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Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

UK Power Networks and Northumbrian Water Sign Up to Receive OS Mapping, Data and Insights

Ordnance Survey is to supply mapping, geographic data and insights to UK Power Networks and Northumbrian Water in a contract worth £4 million. The three-year deal is a clear statement about OS’s commitment to the Energy and Infrastructure sector, and sees a return to direct business with Northumbrian Water. The new OS strategy has Britain’s national

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

USGIF Membership Exceeds 1,000 Individuals & 260 Organizations

Herndon, Virginia, April 5, 2016 —The continued expansion of the GEOINT Community and the critical importance of a professional organization representing a global geospatial intelligence workforce is evident. More than 1,000 individuals have become members of the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) since it launched a new Individual Membership program in June 2015. Additionally,

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

Boundless Exchange Now Available

Boundless Exchange, a GIS content management platform powered by Open Source projects is now available. Boundless Exchange facilitates collaboration across an enterprise by providing integration of geospatial content and analysis into their business workflows.   Boundless Exchange supports collaborative editing. This allows teams or communities to contribute with crowdsourcing projects to add information. With versioned

Monday, April 4th, 2016

NASA, Japan Make ASTER Earth Data Available At No Cost

Beginning today, all Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere at no cost. The public will have unlimited access to the complete 16-plus-year database for Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

Monday, April 4th, 2016

European Satellite Navigation Competition 2016 – Awarding Galileo Enabled Applications

From 1 April to 30 June 2016, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) – the largest international competition for the commercial use of satellite navigation – will once again be looking for outstanding ideas and business models. Renowned institutions and regional partners are set to award prizes worth a total of EUR 1 million in

Friday, April 1st, 2016

First Announcement ISEO2016

We cordially invite you to attend the 3rd International Symposium on Earth Observation for Arid and Semi-Arid Environments (ISEO-2016), which will be held on 19-21 September 2016 in Dushanbe – the capital city of the Republic of Tajikistan. During the Symposium oral presentations of scientists and students as well as poster presentations are expected. Also,

Friday, April 1st, 2016

ASTM International and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to Jointly Develop Standards and More through MOU

1 April 2016 — ASTM International and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) will collaborate on developing and disseminating standards, best practices, and other tools that support the growing geospatial industry. The organizations plan to work together in areas such as data acquisition and dissemination, location-based services, and unmanned (autonomous) navigation. Daniel Smith, vice president, technical

Friday, April 1st, 2016

PCI Geomatics Releases Geomatica 2016

MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada — PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today the release of its Geomatica 2016 – the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop, geo-image processing software featuring tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, mosaicking and more. Geomatica 2016 improves accuracy

Friday, April 1st, 2016

Airbus Defence and Space to Enhance Qatar Armed Forces Command and Control Capabilities with Direct Access to Satellite Imagery

Qatar Armed Forces will receive and process satellite data through a multi-mission Direct Receiving Station. This ground infrastructure will be specifically equipped with all necessary tools to support military operations, crisis monitoring or environment studies Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract to provide Qatar Armed Forces (QAF) with a multi-mission Direct Receiving

Friday, April 1st, 2016

Global Mapper SDK v17.1 Released with Updates and Performance Improvements throughout the Toolkit

Hallowell, Maine –  Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 17.1 of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) along with the Global Mapper LiDAR Module SDK. This update, released in conjunction with version 17.1 of the standard version of Global Mapper, includes numerous performance improvements, new and improved