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Friday, March 11th, 2016

GEO Business 2016 Launches Popular FREE to attend Workshop Programme

The organisers of the UK’s largest geospatial event, GEO Business 2016, which takes place in London from 24-25 May 2016, are delighted to present their most exciting commercial workshop programme yet, exploring cutting-edge technology and techniques to meet the needs of a rapidly developing industry. Following an overwhelming response from visitors at the 2015 event,

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Woolpert Contracted by USGS to Map, Survey Throughout U.S.

DENVER  —Woolpert has signed a five-year, multimillion-dollar Geospatial Product and Services Contract 3 (GPSC 3) with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide mapping and surveying services. The GPSC is a suite of contracts used by federal, state and municipal government entities to partner with USGS for the purpose of fulfilling their geospatial data requirements.

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

Anatum Field Solutions Announces Nationwide BYOD Sub-meter and RTK GNSS Rental Program

Beaverton, OR – Anatum Field Solutions (AFS) announced a nationwide BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) submeter GNSS and centimeter (RTK) GNSS receiver rental program. With the explosion of smartphones and tablets in recent years and the availability of universal Bluetooth sub-meter and RTK GNSS receivers, high-accuracy GNSS data collection is available to everyone. AFS offers

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

2016 Lidar Partnership Awards Announced

The U.S. Geological Survey has announced the first recipients of the 2016 partnership funding awards for the 3D Elevation Program. This program, referred to as 3DEP, presents a unique opportunity for collaboration between the USGS and other federal, state and local agencies to leverage the services and expertise of private sector mapping firms that acquire

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

Bluesky’s Aerial Laser Maps Drive Creative Golf Course Design

Leicestershire, 10 March 2016 — High resolution aerial photography and 3D terrain maps created from airborne laser surveys are being used to design new golf courses. Creative Golf Design, an award winning firm of golf course architects, regularly downloads the highly detailed images from Bluesky’s online MapShop to provide a map-accurate base onto which course design

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

Preparing for More Radar Vision

10 March 2016 The Sentinel-1B satellite has arrived in French Guiana to be prepared for liftoff on 22 April. It will join its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, in orbit to provide more radar views of Earth for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring effort. The satellites each carry an advanced radar for all-weather, day-and-night coverage of Earth’s surface.

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

Orbital Tracking Corp. Expands Product Portfolio with Development of New Dual-Mode Cellular-Satellite Tracking Device

AVENTURA, FL — Orbital Tracking Corp., (OTCQB:TRKK) (the “Company”), a leading global provider of Mobile Satellite Solutions (MSS) for satellite based communications and asset tracking, including ground station construction, specialized engineering services and product design, announced today that it has developed its first global tracking product, a dual-mode asset tracker, which will be available in the

Thursday, March 10th, 2016

SPAR 3D Offers More Hands-on Learning and Live Demonstrations

The Woodlands, TX March 9, 2016 —S PAR 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

Wednesday, March 9th, 2016

MULTIROTOR Service-Drone Disapproves Misuse of a Drone and the Threat to the Air Traffic in Paris on 19th February 2016

MULTIROTOR distances itself as the B2B world market leader for professional micro drones in industry, documentation and surveying from the threat to the air traffic caused by the misuse of a drone in Paris. As reported, a pilot of an Airbus A320 had to avoid an obstructing drone during the landing approach at the airport

Wednesday, March 9th, 2016

VHB Expands Technology Services with Acquisition of Fountains Spatial

Watertown, Mass. — VHB announces that it has purchased the assets of Fountains Spatial, Inc., a leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) services located in Schenectady, New York. Fountains Spatial President Larry Spraker, a nationally-recognized expert in the development of web-based GIS applications using Esri technology, and Vice President Austin Fisher, a 20-year GIS industry