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Monday, March 14th, 2016

Growing Adoption of Maps Across Industries Will Drive the Global Mobile Mapping Market Until 2020, Says Technavio

LONDON — According to the latest market research report by Technavio, the global mobile mapping market is expected to reach over USD 5 billion in revenue by 2020. In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global mobile mapping market 2016-2020. The market size has been calculated based on the

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Cloudalize and Luciad Join Forces to Offer Powerful Geospatial Apps in the Cloud

BELGIUM – Luciad, developer of geospatial situational awareness products, and Cloudalize, developer of the GPU virtual desktop platform GDaaS, have joined forces to create a new disruptive cloud service: delivering powerful 3D geospatial applications instantly through the cloud. “Luciad’s partnership with Cloudalize enables our customers to deliver dynamic situational awareness applications to their users anywhere,

Friday, March 11th, 2016

AUVSI Applauds Senate FAA Reauthorization Bill for Advancing UAS Operations

Brian Wynne, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), has issued the following statement on the introduction of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2016. The legislation was introduced by chairman John Thune and ranking member Bill Nelson of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. “While we

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Global Satellite-based Earth Observation Market Is Expected To Grow At A CAGR of 14.11% By 2020: Hexa Reports

Satellite-based EO is used across verticals such as defense and intelligence, weather, agriculture, natural resources, engineering and construction, media and entertainment, and tourism. Covered in this report: The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the global satellite-based EO market for 2016-2020. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue

Friday, March 11th, 2016

ANU Drone Radio Tracking Pioneer Gets Her Wings

Conservation biologist and global pioneer of drone radio tracking in research from the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society Dr Debbie Saunders has completed Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) training this week to get her own UAV Controllers Certificate certified by CASA. Dr Saunders played a key role in creating and testing the use

Friday, March 11th, 2016

ZEB‐REVO – A Revolution in Mobile Indoor Mapping 

GeoSLAM are delighted to announce the launch of the ZEB-REVO – the next generation in our range of mobile, handheld 3D laser scanners. The ZEB-REVO builds upon the success of its predecessor, the award-winning ZEB1, with a faster scanner, even simpler operation and greater versatility. At its core is GeoSLAM’s industry leading Simultaneous Localisation And

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Prince Harry to Attend MapAction Briefing Ahead of Nepal Tour

Prince Harry will attend a briefing by MapAction on Wednesday 16 March to learn more about the charity’s response to the recent Nepal earthquakes, ahead of his tour to the country later this month. His Royal Highness, who has been Royal Patron of MapAction since 2007, will meet the charity’s Chief Executive, Liz Hughes, and

Friday, March 11th, 2016

TerraGo Edge Accelerates Forms, Inspections and Surveys for the Mobile Workforce

Washington, D.C., March 10, 2016 — TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration and enterprise mobility software, announces the availability of TerraGo Edge 3.9.2, which features the new TerraGo QuickNote! and other new features and enhancements. TerraGo Edge helps companies create custom forms for inspections, surveys, work orders, audits and all types of mobile data collection,

Friday, March 11th, 2016

GEO Business 2016 Launches Popular FREE to attend Workshop Programme

The organisers of the UK’s largest geospatial event, GEO Business 2016, which takes place in London from 24-25 May 2016, are delighted to present their most exciting commercial workshop programme yet, exploring cutting-edge technology and techniques to meet the needs of a rapidly developing industry. Following an overwhelming response from visitors at the 2015 event,

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Woolpert Contracted by USGS to Map, Survey Throughout U.S.

DENVER  —Woolpert has signed a five-year, multimillion-dollar Geospatial Product and Services Contract 3 (GPSC 3) with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to provide mapping and surveying services. The GPSC is a suite of contracts used by federal, state and municipal government entities to partner with USGS for the purpose of fulfilling their geospatial data requirements.