October 23, 2015 (Reston, VA) — MAPPS, the only national association of private sector firms in the surveying, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States and a leader on the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the geospatial...
MAPPS Fall Policy Conference Taking Place during Drone World Expo
SAN JOSE, CA, September 18, 2015 — MAPPS, the trade association of private sector geospatial firms, will be co-locating its Fall Policy Conference at Drone World Expo, November 17-18 at the San Jose Convention Center. The conference will kick off with a...
MAPPS Accepting Entries for the 2015 Geospatial Excellence Awards
August 10, 2015 (Reston, VA) — MAPPS, the association of private sector geospatial firms, is pleased to announce today it is accepting entries for the 9th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards exemplify the...
MAPPS Elects New Board of Directors
Sunriver, Oregon, July 16, 2015 — MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, announced today the slate of new officers and members of its 2015-2016 Board of Directors. Susan Marlow, GISP, Principal with Stantec (Nashville, TN), assumed the...
MAPPS/NSPS Announce Congressional Speakers for National Conference
Washington, DC, April 10, 2015 — MAPPS and NSPS today announced a full slate of high powered Congressional speakers will address their members at the National Surveying, Mapping and Geospatial Conference to be held April 13-17, 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Crystal...
MAPPS Members Promote UAV Before Wisconsin Legislature
March 27, 2015 — MAPPS members Kirk Contrucci of Ayres Associates, Inc., George Southard of Trimble Navigation Limited and Paul Braun of Continental Mapping Consultants delivered testimony yesterday to the Wisconsin General Assembly, presenting the merits and...
POB Top 100 Market Study to be Highlighted at MAPPS/NSPS Conference
Reston, VA, March 24, 2015 — Ever wondered where a company ranks among others in the geospatial market? In an effort to answer that question, POB (Point of Beginning) magazine is conducting a surveying and mapping market study that will include the first ever...
MAPPS Supports Proposed FAA Rules to Allow Commercial Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
WASHINGTON, D.C.,February 23, 2015 - MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello issued the following statement about the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerning operation and certification of Small Unmanned...
MAPPS, NSPS Testify on 3DEP, Land Inventory Before House Appropriations Subcommittee
Washington, DC, April 10, 2014—John Palatiello, Executive Director of MAPPS, the association for private sector geospatial firms, and government affairs consultant to the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), testified today before the Committee on...