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Tuesday, November 14th, 2017

Huawei and Hexagon Geospatial Showcase Geospatial Solutions at Smart City Expo World Congress 2017

BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 14, 2017 – Hexagon Geospatial is proud to announce that we will partner with Huawei to showcase Smart City solutions at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, 14-16 November. Huawei, a leader in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, will join with Hexagon to demonstrate how Smart Cities must harness

Tuesday, November 14th, 2017

Boundless Releases Server Product to Offer Complete Ecosystem of Enterprise GIS Solutions

St. Louis, MO – Nov. 14, 2017 – Boundless, the leader in open GIS for the enterprise, today announced the next iteration of its GIS software, Boundless Server. The company also announced that it has rebranded its flagship product, Boundless Suite, as Boundless Server. Boundless Server offers enhanced styling and increased interoperability with ArcGIS.  

Monday, November 13th, 2017

Boeing Completes Acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences

Boeing completed the acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences Corp., which will operate under Boeing Engineering, Test & Technology as a subsidiary called Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company. It will retain an independent operating model. Headquartered in Manassas, Va., Aurora has more than 550 employees and operates in six locations, including research and development centers

Monday, November 13th, 2017

Sefton Council Uses GIS to Support ‘One Council’ Policy

One of the roles of the technical services team at Sefton Council is to support the Planning & Building Control department. This ranges from managing data used by planning officers on a day-today basis to producing evidence based work to assist the policy team. This where their Geographic Information System (GIS) comes into play. By

Monday, November 13th, 2017

The Sky Guys Selected to Develop Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Drone for Highway Monitoring

TORONTO- The Sky Guys, Canada’s leader in drone technology and unmanned solutions, have teamed up with NVIDIA, IBM and University of Toronto to be awarded $750,000, from Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), as part of the Small Business Innovation Challenge (SBIC). The group will work closely with the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) to

Monday, November 13th, 2017

Esri Provides Mapping Technology for Students to Assess Hurricane Damage

REDLANDS, Calif. –Esri, the world leader in spatial analytics, today announced it is providing its ArcGIS platform, along with high-resolution imagery from the Vexcel Corporation, to students so they can use it to identify and assess buildings in Puerto Rico that were damaged by Hurricane Maria. Obtaining high-quality, accurate imagery is a crucial step in

Monday, November 13th, 2017

Surveying All New Territories – Martin Instrument Expands to Oklahoma

AUSTIN, Texas – Martin Instrument, the premier, authorized Trimble dealer of survey and construction equipment in Texas, has expanded to all of Oklahoma. “The Martin Instrument team has worked really hard over the past several years taking care of our customers and we are very proud and excited that Trimble has granted us this additional

Monday, November 13th, 2017

USSOCOM Awards Vricon Foreign Comparative Test Contract

McLean, Virginia – The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) awarded Vricon a contract for a Foreign Comparative Test for commercial data, software, and testing to increase the resolution and accuracy of the Command’s 3D geospatial data.  Vricon also will work to automate workflows to reduce manual processes involved in producing enhanced geospatial data and 3D scene visualizations. “This collaboration

Monday, November 13th, 2017

AirMap and Kespry Partner for Safe, Compliant Drone Flights

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – AirMap and Kespry today announced a partnership that brings AirMap’s best-in-class airspace intelligence, including airspace advisories, wind, and weather, to Kespry’s leading automated UAV solution. The new integration empowers Kespry’s industrial customers to fly with confidence, ensuring that each mission can be flown more safely, more efficiently, and in compliance with relevant

Monday, November 13th, 2017

Tersus Announces Precis Board Firmware V1.15 Release

Tersus GNSS Inc. (“Tersus”) is glad to release the latest firmware update to Precis OEM boards, the 1.15 version. Firmware V1.15 provides users with more robust RTK fix solution and accuracy. It provides other improved performance such as RTK solution of long baseline. Some known issues have been fixed as well. All update improves RTK