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Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

GEO Business Call for Papers closes on FRIDAY- 22 Jan 2016

The GEO Business 2016 call for papers deadline closes on FRIDAY! Submit an abstract online.

Tuesday, January 19th, 2016

OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate Geospatial User Feedback Conceptual Model and XML Encoding Standard

19 January 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the following two candidate standards: OGC Geospatial User Feedback Conceptual Model (“GUF Model”) and the OGC Geospatial User Feedback XML encoding Standard.

Monday, January 18th, 2016

4DMapper Releases Asset Inspection Data Support

SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA, January 18, 2016 — 4DMapper integrates asset inspection data from drones or other devices and manages them in a custom, browser based, 3D geospatial environment with digital terrain and imagery.

Monday, January 18th, 2016

Launch of the First Satellite in the “SpaceDataHighway” Programme

EDRS-A, the first relay satellite in the SpaceDataHighway programme (also called EDRS), will be launched to geostationary orbit on 28 January 2016 (Baikonour time). The SpaceDataHighway will provide high speed laser communications in space of up to 1.8 Gigabit per second. This major programme, which cost nearly €500M to develop, is the result of a

Friday, January 15th, 2016

Cadcorp Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

STEVENAGE, United Kingdom, 15 January, 2016 — Last month specialist British GIS software company, Cadcorp, celebrated 25 years of successful business  by inviting all staff to an anniversary lunch at the Institute of Directors, London. The event was attended by Mike O’Neil and Adam Gawne-Cain, Cadcorp’s founders, along with former shareholders and investors in the company.

Friday, January 15th, 2016

U.S. Navy Selects Trimble Survey Solutions for Marine Corps Topographic Missions

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 145 2016 — Trimble (NASDAQ:  TRMB) announced today that it has been awarded a five-year IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract from the U.S. Navy to provide survey systems for the U.S. Marines Corps to support topographic missions. The contract is expected to generate approximately $5.8 million over its term.

Friday, January 15th, 2016

Rise and Shine for Sentinel-3A

Following the Christmas break, the Sentinel-3A satellite has been taken out of its storage container and woken up as the campaign to prepare it for launch resumes at the Russian Plesetsk cosmodrome. Liftoff is set for 4 February.

Friday, January 15th, 2016

Boundless Announces MapBox Vector Tile Support in OpenGeo Suite

New York, NY, and Washington, DC – January 15, 2016 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, today announced the upcoming version of OpenGeo Suite will support the output of vector tiles, including the popular open source Mapbox Vector Tiles (.mvt) format. The next version of OpenGeo Suite is expected to

Thursday, January 14th, 2016

GeoComm Acquires GeoSolve, Inc., Oregon-based GIS Company

GeoComm is pleased to announce the acquisition of GeoSolve Inc. a 9-1-1 GIS services provider in the State of Oregon. The acquisition, effective January 1, 2016, merges resources of two public safety GIS companies and allows for continued service to GeoSolve customers in meeting their GIS and MSAG obligations within the State of Oregon.

Thursday, January 14th, 2016

KVH Introduces FOG-based Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for Demanding Unmanned and Autonomous Applications

MIDDLETOWN, RI – January 14, 2016 — KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), has introduced the GEO-FOG 3D inertial navigation system (INS). This new product offers roll, pitch, and heading accuracies of .05° for demanding applications in unmanned, autonomous, and manned aerial, ground, marine, and subsurface platforms, such as subsea remotely operated vehicles (ROV) or mining systems.