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Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

Skylogic Research Announces Launch of In-Depth Survey of Drone Market

Skylogic Research, LLC  today announced the launch of its 2017 Drone Market Sector Research study examining worldwide drone sales, service providers, business buyers, and software services. This independent research, which is being underwritten by Airware and DroneDeploy, promises to find fresh insights on the various drone industry sectors and the growing demand for businesses to

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

Esri Expands Its World Geocoding Service Capability

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the release of significant enhancements to the World Geocoding service for the company’s ArcGIS platform. This update to the World Geocoding service gives users access to 25 additional countries, including Cuba, Bangladesh, and Libya, where street addresses can be located. World Geocoding empowers users

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

Nearmap Delivers New 3-D Content and Oblique Imagery, Transforming Location Content for the Mapping, Construction, Engineering and Government Industries

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah & SAN DIEGO – Nearmap today revolutionized the aerial imagery market by announcing a national survey program providing true, high-resolution oblique imagery and derivative 3-D products. Nearmap is already a global leader in providing cloud-based subscription access to up-to-date 2-D orthomosaic aerial imagery. Using its patented HyperCamera2 technology, Nearmap is revolutionizing the

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

Esri Adds Airbus Global Elevation Data to Online Maps

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that Airbus Defence and Space WorldDEM4Ortho elevation data is soon to be part of the growing ArcGIS Online Living Atlas of the World. Covering the entire earth’s land surface, this is the most consistent and accurate elevation model for ensuring that imagery is properly

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

USGIF Appoints New Director of Academic Programs

Herndon, VA — USGIF hired Dr. Camelia Kantor, formerly an associate professor of geography at Claflin University in South Carolina, as its new director of academic programs. Kantor joins the Foundation with nine years of experience in college level teaching, course development, and research in addition to four years of K-12 teaching in the U.S.

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

MAPSearch Launches ENvision Solar

TULSA, Okla.– ENvision, MAPSearch’s online mapping platform, enables anyone to quickly locate, display, and analyze energy infrastructure using the same quality data licensed to our GIS customers. ENvision’s easy-to-use platform is flexible and customizable, and its assets can be searched, sorted, and displayed according to numerous details, including owner, operator, voltage, and more. ENvision Map –

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

Esri’s New ArcGIS 10.5 Enterprise Architecture Powers DigitalGlobe’s Imagery+Analytics Offering

Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that DigitalGlobe, the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, has selected Esri’s ArcGIS 10.5 Enterprise architecture to deliver a new subscription product offering, Imagery+Analytics, that enables organizations to subscribe to high-resolution imagery and analytics directly within their Esri environment and tools.

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

Global Mapper SDK and LiDAR Module SDK v18.2 Released with Support for Cloud-Based Data Management Using Amazon Simple Storage Service

Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics ( www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 18.2 of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) along with the Global Mapper LiDAR Module SDK. Released in conjunction with the desktop version of the application, this powerful developer’s toolkit shares many of the software’s functional enhancements

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

SSL to Provide WorldView Legion Constellation to DigitalGlobe

  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that its subsidiary Space Systems Loral (SSL) was selected to provide a next-generation satellite constellation for high-resolution Earth imaging to DigitalGlobe. Called WorldView Legion, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites will more than double DigitalGlobe’s high-resolution capacity in important regions. The contract is valued at several hundred million

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Iridium Poised to Make Global Maritime Distress and Safety System History

MCLEAN, Va., July 11, 2017 – Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that two key milestones along the path to becoming the second recognized provider of Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) services have been reached. During its 98th session this past June, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) adopted new performance