Friday, October 27th, 2017
Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement, today announced that it has purchased a Finnish IT company, Vionice Oy, specialized in computer vision and image processing. The dealfollows Vaisala’s Weather and Environment Business Area’s strategy in which the company stated that it is looking for both organic growth and growth through smart acquisitions
Friday, October 27th, 2017
Staff from Astun Technology, the leading provider of cloud-based open-source GIS solutions to local and central governments, once again proudly joined the ranks of volunteers who gave their time and expertise to support MapAction this year. Commenting on all those who supported the charity, MapAction Chief Executive Liz Hughes said; “Our volunteers are the lifeblood of
Friday, October 27th, 2017
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- One of the world’s largest aerospace systems providers, UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today delivered its 100th podded propulsion system – a nacelle system integrated with an engine – to the Airbus final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama. UTC Aerospace Systems’ Aerostructures business provides the complete nacelle systems for
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
MONTRÉAL, October 26th 2017— In a move that offers a modern approach to traffic operations, Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), a leading technology provider of unified security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions, today announced the launch of a next-generation software platform called Genetec Traffic Sense™. Designed to deliver greater oversight and efficiency for traffic operations,
Thursday, October 26th, 2017
(AGS), GEO, and USGIF will present the AGS Fall Symposium, Geography 2050: The Future of Mobility on November 16-17, 2017. Hosted by the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the two-day event will take place in Alfred Lerner Hall, and discuss the vital trends in mobility that will reshape the geography of our planet by 2050. Geography
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – The Maptitude software team, who manage the popular business mapping application, today announced that they sponsored, attended, and presented at NEURISA Day 2017, that took place Oct. 16 in Fitchburg, MA (USA). Stewart Berry, Vice President at Caliper Corporation, delivered a talk on how specialized transportation GIS (GIS-T) tools are becoming
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has approved the Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) as OGC Abstract Specification – Topic 21 . The goal of DGGS is to enable rapid assembly of spatial data without the difficulties of working with projected coordinate reference systems. The OGC DGGS Abstract Specification standard defines the
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Ordnance Survey International has been appointed by the World Bank to help build up geospatial data expertise in Tanzania. OSI will do this through capacity building in data collection, data management and data application skills as well as transferring knowledge about geospatial principles and standards. It will run practical training workshops in both Dar es Salaam
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Redlands, California—A new book from Esri tells the stories of how Native American tribes use geographic information system (GIS) technology to help manage and govern their sovereign nations.Tribal GIS: Supporting Native American Decision-Making, Second Edition, details how dozens of tribal governments have used GIS for projects such as conserving and protecting the environment, monitoring and
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
LAS VEGAS – Cepton Technologies, Inc., a provider of 3D LiDAR sensing solutions for automotive, industrial and mapping applications, announced today the launch of SORA 200, its lightweight 3D LiDAR sensor, at the annual Commercial UAV Expo. SORA 200 delivers long-range, high-resolution and low-cost mapping capabilities to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The launch of SORA
