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Monday, July 17th, 2017

GSDI Small Grant Program Awards Announced

The GSDI Association’s call for proposals for the Small Grants Program 2017 stimulated 31 proposals from 27 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North and South America, covering a wide range of SDI and GI/GIS related project work. Each of the award winners will receive cash support for their proposed projects of US$ 2,500. Some of

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Learn More About Maptitude for Redistricting at the NCSL Annual Conference

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Annual Conference will be held August 6-9, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). NCSL is the only national organization to represent state legislatures in the United States and the conference allows attendees the opportunity to learn more about what other state leaders are faced with

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Esri and NXN Partner to Create Smart Cities Internationally

Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, is partnering with NXN (formerly neXgen), a leading smart city consulting and digital service provider in the Middle East and Africa. Through this collaboration, NXN will augment its Smart City as a Service digital platform with Esri technology to deliver geospatially enabled smart and digital services in real

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Trimble and Propeller Aero Collaborate to Deliver Professional Quality Unmanned Aircraft System Workflows

SUNNYVALE, Calif.– Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it is collaborating with Propeller Aero to distribute its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) analytics platform. Propeller, based in Sydney and Denver, is a leader in the advanced collection, visualization and analysis of data from UAS. Propeller’s simple automated ground control targets, cloud-based visualization and rapid analysis platform

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Bluesky Launches Nationwide Map of Building Heights

Aerial mapping company, Bluesky, has launched the first nationwide map providing accurate height measurement for around 40 million buildings across Britain. Created from a combination of remote sensing surveys, including data from aircraft mounted lasers (LiDAR), the Bluesky Heighted Building dataset covers the whole of England, Wales and Scotland, and will help to change the

Friday, July 14th, 2017

MAPPS Celebrates 35th Anniversary

Reston, VA – July 12, marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of MAPPS, the national association of photogrammetry, mapping, and geospatial firms. It was on July 12, 1982 that a group of visionary firm owners gathered at a hotel at O’Hare Airport in Chicago and formed the only national association exclusively comprised of private sector

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Ramboll Honoured with International Award for Special Achievement in Use of Geographic Information (GIS)

Ramboll received the Special Achievement Award (SAG) from Esri, the global American company responsible for the GIS system, for Ramboll’s success in developing and promoting the application of GIS (geographic information system) throughout its business. This is only the seventh time that a Danish company has received the award. ”We have implemented the Esri GIS

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Kratos Announces Acceptance of Advanced Space Radio Monitoring System by the Regulatory Authority of the Sultanate of Oman

SAN DIEGO – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that The Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman has formally accepted the Advanced Space Radio Monitoring System (ASRMS) from Kratos. The multi-million dollar project started in late 2014 and includes ten years of long-term support

Friday, July 14th, 2017

GIS in the Rockies 2017- Premier Geospatial Information & Technology Conference

Join us September 20 & 21 at the Hilton Denver Inverness for GIS in the Rockies – the Rocky Mountain West’s premier geospatial information and technology conference. The 30th annual GIS in the Rockies promises to be the best ever, offering an exceptional content-rich conference. 2017 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: – FULL PROGRAM OF EVENTS WITH

Friday, July 14th, 2017

DARTdrones and DroneDeploy Partner to Train the Next Generation of Drone Mapping Experts

DARTdrones, the industry leader in drone training and consulting today announced a partnership with DroneDeploy, the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones . The partnership will launch a national training program to create a community of professionally trained drone pilots to meet the increasing demand for drone mapping services. The program will begin this