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Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

GIS-Pro 2017 Supports GISP Certification Goals

Des Plaines, IL – URISA’s GIS-Pro 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida will provide an opportunity to enhance GISP applications (or recertification) and prepare for the GISCI Geospatial Core Technical Knowledge Exam®. Since 1963, URISA has been fostering excellence in GIS, by connecting people and resources in our geospatial community. URISA’s annual GIS-Pro event is THE conference

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

Government of Canada and LTSA Win International GIS Award

SAN DIEGO, Esri User Conference —Esri Canada congratulates the Government of Canada and Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA) of British Columbia for receiving Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards. The awards are presented to organizations across the globe for their innovative use of geographic information system (GIS) technology to improve the world. “Canada’s

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

Brainnwave Expands in Geo with Quarry One Eleven

Brainnwave understands, that if people are going to make better decisions then they must have quick and simple access to the data they need, at the time they need them. This insight has driven the Edinburgh-based team of young entrepreneurs, data scientists, machine learning and software engineers and user-experience (UX) designers, to create a platform

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

Wirral Council Migrates Existing Corporate GIS to Cadcorp

Wirral Council joins Warrington, Sefton and Halton Borough Councils in selecting Cadcorp for intranet and internet web mapping capabilities.   At Wirral Council, geographical information is shared with the public through self-service and with 40 teams across the Local Authority. Cadcorp will supply the Council with its off-the-shelf web mapping product, Web Map Layers. This

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

RoboBusiness Europe and TUS Expo Announce Rotterdam as 2018 Host City

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — RoboBusiness Europe and TUS Expo, which have established themselves as the premier robotics and unmanned systems events in Europe, plan to build on the success of the 1st International Robotics Week in next year’s events. Robo Business Media has announced that it has chosen the city of Rotterdam as the location

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Map of the Month: Forecasted Stationary Retail Turnover, Europe 2017

Europe’s largest and most developed economies offer fruitful conditions for retailers, but they can also be fiercely competitive, and in some cases, are near saturation. Results from GfK’s recently released European Retail Study bear this out: As a general rule, the greatest growth in brick-and-mortar retail turnover for 2017 is forecasted for mid-sized European markets,

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Norway Successfully Launches Microsatellites Built by Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory

The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced today the successful launch of two Norwegian microsatellites developed and built by SFL for the Norwegian Space Centre with support from the Norwegian Coastal Authority, Space Norway, and the European Space Agency. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the satellites into orbit launched from Baikonur at 06:36:49 UTC Friday 14 July

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Emoji Map by Europa Technologies Wins Most Unique Award at Esri UC

Esri UC 2017 – Most Unique Award – The Emoji Map of San DiegoAn emoji map of San Diego has won the “Most Unique” map award at the Esri User Conference 2017. Featuring 48,400 emoji, the original map from Europa Technologies was a popular exhibit at the major GIS event which this year drew almost

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

DigitalGlobe to Announce Second Quarter Financial Results on July 20, 2017

WESTMINSTER, Colo.-DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution Earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, will announce its second quarter 2017 financial results after the close of regular market trading on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Due to the Company’s pending combination with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, the Company will not conduct an

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Rolta Selected for a Prestigious Geospatial Digital Transformation Program in Middle East

Rolta today announced that it has been selected to provide a transformational Geospatial solution worth $10.8 million for one of the largest countries in the Middle East. This solution will be an integral element for supporting a prestigious national level Digital Transformation program to fulfil their ambitious vision spanning the next 15-years. Governments and their