Friday, December 21st, 2018
The American space agency’s New Horizons probe remains on course for its daring flyby of Ultima Thule between 29th December 2018 and 4th January 2019. When the mission sweeps past the 30km wide object on New Year’s Day, it will be making the most distant ever visit to a Solar System body – at some 6.5
Friday, December 21st, 2018
LiDARUSA is pleased to announce they now offer leasing options to qualifying US buyers with Allegiant Partners, Inc. Allegiant Partners, Inc., now doing business as AP Equipment Financing, was founded in 1998 to serve small businesses by lessening the burden of obtaining equipment financing which is typically difficult with more conventional lenders. Having funded nearly
Friday, December 21st, 2018
World leading digital aerial camera and mobile mapping solution provider Vexcel Imaging GmbH, Austria, announced today the opening of its newest office in Shenzhen, P.R. China. China is a highly important market for Vexcel Imaging. Vexcel Imaging began providing cutting-edge photogrammetry-grade aerial film scanners into the China market as early as 1998 followed by introducing
Friday, December 21st, 2018
GfK’s Map of the Month for December shows the 2018 distribution of purchasing power density (mil. € per km²) across Europe at the two-digit postcode level. Download the map in high-resolution JPG format… The study “GfK Purchasing Power Europe 2018” is available for 42 European countries at detailed regional levels such as municipalities and postcodes,
Friday, December 21st, 2018
(Sun Prairie, WI) – December, 2018 – Continental Mapping Consultants, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Briere as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Briere served previously as the General Manager for Continental Mapping’s Civil Works Sector, which experienced record growth under his direction. Mr. Briere’s experience and proven success in the industry translate
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
PALO ALTO, Calif. – December 19, 2018 – SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, recently demonstrated its next generation solar-electric propulsion system on two commercial missions to geostationary orbit (GEO). As a U.S. industry leader, SSL continues to develop commercially sustained high power spacecraft
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
New Orleans, LA – National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) has released the first-year report of phase one of its Geo-Enabled Elections project, highlighting the project’s accomplishments in the first twelve months. These include completing a baseline assessment of how far states have come, to date, in terms of integrating geographic information systems (GIS) with
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
SALINA — Kansas State University’s Polytechnic Campus is offering $500 scholarships to first responders interested in attending the small unmanned aircraft systems, or sUAS, commercial remote pilot training course in 2019. The available scholarships reduce the overall course cost by 50 percent and still cover the fee for the Federal Aviation Administration written exam at the completion of
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Today Planet announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Boundless Spatial Inc., a St. Louis-based geospatial software solutions company, to further support our commercial business with the U.S. government and agricultural clients. The acquisition expands Planet’s commercial business with the U.S. government and commercial agriculture clients. Boundless is a leader in geospatial data management software and is aligned
Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
PALO ALTO, Calif. – SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (NYSE: MAXR) (TSX: MAXR), and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced a contract award to manufacture a small geostationary (GEO) satellite for Ovzon, a company located in the U.S. and Sweden dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile broadband connectivity in
