Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
The second Sentinel-1 satellite – Sentinel-1B – was launched today to provide more ‘radar vision’ for Europe’s environmental Copernicus programme. Sentinel-1B lifted off on a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 21:02 GMT (23:02 CEST), separating from the rocket’s Fregat upper stage 23 min 35 sec later. Sentinel-1B joins its identical
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
April 21- What’s not to like about an automated government system that’s faster, simpler and more user-friendly than the paper-based system it supplements? In a Federal Register notice (PDF), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officially notified owners of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) used for commercial, public and other non-model aircraft operations they may now
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the draft charter for an OGC Coordinate Reference System (CRS) Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose of the OGC SWG is to revise Abstract Specification Topic 2 – Spatial Referencing by Coordinates to the state of an adopted OGC standard and an identical ISO International
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
The organizing team of the 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure World Conference (GSDI 15) is delighted to welcome Ed Parsons as a keynote speaker. Parsons is the Geospatial Technologist of Google, with responsibility for evangelizing Google’s mission to organize the world’s information using geography, and tools including Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Maps for
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, the Florida Division of Emergency Management announced the selection of Everbridge as the service provider for the development and implementation of AlertFlorida, a landmark initiative which will provide statewide emergency alert and notification services to all Florida residents, businesses and visitors. “Ensuring the safety of all Floridians is the Division’s top
Friday, April 22nd, 2016
Redlands, California, April 21, 2016 — Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and United Nations Messenger of Peace, will be celebrating Earth Day with Esri and the University of Redlands on Friday, April 22. Goodall will discuss the Jane Goodall Institute, which has broadly applied Esri technology to support conservation
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
NORCROSS, GA and WROCLAW, POLAND – We are pleased to announce that Wroclaw Institute has been appointed as a partner by Hexagon Geospatial — world’s leading producer of geospatial software and platforms. The agreement grants to The Wroclaw Institute right for selling its flagship — Semantic Components solution bundled with Hexagon’s GeoMedia globally. Semantic Components is
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
The latest version of Europa Technologies’ global map data products includes layers which can assist in the creation of no-fly zones for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A recent aircraft-drone collision in the United Kingdom highlights the immediate need for mandatory geographic restrictions on drone operation. On 17 April 2016, a British Airways A320 aircraft was
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
Huntsville, Alabama, April 21, 2016 – Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has released Intergraph® Damage Assessment, an application that enables end-to-end automation of the entire post-storm damage assessment process. Intergraph Damage Assessment can be used for simple outage patrols, as well as in times of devastating storm damage, making it an everyday solution that maximizes return
Thursday, April 21st, 2016
Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, industry leader in measurement technology, is proud to announce two products have been honoured with the prestigious Red Dot Design Award for 2016: the Pegasus:Backpack and the Lino LP41 multi-line laser. With entries from 57 nations and more than 5,200 products being judged, these two Leica Geosystems products stood out
