Thursday, April 14th, 2016
To provide a graphical representation of cultural crimes committed by Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist organizations in the Middle East and North African region, the Antiquities Coalition partnered with Hexagon to create the Culture Under Threat Map. The interactive map program base includes current high-resolution satellite imagery maps and displays the destruction of
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
NEW DELHI, India, and BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — High-level leaders from several nations’ space agencies provided insider perspectives on programs for monitoring natural and manmade impacts on the environment, as featured speakers at the SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing symposium last week in New Delhi, 4-7 April. In a gathering unusual for including so many top-level
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
NEW YORK — GigaSpaces, a provider of in-memory computing (IMC) technologies, today announced enhancements to its industry leading IMC platform, XAP. With the new version, XAP 11, users are now able to integrate and utilize location data from a wide range of sources at in-memory speeds. With these advancements, organizations can implement data analysis and
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
LONDON –Time Out Group, the trusted global platform that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city, has acquired HallStreet, an award-winning geo-mapping startup, for an undisclosed sum. Spanish-based startup HallStreet has revolutionised the global travel and leisure market with an interactive events and travel planner based on maps. Time Out’s investment
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
RICHMOND, BC — MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that it has been awarded a two year contract valued at CA$7.2 million to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Full Spectrum Geospatial Intelligence (FSG) program. MDA will deliver an information solution to
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Hallowell, Maine — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its first annual User Conference Road Show. Throughout the month of March, Blue Marble staff members traveled to four locations in the US and Canada to share the latest company news; to provide insight on future product developments; and to
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 13 April 2016 – Leica Geosystems announced today the launch of the 2016 Plan Contest. An annual highlight of the Geosystems Track at HxGN LIVE, the contest gives conference attendees the opportunity to showcase their best deliverables by submitting plans that demonstrate creativity and innovative problem solving with point clouds. Contest expands New
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Register now for the fourth edition of European Space Solutions! Hosted by the 2016 Dutch Presidency of the EU Council, the conference brings business and policy makers together with users and developers of space-based solutions for five inspiring days of talks, workshops and networking. Don’t miss this chance to learn about new possibilities and how they are
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., and BOSTON, MASS.— Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC and BridgeSat Inc. are pleased to announce a partnership to work towards developing a free-space optical communications system that will provide secure data downlinks from satellites to a proprietary ground network at faster speeds than equivalent radio frequency solutions. Under this partnership, Surrey will build
