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Friday, October 2nd, 2015

SkyTraq Launches Miniature Low-Power RTK Receiver for UAS and Mobile Platform

Hsinchu, Taiwan,October 2, 2015 — SkyTraq Technology Inc., a fabless GNSS positioning technology company, introduces S2525F8-BD-RTK, a cost effective, low power, small size, single frequency RTK receiver for unmanned aerial systems and mobile platforms requiring centimeter-level position accuracy.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Luciad User Conference Delivers Geospatial Innovation

BRUSSELS, October 2, 2015 — Nearly 200 geospatial experts convened in Brussels on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 for   the Luciad User Conference. 

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Detection and Monitoring of Landslides in the Management of Infrastructures and Urban Areas

October 2, 2015 — How to detect and monitor landslides and instability risks over urban areas, large infrastructures and the territory around it, in order to prevent disasters? Planetek Italia has set up Preciso® landslide, a new monitoring product, based on satellite data, to periodically provide information about infrastructures stability and landslides that could affect

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

PlanetObserver Continues Production of PlanetSAT 15 L8 Imagery Base Map: More than 50 Mill. sq km are Now Available

Clermont-Ferrand, October 2, 2015  — The French company PlanetObserver, specialized in imagery base map production for more than 25 years, announced today the coverage of more than 50 Mill. sq km with PlanetSAT 15 L8 base map.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Teledyne Oceanscience Supplies Innovative RapidCAST to TerraSond for Major Hydrographic Project

CARLSBAD, Calif.,October 2, 2015 — Teledyne Oceanscience supplied world-leading geospatial company TerraSond Limited with rapidCAST, a new innovative automated underway profiling system. According to TerraSond, the product was used in a major hydrographic project completed for NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey  in the Bering Sea in northwestern Alaska for the purpose of nautical chart updating.    

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Weather Decision Technologies Powers Big Data Analytics for Climate Applications with Internap’s High-Performance Colocation and Global Network Services

ATLANTA, Oct. 2, 2015 —  Internap Corporation INAP,-1.16% a provider of high-performance Internetinfrastructure services, today announced that weather industry leader Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) is using the company’s high-density colocation, route-optimized Performance IP™ and Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. The global high-performance environment allows WDT to cost-effectively process massive amounts of weather and climate information and accelerate

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…An Insurance Drone?

ERIE, Pa., Oct. 2, 2015 — In what could be the first step toward changing how insurance claims are handled in the future, Erie Insurance has moved from testing to actually using a drone to assist with a property damage claim. ERIE was among the first insurance companies to seek and receive permission from the Federal Aviation

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Textron Systems’ Aerosonde(TM) Small Unmanned Aircraft System & Remote Video Technologies Support Wildfire Deterrence and Response in Idaho

HUNT VALLEY, MD, Oct 01, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. TXT, -1.37% business, announced today that the company provided its equipment and personnel in support of a multi-day wildfire response and decision support effort in Idaho with the U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service. Held in the

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

AND Completes Production of High Quality Premium Navigation Map of the United States

CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, The Netherlands, Oct 2, 2015 —  AND has finished the upgrade and enrichment program of a high quality premium navigation map of the United States of America. The first sample data has been offered to interested parties. AND CEO Hugo van der Linde: “Completion of the high quality premium turn-by-turn navigation map

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Another Success for Airbus Defence and Space through the Airbus Safran Launchers Joint-Venture

October 1, 2015 — Ariane 5 has been flawlessly launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 68th consecutive time, building on the European launcher’s track record. Two satellites were launched with a total mass of more than 10 tonnes.