nokia joins Sendai City in world's first test of private wireless connected drones for tsunami evacuation alerts
Sendai City and Nokia successfully conducted a test flight of a Nokia drone on a private LTE network provided by Nokia Digital Automation Cloud. They tested the potential use of drones during a tsunami or other disasters to help in prevention and mitigation efforts....
Help map a better future with Pix4D’s Climate Contest
Lausanne, Switzerland: Photogrammetry software company Pix4D has launched its first ever Climate Contest. People from around the world are invited to submit a project which uses mapping to investigate or mitigate the climate crisis for the chance to win up to a...
Ozone Hole Set to Close
Forecasts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), which uses total ozone measurements from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission processed at the German Aerospace Center, have forecasted that this year's ozone hole will close sooner than usual.
Earth Images in Vogue
Images of Earth from space meet fashion as Vogue magazine currently features the Fragility and Beauty exhibition in Milan, Italy.
Terrafirma adopts Bluesky National Tree Map to support Hazard Assessment for Home Buyers
Terrafirma, an expert provider of hazard models, GeoData and Ground Risk Reports, has adopted Bluesky’s unique database of more than 300 million trees, within its advanced conveyancing search service. As part of a major upgrade, Terrafirma Ground Reports are now the...
Fleet Xpress agreement marks new stage in Bourbon digitalisation strategy for offshore
Bourbon, a world leader in marine services for offshore oil and gas, has signed a contract committing more than 100 offshore support vessels (OSVs) to Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress, the maritime broadband service that combines the speed of Ka-band with continuous back up...
RoboSense Wins CES 2020 Innovation Award for Autonomous Vehicle Technology – Wins Second Year in a Row
Shenzhen, China – RoboSense http://www.robosense.ai, the world’s leading autonomous driving LiDAR perception solution provider, announced today that it has won the CES 2020 Innovation Award the second year in a row for autonomous vehicle technology. RoboSense won...
Novlum releases uniTank – Near Real-time Software for Storage Tank Laser Scan Analysis and Reporting
Calgary, AB – Novlum announces the release of uniTank, a software solution dedicated to storage tanks analysis, making 3D laser scanning a viable technology in the field today. uniTank is a comprehensive, highly automated software solution for near real-time 3D...
Future Climate Info launches new Planning Report with Intelligent Capture Technology
Future Climate Info (FCI) has today launched a range of planning search data products for residential conveyancing professionals and search resellers. Planning reports have been a feature of conveyancing searches for several years but have often been viewed with...
