June 19, 2015
CENTENNIAL, Colo., June 19, 2015 — CompassData, a leading provider of high-quality global ground control data and aviation geospatial products, announced today that it has embarked on a mission to survey the summit of North America’s highest peak, Mount McKinley (Denali). Weather permitting, this expedition will obtain several hours of GPS survey data from the
June 16, 2015
TORONTO, June 16, 2015 — Avenza Systems Inc., a leading developer of cartographic software –including MAPublisher® for Adobe® Illustrator® and Geographic Imager® geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop®-- announced PDF Maps app 2.5 for iOS devices with enhanced features. A distinguishing technology in its own right, Avenza’s PDF Maps app and mobile solution is now used
June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015 — A new GPS survey of Mount McKinley, the highest point in North America, will update the commonly accepted elevation of McKinley’s peak, 20,320 ft. The last survey was completed in 1953. The USGS, along with NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS), and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), are supporting a Global
June 9, 2015
Andover, Mass., June 9, 2015—MEMSIC announces the launch of its latest addition, the INS380, to its portfolio of Inertial Systems enabled with SmartSensing technology targeted to a broad range of precision motion sensing applications. The portfolio offering consists of Inertial Measurement Units (IMU), Vertical Gyros (VG), Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS), Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and
June 3, 2015
LAS VEGAS, USA/HEERBRUGG, SWITZERLAND, June 3 2015 — Leica Geosystems released the revolutionary touch-technology software Leica Captivate today within the world’s first self-learning MultiStation and total stations. Creating the most realistic 3D models, the Leica Captivate Experience enables measurement professionals across a wide array of industries working in various applications to capture and manage complex
June 1, 2015
June 1, 2015 — Data Transfer Solutions, LLC (DTS), the makers of VUEWorks®, announce the official release of MobileVue™. Freedom from the desk and into the field with VUEWorks® we go. A fitting evolutionary step in performance-based asset management from DTS. Field crews and inspectors now have an optimized smartphone or tablet app that’s fully
May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015 — Logan Simpson, a leading environmental planning and cultural resource firm, is deploying TerraGo Edge for mobile GPS data collection and enhanced navigation utilizing smartphones and cellular-enabled tablets. Prior to TerraGo Edge, survey teams typically used a combination of GPS handheld devices, tablet-based forms, paper forms, and manual data entry to complete
April 14, 2015
SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA — April 14, 2015 — Today, Hemisphere GNSS announces a top-of-the-line, RTK-enabled Vector V320 GNSS Compass. The first of its kind, the Vector V320 smart antenna supports multi-frequency GPS, GLONASS, Galileo (future firmware upgrade required), and BeiDou. Designed for the professional marine and marine survey markets, the Vector V320 is the only
April 6, 2015
Sophia Antipolis, France, April 6, 2015 — McMurdo Group, a global leader in end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions, announces that it has received formal certification from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) for its Kannad Integra ARINC 429 Navigation Interface. Based on the ARINC 429
February 25, 2015
Feb.25, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership has approved the OGC® Augmented Reality Markup Language 2.0 Interface Standard (ARML 2.0). ARML 2.0 provides a free and open, non-proprietary encoding that augmented reality (AR) content providers can use to specify the visual appearance and real world “anchors” (including location) of virtual objects in an AR scene. Additionally, ARML
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