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Tuesday, September 19th, 2017

GfK Releases New Maps for Russia

Bruchsal, Germany – GfK recently updated its digital maps of Russia. The maps offer up-to-date coverage of the boundaries of Russia’s administrative and postal regions. As such, they provide a reliable foundation for geographic analyses of market and company operations across all industries. GfK has updated its maps of Russia to reflect the latest regional

Tuesday, September 19th, 2017

GA-ASI Conducts First Flight Test from Upgraded FTTC

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – On August 30th, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew its first test flight out of its new Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) facility in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The GA-ASI Block 5 Predator® B/MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) flew a round-trip of approximately 1,075 nautical miles. This was the

Monday, September 18th, 2017

NASA Flights Map Summer Melt of Greenland Ice

Operation IceBridge is flying in Greenland to measure how much ice has melted during the summer. The flights, which began on Aug. 25, 2017, and will go on until Sept. 21, 2017, repeat paths flown this spring and aim to monitor seasonal changes in the elevation of the ice sheet. “We started to mount these

Friday, September 15th, 2017

Aerial Mapping Company Bluesky Celebrates 2017 Flying Success

Aerial mapping company Bluesky is celebrating following its most successful flying season to date. As temperatures soared, Bluesky took to the skies deploying three dedicated survey aircraft. To date, Bluesky has captured more than 70,000 square kilometres of aerial photography in 2017 – an area more than twice the size of the Netherlands – of

Friday, September 15th, 2017

Utah Department of Transportation Awards PTFS Contract to Use Knowvation GS as Enterprise Geospatial Content Management System

NORTH BETHESDA, Md.– iReach/ Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS), today announced that it received a contract award from Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) for its flagship Knowvation GS Geospatial Content Management Systems (GeoCMS). PTFS won this five year contract in a full and open competition that included a detailed technical proposal against a robust

Friday, September 15th, 2017

Edmonton Metro Capital Region Board Wins Esri Canada’s Award of Excellence

EDMONTON, Esri Canada User Conference – The Capital Region Board (CRB) of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region has won an Award of Excellence from Esri Canada for demonstrating how geographic information system (GIS) technology can help disparate government officials work in concert to make decisions. That collaboration will save the Region millions of dollars and help

Friday, September 15th, 2017

Drone Guarder, Inc. Announces Version 2.0 Operating System For Seamless Functionality with their Apps

LONDON- Drone Guarder, Inc. (OTCQB:DRNG): The Drone Guarder software and app development team have completed Version 2.0 of the DG Operating System, which provides seamless functionality with its apps, scheduled soon to be launched on Apple and Google app stores. The 2.0 Operating System is the master program that manages the DG drone, which is autonomously App controlled.

Friday, September 15th, 2017

Esri to Present Cutting-Edge VR and Drone Mapping Tools at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it will be a sponsor and exhibitor at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 hackathon and conference, to be held September 16 through 20 in San Francisco. Esri staff will be on hand to provide information on the ArcGIS platform and the free global Esri

Friday, September 15th, 2017

Drone World Expo Trade Show Floor to Feature Innovative Technology and Solutions from Industry Leaders

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AeroVironment, Alta Devices, Cisco, Intel, Lockheed Martin CDL Systems and many other companies will be offering demonstrations and Tech Talk sessions during next month’s Drone World Expo to ensure that attendees have access to all of the latest technology being offered in the industry. Drone World Expo taking place in the heart of

Friday, September 15th, 2017

PCI Geomatics Releases Geomatica 2017, Service Pack 1

MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada – September 2017: PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today the release of Service Pack 1 for Geomatica 2017 – the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop, geo-image processing software featuring tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, mosaicking and