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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Announces 2015 Educator Awards

CHICAGO, September 23, 2015 — Dr. Clay Naito, associate professor of structural engineering at Lehigh University was named PCI’s Distinguished Educator for 2015.  Dr. Adel El-Safty, professor of civil environmental engineering at University of North Florida, was chosen as PCI’s Educator of the Year.  Awards will be presented during the Fall 2015 PCI Committee Days

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

SpatialKey Announces Addition of Robust Data Analytics and Visualization to Hail Product

SAN FRANCISCO, September, 23 2015 — SpatialKey has enhanced its hail impact analysis product with additional CoreLogic® data to provide insurers with a faster and more accurate way to coordinate aid to their clients.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Global Mobile Mapping System Market – Trends and Forecasts (2015-2020)

LONDON, September 23, 2015 —  The Mobile Mapping Systems Market has started to witness traction with more number of commercially operated organizations entering the market leading to the rapid advancement of the particular mapping technology. Unlike the traditional techniques, that are difficult to execute in areas that are inaccessible, vehicular mobile mapping technology are much

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Geospatial Sciences Program Lands on Map as Center for Excellence

September 23, 2015 — The geospatial information sciences (GIS) program in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences (EPPS) has been named a Center for Academic Excellence as part of a new federal initiative to prepare future workers for fields such as homeland and global security and disaster management.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Qualcomm Invests to Solve One of Drone Industry’s Biggest Challenges

September 23, 2015 —Murky FAA regulations could be limiting commercial adoption of drones, but the real challenge may be limited battery life.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

New Chief Finance Officer and HR Director Join Ordnance Survey

September 23, 2015 — Ordnance Survey is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Senior Executive Management team. Clive Mosey joins OS as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Will Davies joins the mapping agency as HR Director (HRD).

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

IC Measure: Free Software for On-Screen Measurement and Image Capture

September 23, 2015 — The Imaging Source, international manufacturer of machine vision cameras and software, has just introduced its new software for on-screen measurement and image capture, IC Measure.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Global Mapper V17 Released with New Multi-View Interface and Enhanced Cartographic Layout Tools

Hallowell, Maine, September 23, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the availability of Global Mapper version 17. This major release offers numerous new and improved geospatial tools, functional upgrades, and performance improvements throughout all areas of the application.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Geographic Information Systems Core to Utilities’ Enterprise IT Strategies, According to New IDC MarketScape

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., — In a new IDC MarketScape report, IDC Energy Insights found that with the advances in data management, Web, mobile, and integration technologies, utilities are renewing their interest in geographic information systems (GIS) software as a means to leverage geographic information for business execution rather than just asset design.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Copernicus – What Happened

September 22, 2015 — Using satellites to predict plant and crop diseases is just one of the fresh ideas produced over a week-long camp dedicated to creating mobile apps using Earth observation data.