Monday, March 7th, 2016
Hallowell, Maine — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that the first stop on the Blue Marble User Conference (BMUC) Road Show was a resounding success. Attendees at the Houston event on March 2nd were treated to a full day of software demonstrations, user presentations, tips and tricks sessions, and much more. Initial feedback
Monday, March 7th, 2016
March 7, 2016 (Portland, Maine) — The 2016 International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), held last week, February 22-24 in Denver, boasted a record 908 attendees, as well as a sold out exhibit floor with more than 65 leading metric mapping solutions providers. Hundreds of professionals from the LiDAR community convened at the event to learn about
Friday, March 4th, 2016
4 March 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Coverage Collection Extension Standard. The candidate OGC® Coverage Collection Extension Standard specifies a useful mechanism for grouping coverages together into a collection. Geospatial coverages, as defined by OGC and ISO, represent homogeneous collections of values located in
Friday, March 4th, 2016
DALLAS — VectorNav Technologies introduced today the VN-360 GPS-Compass heading and position sensor. The VN-360 is an OEM GPS-Compass module that provides an accurate, True North heading solution for systems integrators seeking a reliable alternative to magnetic-based sensors. Many systems currently available on the market depend on digital magnetometers for providing heading measurements of a
Friday, March 4th, 2016
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces the release of a new full wave geodetic antenna — the G5-A1. The portable antenna is designed to provide improved multipath mitigation for use with a mobile base station site or network reference station. “When paired with the Topcon NET-G5 receiver, the
Friday, March 4th, 2016
MALMO, SWEDEN — Mapillary, a community-based photomapping platform, today announced an $8 million Series A funding round led by Atomico, with participation from Sequoia, LDV Capital, and PlayFair. Anyone can contribute photos to the Mapillary platform and mobile app (available on iOS and Android) with a smartphone or action camera. The company’s computer vision software
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
IRVINE, Calif., March 3, 2016 – CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, today announced that its proprietary property parcel database, has been expanded to cover more than 144 million parcel boundaries and unique parcel point locations. ParcelPoint®, which includes patented technology, is the largest and most comprehensive parcel
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
With deforestation accounting for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions, satellite observations have an important role to play in mapping this changing ecosystem. ESA is therefore going to great lengths to make sure a new sensor will live up to its promise. Deforestation and forest degradation release about the same amount of greenhouse gases into the
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
Ordnance Survey is to create a Smart City standards-based technologies business framework for the European Union’s ESPRESSO project. ESPRESSO is being led by the Open Geospatial Consortium, and OS, working closely with key European bodies, will develop a strategic growth map for Smart Cities. Supported by PricewaterhouseCoopers, OS will also conduct analysis of existing and emerging
Thursday, March 3rd, 2016
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today the release of its GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) 2016 – the latest version of the company’s proven, high-performance, and scalable image processing solution. GXL technology provides significant improvements in automation, speed and efficiency by optimizing and distributing automated workflows. GXL
