Thursday, February 25th, 2016
WASHINGTON — The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has awarded a $6 million Wide Area Visualization Environment (WAVE) contract to energy services provider Spectrum Solutions. Spectrum Solutions will implement the WAVE Energy Information Management (EIM) system using software from OSIsoft, the global leader enabling operational intelligence, and Esri, a geospatial technology pioneer, to
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
KNOXVILLE, TN – A new storymap developed by U.S. Forest Service researchers allows users to interactively chart the ebb and flow of forest products across the southern states — and visually tells the story of the decline of the forest products industry in the South over the last decades. Using Forest Service Inventory and
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
Redlands, California—February 25, 2016—Esri released World Geocoder for ArcGIS today. World Geocoder for ArcGIS enables users to securely map global addresses behind a firewall so that sensitive data is never exposed. Geocoding adds location context to data so that it can be displayed on a map. World Geocoder for ArcGIS has several key benefits for
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
Redlands, California—February 24, 2016—At the Esri Federal GIS (FedGIS) Conference in Washington, DC, today, Esri president Jack Dangermond awarded Dr. John Brockhaus, director of the geospatial program at the United States Military Academy at West Point, with the prestigious Making a Difference Award for inspiring students to serve others. “The United States Military Academy’s geospatial
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
MULTIROTOR is the B2B world market leader for professional micro drones in industry, documentation and surveying. To develop very successful products further continuously and to deal with the increasing demand, the company extends its capacities. In Brieselang near Berlin, the development department is being extended. The MULTIROTOR Drone Lab provides the engineers with new resources
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
24 February 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) requests information to help advance the “Arctic Spatial Data Pilot”. The Arctic Spatial Data Pilot is an OGC Interoperability Program initiative sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and Natural Resources Canada. This recently launched initiative aims to help all Arctic stakeholders benefit from improved access to the
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
As NASA continues to make progress on its new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), testing the hardware is becoming a crucial focal point at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Each structural test article must be carefully evaluated to verify its integrity and ensure it can withstand the loads it may
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 24, 2016) — Woolpert has been awarded a five-year contract to provide on-call geographic information system (GIS) services for San Francisco International Airport (SFO), it was announced today. Woolpert Project Director Mark Ricketson said the work could involve GIS data collection, compliance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airport GIS standards and implementing
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
RESTON, Va.— Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) today announced that DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, selected Software AG’s Digital Business Platform to underpin their ability to provide off-the-shelf, planet-wide imagery for defense, intelligence, and commercial enterprises. DigitalGlobe provides 98% digital coverage of the earth, is the
Wednesday, February 24th, 2016
NEW YORK & BARCELONA, Spain — CartoDB, a world leading company for location intelligence, data analysis, and visualization, today announced the launch of Deep Insights, a technology layer that enables the visualization, dynamic filtering, and exploration of large location datasets at unprecedented scale and scope. With CartoDB’s Deep Insights technology, datasets can be enriched or
