Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
The latest release of XMAP brings functionality that allows Local Government to view and edit map layers stored on their XMAP database directly in QGIS. This release makes handling GIS data across an organisation much easier, blending the ease-of-use from XMAP with the complex data manipulation tool from QGIS. XMAP has been a great success
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
Geographic Information Services, Inc. (GISinc), the Premier GIS Services firm established in 1991 and an Esri Platinum Business Partner, received Esri’s ArcGIS Hub Specialty Designation for being ready to help new and existing customers get started with ArcGIS Hub. What is ArcGIS Hub? Per Esri’s ArcGIS Hub Website, “Part of Esri Geospatial Cloud, ArcGIS Hub
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the draft charter for the new Environmental Data Retrieval API Standards Working Group (SWG). The Environmental Data Retrieval API SWG will standardize some APIs, defined with OpenAPI Version 3, to retrieve various common data patterns from a data store. Much environmental data is truly ‘Big Data’,
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
SAN DIEGO – General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, electro-optic and related mission systems, announced today that four more Belgium-based businesses have been selected to join five previously identified companies to support the development of MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA for Belgium. AeroSimulators Group (ASG), AIRobot, ALX
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
RICHMOND, British Columbia – MDA, a Maxar company, (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), has been awarded a contract from the Canadian Space Agency to execute the system design phase of a forest fire monitoring satellite called WildFireSat. The purpose of the WildFireSat (WFS) mission would be to provide a space-based capability to increase Canada’s ability to
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
CHC Navigation has launched a new website to convey its expanding role as a provider of geospatial and GNSS products and solutions. “Our new website provides a clear insight of who we are and where our ambition lies when developing, delivering and supporting high-end, professional and innovative GNSS-based solutions to our customers,” the company stated
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
NEW YORK – DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, urges authorized drone users in the southeast United States to prepare their equipment and their operating procedures for the impending arrival of Hurricane Dorian. Other drone owners should follow U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidance and ground their aircraft during rescue
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
Asian geospatial professionals and enthusiasts will gather in Singapore for a week of exciting geospatial-related events and activities, when Singapore Geospatial Week launches from 2 – 6 September 2019. Presented by GeoWorks, Singapore’s only geospatial-focused industry centre, managed and operated by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA), Singapore Geospatial Week will feature five intense days of
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
HOUGHTON, Mich.- Orbion Space Technology, developer of next-generation smallsat propulsion systems, today announced it has raised $9.2M in Series A funding led by Material Impact, a venture capital firm focused on translating early stage, innovative materials technologies into products and companies that solve real-world problems. Other participants in the round include Invest Michigan, Invest Detroit,
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
The rankings have been prepared by commercial drone market research and analytics company Drone Industry Insights Commercial drone market research and analytics company Drone Industry Insights has released its 2019 rankings of the world’s leading drone service providers, and Terra Drone Corporation has moved up to the second place on the list. In 2018, Japan-based
