Friday, July 8th, 2016
ESA and China have launched the fourth phase of the collaborative Dragon programme in Wuhan City, on the Yangtze River, which recently experienced major floods witnessed by Europe’s Sentinel-1 satellite. ESA and representatives of China’s Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) met in Wuhan to sign the cooperation agreement, which begins the fourth phase of
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Redlands, California —In its inaugural edition of “The Business Insider 100: The Creators,” Business Insider has named Esri cofounders Jack and Laura Dangermond among the top 100 business visionaries creating value for the world. They are joined on the list by leaders from established businesses such as Apple, General Motors, and Ikea, as well as upstarts
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Herndon, Virginia —Bringing together more than 3,500 attendees and 265 exhibiting organizations, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) hosted its GEOINT 2016 Symposium for the global GEOINT Community to discuss opportunities and solve challenges. GEOINT 2016, held May 15-18, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., was the 12th annual
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
RIEGL USA will be attending and presenting at the 2016 JABLTCX Annual Airborne Coastal Mapping and Charting Workshop! The 2016 JABLTCX Annual Airborne Coastal Mapping and Charting Workshop will be held at the Silver Spring Civic Center in Silver Spring, Maryland from July 19-21, 2016. Andres Vargas, the Kinematic Integrations and Applications Engineer at RIEGL USA,
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
Redlands, California —The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) has selected Esri Education Manager Charlie Fitzpatrick for its 2016 George J. Miller award. NCGE, a nonprofit organization with the mission of enhancing the status and quality of geography teaching and learning, grants the annual award to individuals who have demonstrated a lifetime of distinguished service
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
Geospatial information sciences (GIS) can help determine where diseases are spreading and where to target the resources needed to stop them, but spatial data isn’t widely used for health decision-making in many developing countries. That lack generated the idea for a recently published UT Dallas study to identify — and ultimately remove — barriers to
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
MELVILLE, N.Y. — BZ Media LLC announced today the second in its series of critical examinations of the hype and reality behind certain vertical commercial drone markets, “The Truth About Drones in Construction and Infrastructure Inspection.” The free report was commissioned by BZ Media and written and produced by Skylogic Research. The white paper can
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
VESTRA’s GeoSystems Monitor Now Available on ArcGIS Marketplace — Vestra VESTRA Resources, Inc. is happy to announce the availability of GeoSystems Monitor for ArcGIS℠ Online on Esri’s ArcGIS Marketplace. GeoSystems Monitor for ArcGIS℠ Online allows your ArcGIS Online Administrator (or other ArcGIS Online User) to receive instant alerts pinpointing issues when your maps or services
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting and delivering a LiDAR workshop at the upcoming International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) XXIII Congress in Prague, Czech Republic. This quadrennial event brings together thousands of specialists in photogrammetry, remote sensing, and spatial information science from throughout
Thursday, July 7th, 2016
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, July 7, 2016 – According to Euroconsult’s latest report, Prospects for the Small Satellite Market, we are on the cusp of a major revolution for the space sector and overall space ecosystem, as more than 3,600 smallsats are expected to be launched over the next ten years, a significant increase from
