Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
(The Woodlands, TX)—March 16, 2016—SPAR 3D Expo & Conference has published its list of speakers for the 2016 event, focusing on asset owners’ challenges, best practices and what’s needed for enterprise integration of 3D technologies for 3D data acquisition, large data set processing and delivery/visualization among multiple constituents. 3D technologies properly considered and implemented are
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
CHICAGO — The ongoing partnership between the American Planning Association (APA) and Esri has been illustrating how the use of GIS enhances planning decisions. Now the partnership brings a greatly expanded array of GIS training opportunities to certified planners. The 16,000 certified planners maintain their accreditation by participating in educational and training opportunities to demonstrate
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
ESA has agreed with NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Geological Survey (USGS) to make data available to them from the European Sentinel satellites. With the third Copernicus satellite, Sentinel-3A, recently launched, ESA has signed technical arrangements with these US agencies for accessing Sentinel data. These arrangements coordinate the technical implementation
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — GEOSYS, a leading global provider of agronomic decision support tools, today announced a collaboration with SST Software to add in-season satellite imagery for users in North America and Australia via the agX® Platform, which acts as a portal for users to seamlessly share data. As part of this collaboration, precision farming applications which
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
To commemorate the nation’s first chief geographer, the USGS established the Henry Gannett Award. This year’s recipient is Nicholas Mastrodicasa, Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, for his leadership in the Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative and the development of an elevation requirements study for Alaska. “Over the last 10 years, Nick has been
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
Leicestershire, UK, 16 March 2016 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky and Cranfield University have launched an online map showing soil types across England and Wales. The National Soil Map has been created from soil datasets produced by Cranfield University and is designed to inform decision making in a wide range of applications, from land and infrastructure
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
The Woodlands, TX —SPAR 3D Expo & Conference has announced several new developments for its 13th edition, which will be held April 11-14, 2016 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center. The event is focused on 3D technology applications in key vertical markets. In addition to a full conference program and a vendor-neutral
Monday, March 14th, 2016
14 March 2016 – The OGC Members recently approved release of all the public OGC Engineering Reports that resulted from the 2015 OGC Interoperability Testbed 11. Testbed 11 is the most recently completed of the OGC’s long series of major geospatial interoperability initiatives. Five of the 26 Testbed 11 Engineering Reports focused on Aviation Information
Monday, March 14th, 2016
Krakow, March 14, 2016 — The agency responsible for the supervision and control of European Union agricultural subsidies in Poland, the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture (ARMA), has purchased 118 MobileMapper 300 smart antennas. The Spectra Precision MobileMapper 300 is a GPS/GLONASS/SBAS L1/L2 receiver specifically designed to be combined with a variety of mobile
