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Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Just Announced: Michael Kratsios of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to Deliver Afternoon Keynote Address at Drone World Expo

SAN JOSE, Calif.- Drone World Expo is thrilled to announce the addition of a special keynote address to be given by Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer, The White House. The presentation will take place Tuesday, October 3, at 1:00 pm PDT, on the Drone World Expo Keynote

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

SaskEnergy Wins Award for Better Managing Utility Information with GIS

REGINA, Esri Canada User Conference – SaskEnergy Incorporated, Saskatchewan’s natural gas distribution company, today received Esri Canada’s Award of Excellence for leveraging geographic information system (GIS) technology to improve decision-making across the Crown Corporation. Using ArcGIS, SaskEnergy centralized its transmission and distribution pipeline data, creating a single repository for its assets, and providing staff with

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

CustomWeather Announces Partnership with GeoView Data Services

SAN FRANCISCO – CustomWeather, Inc., a premier, specialized provider of high-resolution weather data and alert services, announced that it has been selected by Malaysia-based GeoView Data Services, Inc. to provide real-time marine weather, including wind speed and direction, wave height and direction, humidity and temperature. The weather data is utilized within GeoView’s custom software to

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Big Drone Show Announces Second Round of Technology-Disrupting Speakers

TORONTO, ONTARIO – With the Big Drone Show arriving in less than two weeks, the second round of speakers has officially been released by the event hosts, The Sky Guys and Cambridge House International. The two-day event will take place in Toronto on September 27 and 28 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Now entering

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Arid Regions Problems Can be Solved with the Help of Remote Sensing and AI

In recent years many areas of the US territory suffer from a drought of varying intensity. It is difficult to forget the consequences of the Great Drought of 2015, which was considered the largest in the last 1200 years. As of July 2, 2017, according to the US Department of Agriculture, the abnormal dryness and

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

The PanGeo Alliance Welcomes a New Member and Celebrates 3 years of Achievements

Paris, September – The PanGeo Alliance, the first global alliance of Earth Observation satellite operators, is pleased to announce Geoinformation Systems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus as the latest new member of the alliance. In addition, PanGeo is celebrating 3 years since its launch in Paris, as all the members gathered in

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Orbit GT to Showcase New v18 for Mobile, UAS, Indoor and Aerial Mapping at Intergeo, Berlin

Orbit GT to showcase new v18 for Mobile, UAS, Indoor and Aerial Mapping at Intergeo, Berlin “I’m thrilled to announce version 18 to be shown at Intergeo, Berlin”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Version 18 of our Desktop and Server portfolio bundles all our expertise domains in a single portfolio. So now, Mobile

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Imagery Illustrates Flooding, Damage Caused by Hurricane Irma

MIAMI — Woolpert, working under two separate contracts, collected and posted high-resolution, before-and-after imagery of areas in Florida affected by Hurricane Irma to assist with flooding and damage assessment. The imagery is available to the public at maps.woolpert.com/irma. Miami-Dade County contracted with Woolpert for post-storm imagery as Hurricane Irma approached, while Woolpert’s work with the

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and Spaceflight Industries Partner to Accelerate the BlackSky Geospatial Platform and High Revisit Rate Constellation

PARIS – The Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia Space (Thales 67%, Leonardo 33%) and Telespazio (Leonardo 67%, Thales 33%), today signed a partnership with the US-based company Spaceflight Industries which includes the following elements: A minority investment in Spaceflight Industries, which through its BlackSky business, has developed a geospatial platform and plans to build

Friday, September 22nd, 2017

Blue Marble to Offer Helicopter Rides Around Los Angeles at its Upcoming User Conference

Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that it is offering several attendees at its upcoming User Conference in Los Angeles a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour the city from the air. Held in partnership with Blue Marble partner GEO1, the Blue Marble User Conference (BMUC) will include an onsite drawing to