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Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Airborne LiDAR Production Now Fully Integrated with Leica HxMap Workflow

Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, industry leader for reality capture and measurement technology, announced today the release of LiDAR data processing capability in the Leica RealCity solution package.  Leica Geosystems partnered with international asset integrity and geo-intelligence solutions provider, Fugro, to begin acquiring and processing data over multiple cities and coastal regions across the US.

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

See Through the Surface of Ground, Ice or Any Structure with a Drone Equipped with Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

Riga – October 17, 2017 – To bring technically advanced solutions for surveyors, land engineers, researchers, rescue service providers and sappers – SPH Engineering – the developer of leading drone mission planning software UgCS and Radarteam Sweden AB – the manufacturer of Ground Penetrating Radars completed test flights combining Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, drone) and GPR technologies.

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Cloud Migration Path for Cadcorp Web Mapping

With the rapid adoption of cloud hosting technology, Cadcorp is offering customers the option to transition on-premise web mapping software to the cloud   Cadcorp has announced a cloud migration path for existing customers to migrate their existing maintained licences into a Cadcorp cloud hosted and managed environment.   There a number of benefits to

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Avenza Maps Adds Draw and Measure Tool and More in Avenza Maps 3.3

We’re excited to announce that we’ve completed the release of Avenza Maps 3.3 for iOS and Android. We addressed some early user feedback and made a few point releases to resolve those issues (3.3.1 for Android and 3.3.2 for iOS). We’re also working on another minor update that addresses some additional user feedback. Avenza Maps 3.3 This

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Wyland World Water Pledge to Inspire 7.5 Billion people For Sustainable Use of Global Water Resources

The signing of a new joint partnership between the Wyland Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program to protect the global marine environment through the Wyland World Water Pledge, a 10-year outreach program to inspire and engage every person on earth about the sustainable use of the planet’s ocean, lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands.  

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Michael Baker International Adds Long-Range, Highly Durable Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to Improve Large-Scale Mapping Operations

Pittsburgh – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, has expanded its cutting-edge inspection services with the purchase of an Altavian Nova unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The new fixed-wing Altavian Nova joins the company’s expanding UAS fleet, and offers a new tool for Michael Baker pilots to utilize when conducting

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Esri Founder and President Jack Dangermond to Discuss Earth Observations by the Commercial Sector at GEO Week

REDLANDS, Calif.—October 17, 2017—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that its founder and president, Jack Dangermond, will speak at GEO Week in Washington, DC to be held Monday, October 23, through Friday, October 27. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) is a partnership of more than 100 national governments and over 100

Tuesday, October 17th, 2017

Orbit Logic Scheduling Software Selected for NASA Wallops Ground Station

GREENBELT, MD  – Orbit Logic announced today that Kratos Defense Systems has selected Orbit Logic for software and services, including Orbit Logic’s STK Scheduler software, to modernize and enhance the scheduling solution for the NASA Wallops Atmospheric Sciences Research Facility (ASRF) Smallsat Ground Station (ASGS).  Orbit Logic is teamed with Kratos Defense Systems on a

Friday, October 13th, 2017

Sentinel-5P Successfully Launched to Monitor World’s Pollution

The Airbus built, pollution monitoring satellite Sentinel-5 Precursor has been successfully launched on a Rockot from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia at 09.27 GMT today. Sentinel-5 Precursor is part of the global monitoring programme “Copernicus”, a joint European Commission–European Space Agency undertaking which aims to acquire continuous and accurate Earth observation data and provide services

Wednesday, October 11th, 2017

2017 Commercial UAV Expo Keynotes Focus on Drone Data Integration & Workflow

PORTLAND, MAINE – The organizers of Commercial UAV Expo, taking place October 24-26, 2017 at the Westgate Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, announced updates to its keynote roster, with industry professionals from DroneDeploy, Brasfield & Gorrie, The Beck Group, Frost & Sullivan, Skylogic Research, Intel and Arizona State University slated to present. Commercial UAV