Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities have elected representatives from Ireland and Spain to the Management Board of their membership Association, EuroGeographics. Colin Bray, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Survey Officer, Ordnance Survey Ireland and Amalia Velasco Martín-Varés, International Affairs Coordinator, Spanish Directorate General for Cadastre will help to shape its strategic direction
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
Tallinn, Estonia – FFSCat – providing complementary data to the Sentinel fleet –wins the 2017 Copernicus Masters, the international competition on innovative solutions for business and society based on Earth observation (EO) data. Small satellites are a cost-effective way to test new EO concepts. FSSCat is a future-oriented satellite mission, consisting of two federated 6U
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
Tallinn, Estonia, 8 November 2017 – The Copernicus Accelerator business coaching programme, supported by the European Commission, accelerates the market entry of innovative space applications and products submitted to the EO competition Copernicus Masters. This year’s Copernicus Accelerator Opening Bootcamp started the 12-month coaching provided to the 50 finalists of the 2017 Copernicus Masters. Hereby,
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
Tallinn, Estonia – SORUS – a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) powered safety application – wins the overall prize of the 2017 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC), an international competition on innovative business solutions for society based on GNSS data. Police, Special Forces, and other authorised Galileo PRS users can exploit this application to equip
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
WILSONVILLE, Ore. – FLIR recently announced that the FLIR CM275 industrial imaging clamp meter, which combines thermal imaging with electrical measurement features in one powerful inspection, troubleshooting, and diagnostic tool. Offering electricians a visual way to identify hot spots and overloaded circuits, the FLIR CM275 makes inspecting and servicing plant equipment and facilities safer and
Monday, November 6th, 2017
A sewer flood risk map of the Anglian Water region in the UK is being created by the Wastewater Consultancy team of RPS. The highly accurate 3D digital map showing land elevation has been created using LiDAR data collected by Bluesky’s aircraft mounted laser sensors. The region-wide study of sewer flood risk, at property level,
Monday, November 6th, 2017
Herndon, Virginia —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is now accepting nominations for its 2018 Awards Program. The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the global geospatial intelligence tradecraft’s brightest minds and most innovative organizations. The program shines a spotlight on outstanding geospatial intelligence achievements in five categories: academia, community
Monday, November 6th, 2017
DENVER — Woolpert has been contracted by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to provide non-project specific survey and right-of-way services for regions 3 and 5 throughout the western half of the state. The five-year, $2 million contract can be utilized for projects that include transportation design, boundary surveys, right-of-way mapping, mobile lidar and photogrammetric
Monday, November 6th, 2017
More than 400 GIS professionals – from 38 states, 4 Canadian provinces, and 10 countries – recently convened in Jacksonville, Florida for GIS-Pro 2017. One of the highlights of the conference was the Awards Breakfast, during which a number of URISA leaders were recognized for their volunteer service to the organization. We congratulate and thank them for their amazing
