Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
LONDON –Time Out Group, the trusted global platform that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city, has acquired HallStreet, an award-winning geo-mapping startup, for an undisclosed sum. Spanish-based startup HallStreet has revolutionised the global travel and leisure market with an interactive events and travel planner based on maps. Time Out’s investment
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
RICHMOND, BC — MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that it has been awarded a two year contract valued at CA$7.2 million to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Full Spectrum Geospatial Intelligence (FSG) program. MDA will deliver an information solution to
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Hallowell, Maine — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its first annual User Conference Road Show. Throughout the month of March, Blue Marble staff members traveled to four locations in the US and Canada to share the latest company news; to provide insight on future product developments; and to
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 13 April 2016 – Leica Geosystems announced today the launch of the 2016 Plan Contest. An annual highlight of the Geosystems Track at HxGN LIVE, the contest gives conference attendees the opportunity to showcase their best deliverables by submitting plans that demonstrate creativity and innovative problem solving with point clouds. Contest expands New
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
Register now for the fourth edition of European Space Solutions! Hosted by the 2016 Dutch Presidency of the EU Council, the conference brings business and policy makers together with users and developers of space-based solutions for five inspiring days of talks, workshops and networking. Don’t miss this chance to learn about new possibilities and how they are
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., and BOSTON, MASS.— Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC and BridgeSat Inc. are pleased to announce a partnership to work towards developing a free-space optical communications system that will provide secure data downlinks from satellites to a proprietary ground network at faster speeds than equivalent radio frequency solutions. Under this partnership, Surrey will build
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) announced today that Prof. Wolfgang Förstner of Bonn University, Germany, will be presented with the 2016 Brock Gold Medal Award for his outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of photogrammetry and computer vision. Professor Förstner is an internationally leading expert in photogrammetry, computer vision, pattern recognition
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Qatar will host “UNMANNED WORLD”, the first and most complete Exhibition of Unmanned Vehicles in Middle East • The unmanned vehicles industry, which plans to triple its market in the next five years, will have its landmark in Unmanned World, the first Trade Show to be held in Qatar on Unmanned Vehicles. The event will take place at Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) on 28, 29 and 30th November 2016. • Professionals around the world will meet in Doha to see
Tuesday, April 12th, 2016
Leicestershire, 12 April 2016 — Coventry City Council has taken delivery of the latest ultra-high resolution aerial photography from Bluesky. The 5 cm imagery provides an unrivalled level of detail with road markings and street furniture all visible within the dataset. The latest imagery, commissioned by the Council and captured by Bluesky in 2015, offers the
