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Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

OGC Issues GeoPackage Corrigendum

May 12, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has issued a corrigendum to correct minor flaws in the OGC GeoPackage (GPKG) Encoding Standard. The flaws were identified after publication of Version 1.0 in early 2014.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

GIM International Announces New Event: GIM International Summit

May 12, 2015 — GIM International, the global print and media platform for geomatics, is excited to announce the inaugural GIM International Summit which it will be organising from 10-12 February 2016 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Monday, May 11th, 2015

Accident A400M in Seville

May 11, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space confirms that an A400M aircraft has been involved in an accident near Sevilla (Spain) Airport on May 09, 2015 around 13:00 local time.

Friday, May 8th, 2015

Exelis ENVI Analytics now on DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data Platform

BOULDER, Colo., May 8, 2015 — Exelis (NYSE: XLS) and DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) have agreed to provide a new commercial offering of cloud-based ENVI earth science analytics for the DigitalGlobe Geospatial Big Data (GBD) platform. ENVI is the industry-leading remote sensing analytical software used by government, academic and private industry organizations to extract meaningful information

Friday, May 8th, 2015

PrecisionHawk Signs UAV Research Agreement with FAA to Address Extended Visual Line of Sight

RALEIGH, N.C., May 8, 2015 — PrecisionHawk has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to advance the research around unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) across rural areas.

Friday, May 8th, 2015

OnBase by Hyland Enhances Esri Integration with the Release of OnBase 15

Cleveland, Ohio, May 08, 2015 — The newest annual release of OnBase 15 includes more than 2,000 customer-focused enhancements, including the ability to place documents and content on a map within OnBase leveraging the Esri® ArcGIS platform. The integration displays documents as a data layer on a map, augmenting geographic and analytic knowledge while creating a

Friday, May 8th, 2015

Citation Recognizes Development of National Mapping Standards

TAMPA, Fla., May 8, 2015 — Dr. Qassim Abdullah was awarded a Presidential Citation from the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) at the 2015 ASPRS Conference on Wednesday, May 6, in Tampa, Fla.

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

DroneMetrex Selects Dacosmo Company as Exclusive Reseller in China & Taiwan

May 7, 2015 — DroneMetrex, a developer and manufacturer of TopoDrones – unique photogrammetric mapping UAV systems, is proud to announce that it has awarded Dacosmo Company with the exclusive reseller contract in the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

FAA’s B4UFLY App Will Help UAS Pilots Operate Safely and Legally

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today demonstrated a new smartphone application called “B4UFLY,” designed to help model aircraft and unmanned aircraft (UAS) users know if it is safe and legal to fly in their current or planned location. 

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

AirGon Announces Technical Workshop for Drone Collected Volumetrics

Huntsville, AL, May 7, 2015 — AirGon LLC is pleased to announce a 2 day Technical Workshop for Drone Collected Volumetrics to be held in Toronto, Canada. This event will be a comprehensive overview of using a small UAS (drone) to collect and process data for volumetric calculations.