Monday, March 12th, 2018
MADRID, Spain – Spire Global and Airbus Defence and Space have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Under the MoU, Spire will contribute data from its network of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) enabled satellites to the Airbus Surveillance Digital Eco-System. Airbus is looking to create a near real-time database of air traffic by building an ecosystem
Monday, March 12th, 2018
RESTON, Va.– Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a FORTUNE 500® science, information technology, and engineering leader, was awarded a $200 million hybrid contract (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) to support geospatial requirements, standards and systems across the U.S. Army. The multiple-award, follow-on contract has a potential five-year period of performance and work will be performed in Alexandria, Va. Under the
Monday, March 12th, 2018
Integrating geography and location information with AI brings a powerful new dimension to understanding the world around us. This has a wide range of applications in a variety of segments, including commercial, governmental, academic or not-for-profit. Geospatial AI provides robust tools for gathering, managing, analyzing and predicting from geographic and location-based data, and powerful visualization
Monday, March 12th, 2018
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has established a non-profit, private foundation to support Trimble’s Responsible Corporate Citizen (RCC) and philanthropic efforts—Trimble Foundation. “Trimble has a rich history of philanthropy, environmental and social stewardship, and in 2017 solidified these activities with the launch of our RCC program. The program also includes
Friday, March 9th, 2018
GfK’s Map of the Month for March shows an excerpt of Australia’s current mesh block and 4-digit postcode boundaries in Sydney. Download the map in high-resolution JPG format… GfK recently published a map edition that features highly detailed coverage of Australia’s approximately 36,000-kilometer coastline as well as the country’s 357,000 mesh blocks, among other regional
Friday, March 9th, 2018
WASHINGTON – Radiant.Earth, a leader in open Earth imagery for the global development community, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Victoria M. Gammino as Chief Science Officer on March 4, 2018. Dr. Gammino brings to Radiant.Earth an exceptional career in global health. An epidemiologist with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Friday, March 9th, 2018
CHICAGO- Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Plant Holdings, Inc., which holds the Airbus DS Communications business, from Airbus Defense and Space, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Airbus SE. Airbus DS Communications is a leading provider in North America of command center software for emergency call-handling. The company’s VESTA® suite is a
Friday, March 9th, 2018
TORONTO – Jibestream, the premier mapping platform provider, announced today the release of powerful new features to their indoor geospatial platform that enhances developers’ abilities to create smart indoor experiences. This release introduces support for multiple map profiles, destination proximity services, an Outlook Plugin for Office 365, single sign-on authentication and more. “We are passionate about
Friday, March 9th, 2018
Wakefield, MA – ApacheCon, the official conference series of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced today the Geospatial Track, organized by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), who will be supporting ApacheCon as a Community Partner. The track will be held at ApacheCon North America, 24-27 September 2018 in Montreal; the Call for Presentations is open
Friday, March 9th, 2018
SHANGHAI; CAMBRIDGE, Mass.; REYKJAVIK, Iceland – WuXi NextCODE, the emerging global standard platform for genomic data, today announced a partnership with Google Cloud that aims to deliver comprehensive genomics capabilities to partners and customers worldwide. The partnership, announced today at the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition being held this week in Las Vegas, includes hosting WuXi NextCODE’s core
