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Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

GfK Releases New Purchasing Power Study for Germany, Austria & Switzerland

Bruchsal, Germany, March 28, 2018 – The Swiss once again surpass the Germans and Austrians when it comes to purchasing power. But the available net income within each of these countries also varies markedly. None of the federal states or cantons encompassing the countries’ capitals top the national rankings: The purchasing power hotspots are elsewhere.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

Release of New Accurate and Recent Global Imagery Mosaic

Clermont-Ferrand, France – PlanetObserver, provider of geospatial data for civil and military solutions, announces the release of the most up-to-date global mosaic processed with recent and cloud-free satellite imagery. With an unmatched 10-meter resolution at the global scale, PlanetSAT Global #2018 mosaic provides accurate geographic information for any part of the world. Users benefit from

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

OGC Requests Responses to a Survey Regarding Potential Professional Certification Program

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is considering developing a Professional Certification program. The program would allow individuals to achieve certification that confirms their competency in specific OGC standards. The program would therefore focus primarily on OGC standards, thereby avoiding overlap with certification programs offered by OGC members and alliance partners. The OGC invites you to

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

AgEagle Aerial Systems Closes Merger with EnerJex; To Initiate Trading on NYSE as UAVS

Neodesha, KS – AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS), an aerial drone imagery collection and analytics company, today announced that it has closed its merger transaction with EnerJex Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: ENRJ), pursuant to which AgEagle becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of EnerJex Resources, Inc. EnerJex will be renamed AgEagle Aerial Systems and will

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Wetlands International Launches Program in Globally Unique Wetland System

During the World Water Forum, Wetlands International launched a 10-year program in the second-largest wetland system in South America (after the Amazon): La Plata Basin. Corredor Azul will focus on mobilizing efforts to implement alternative development paths for the region by bringing together civil society organisations, the private sector, academia and governments. The program will

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

MDA to Provide RADARSAT-2 Information to Meet Critical and Complex Challenges for Land and Maritime Monitoring

RICHMOND, BC – MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR), announced today it has recently signed multiple geospatial-related contracts based on RADARSAT-2 satellite information. RADARSAT-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery provides users with a unique method of accurately monitoring very large areas to locate, track, measure, and

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Spacecom Selects Maxar Technologies’ SSL to Build AMOS-8 Communications Satellite with Advanced Capabilities

PALO ALTO, CA and TEL AVIV, Israel – Spacecom (TASE: SCC), operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced it has chosen SSL, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR) to build its AMOS-8 advanced communications satellite. The satellite will deliver state-of-the-art broadcast, broadband and data services from Spacecom’s

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

senseFly Takes Drone Flight Plannng & Management to Next Level with Release of eMotion 3.5

Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland: senseFly, the world’s first-choice producer of professional mapping drones, and a Parrot Group company, today released a groundbreaking new version of its industry-acclaimed flight and data management software, eMotion.   eMotion 3.5 includes a raft of new features and functionality, all designed to make the working lives, and workflows, of geospatial professionals simpler

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Esri Location Intelligence Empowers Innovation at FirstNet Hackathon

REDLANDS, Calif. — Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it will sponsor the FirstNet Public Safety Hackathon in San Francisco, March 23–24. FirstNet is hosting the hackathon to drive the development of public safety focused mobile apps for the country’s first responders. The first in a series of hackathons that connects

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

GRSG Chairman is Coming Up Trumps for the Geological Society

The Chairman of the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) Charlotte Bishop, will be giving the next Geological Society Public Lecture at Burlington House on London’s Piccadilly once in the afternoon and again in the evening of Wednesday 28th March. Under the title; Satellite Top Trumps: The Geological Edition, Charlotte will take the audience through a