Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
Flagler Beach, FL – MRG GEO, the premier professional geospatial services firm of Flagler Beach, Florida, announced today that the FAA had approved its Section 333 Exemption for the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The 333 Exemption allows MRG GEO to operate UAVs safely in the National Airspace System. “We are excited to be
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
PRAGUE, Aug. 16, 2016 – Global wind and weather map Windyty brings the high-resolution ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) model for free to all its users. Adding ECMWF means a fundamental improvement of Windyty by higher resolution and higher accuracy of the forecast. Despite considerable data acquisition costs, ECMWF model is available without a
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
Harney Peak in South Dakota will now be called Black Elk Peak on federal maps. This unanimous decision was made August 11 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN). The mountain is not only the highest point in the state, but is the highest peak east of the Rocky Mountains. The summit had been
Friday, August 12th, 2016
Redlands, California —Florida is home to more than 3.6 million women aged 15 to 44 years. With more than 300 Zika virus cases reported in Florida to date, the state has become a top focus in the public health battle to curb the spread of Zika infections in the United States. Gathering and mapping such
Friday, August 12th, 2016
Redlands, California —Esri’s annual Geodesign Summit will continue the conversation around a holistic approach to building smarter communities. Attendees include planning professionals across all levels of government, commercial firms, academia, and nongovernmental organizations that want to learn how to prepare for geodesign and support their agencies well into the future. “The Geodesign Summit will be
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
NORCROSS, GA – Hexagon Geospatial is proud to launch M.App Enterprise. This privately-hosted solution enables organizations to provide and share their own information services that dynamically address their location-based challenges. Hexagon Smart M.Apps are simple to use, lightweight map applications that solve business problems and experience and communicate geographic information. Combining fresh geospatial content and
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Belgium, Leuven – 11th August, 2016 – Luciad is delighted to announce several new speakers for INTERACT – The Luciad User Conference 2016. The conference is the premier event for geospatial professionals and developers from the Aviation, Defence, Maritime, Safety & Security and Utilities & Logistics sectors. It will be held on September 28th &
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Redlands, California —The United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is observed each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This year’s theme is right to education, and in honor of this, Esri partnered with seven tribes in a friendly competition to create Story Maps using the ArcGIS
Wednesday, August 10th, 2016
Edinburgh, UK – August 10, 2016 – NCTech, the developer of reality imaging systems, today announced that the Measurement Module for its industrial-grade iSTAR panoramic camera has been integrated into offerings from software firms Arithmetica and Veesus. First announced at the SPAR 3D conference and tradeshow in April, the Measurement Module is delivered as an
