Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
MONTRÉAL, Esri Canada User Conference –Esri Canada presented Ville de Sherbrooke with an Award of Excellence today for its use of geographic information system (GIS) technology to create effective traffic management and make that information accessible to the community. “Traffic gridlock is a huge concern of residents and businesses. Sherbrooke has created a system where drivers, transit
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
US: Schneider Electric, the industry leader in Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions for utilities and communication providers, has named RMSI North America, an IT services company providing geospatial and software solutions, an ArcFM Specialized Partner. RMSI is a trusted leader in providing utilities and telecommunications companies with GIS solutions that cross the entire geospatial value
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
SAN RAMON, Calif.– Accela, the leading provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions for government, announced today the launch of Accela Civic Platform V10 to improve overall user experience and enhance performance. The Civic Platform is at the core of Accela’s offerings and provides rich functionality to automate and simplify the complex workflows associated with building communities, growing
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
HERZLIYA, Israel – vHive, the developer of a cloud-based software solution that enables enterprises to deploy autonomous drone hives to digitize their field operations and assets, announced today the enhancement of its fully automated workflow for cell tower inspection using drones to also support guy wire towers. “Millions of cell towers worldwide require ongoing inspection
Monday, November 19th, 2018
DES PLAINES, Ill.– Images showing the destruction left behind by the recent California wildfires are now available to the public on the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) website. The Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC), created by the NICB and Vexcel Imaging began collecting high resolution images shortly after the Woolsey fire raged through the Thousand Oaks area.
Friday, November 16th, 2018
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) Core Standard. Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) is a data model, a programming interface, and a storage model for keeping and managing data. HDF5 supports an unlimited variety of data types, and is designed to be flexible
Friday, November 16th, 2018
McLean, VA – Vricon is pleased to announce that a major U.S. telecommunications company recently acquired Vricon’s high-resolution 3D geodata to support large-scale 5G telecommunications network planning and design. Under the multimillion-dollar contract, Vricon will provide the firm with 3D data of urban and suburban population centers across the United States. The company is leveraging Vricon’s recent innovations
Friday, November 16th, 2018
SAN DIEGO – XYO Network, the technology bringing blockchain to the real world, today announced its first annual Spatial Summit event was a major success. The oversubscribed event brought together more than 700 blockchain, business and technology partners, and community members from around the world, including locations as far away as Ghana, Australia, New Zealand
Friday, November 16th, 2018
MANASSAS, Va.– Aurora continues its nearly 30-year legacy of advancing autonomous systems with Odysseus, the world’s most capable solar-powered autonomous aircraft. Powered only by the sun, Odysseus is an ultra-long endurance, high-altitude platform built for groundbreaking persistence. Utilizing advanced solar cells and built with lightweight materials, Odysseus can effectively fly indefinitely – all powered by
Friday, November 16th, 2018
SHENZHEN, China – Ryze Tech, creator of the Tello mini drone, is launching Tello EDU, a programmable unit that expands the educational opportunities with support for additional programming languages and drone swarms. Tello EDU is now available worldwide at store.dji.com, apple.com, and in select Apple retail stores worldwide. Since it launched earlier this year at
