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Friday, June 30th, 2017

West Wilson Utility District Turns to GEO Jobe for UAV Data Capture & Orthophoto Updates

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GEO Jobe, a leading GIS software and solution provider offering UAV mapping services, has been integrating UAV / UAS data capture into a number of projects enabling quick turn-around and cost savings for clients. What this means is that in addition to being experts in the ArcGIS / ArcGIS Online space we

Friday, June 30th, 2017

PV Solar Panel Field Inspection with UgCS

Solar panel fields, like any other artificial infrastructure objects, require periodical inspections. Usually photovoltaic (PV) solar panel field inspection requires use of two sensors – infrared (IR) and daylight cameras, to detect faulty panels which heat up because of connection issues, physical damage or debris. Drone equipped with thermal camera is the best choice for

Friday, June 30th, 2017

senseFly Brings Drone Education to Esri User Conference

Cheseaux, Switzerland  – senseFly will showcase the simplicity of integrating drone imagery into current workflows at the Esri User Conference (July 10-14 in San Diego) in a series of workshops designed for surveying, mapping and GIS professionals. As the world’s leading producer of mapping drones and an Esri Silver Partner, senseFly will present the innovative

Friday, June 30th, 2017

Local GITA Chapter Partners with Private Industry

St. Paul, Minnesota – A fifth successful EnerGIS conference (June 5-6, Canonsburg, PA) has come to a close.  EnerGIS was created out of the need for a local (mid-Atlantic) conference dedicated to the reinvigorated energy industry in the Marcellus and Utica Shale region. Through the efforts of a relaunched GITA Mid-Atlantic Chapter and back office

Friday, June 30th, 2017

Applanix and the University of Waterloo Collaborate on Advanced Guidance and Control Technologies for Autonomous Vehicles

RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO – Applanix, a Trimble Company, announced today that it is collaborating on advanced research for autonomous vehicle guidance and control systems with the University of Waterloo Centre in Ontario, Canada for Automotive Research (WatCAR). Applanix will provide WatCAR with its industry-leading Positioning and Orientation System (POS) for testing autonomous guidance and control systems

Friday, June 30th, 2017

Astun Technology Approved as G-Cloud 9 Supplier to the UK Public Sector

Astun Technology, providers of cloud-based open-source GIS solutions has been accepted as a G-Cloud 9 supplier. The G-Cloud is a framework agreement for use by UK Public Sector bodies which allows them to choose and purchase cloud computing services covering infrastructure, platform, software and specialist cloud services. The framework is for commodity based, pay-as-you go

Friday, June 30th, 2017

Aerojet Rocketdyne Advocates Solar Electric Propulsion as Central Element of Deep Space Exploration

WASHINGTON – Aerojet Rocketdyne, the nation’s premiere propulsion provider and a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), advocates Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) as a central element of America’s deep space architecture. During testimony before the Subcommittee on Space in the U.S. House of Representatives, Joe Cassady, executive director for Space Programs at Aerojet Rocketdyne,

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

MDA Announces On-Orbit Satellite Servicing Business Formation and Contract Awards for Spacecraft and First Life Extension Customer

SAN FRANCISCO – SSL MDA Holdings Inc., a global communications and information company, today announced important milestones in its progress to bring transformational on-orbit satellite servicing to market. Space Infrastructure Services LLC (SIS), a new U.S. company, will commercialize sophisticated satellite servicing capabilities, including refueling. SIS will be majority owned by Finance Technology Leverage LLC

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

Teledyne Optech Brings Full Spectrum of Remote Sensing Technology to Esri UC 2017

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will present the latest lidar and imaging solutions for acquiring accurate geospatial data at the Esri 2017 User Conference in San Diego, CA. GIS professionals from around the world are invited to see the full spectrum of remote sensing technologies on July 10-14 at booth 2220. For

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

MDA Announces Retirement of SSL President and New Executive Appointments

SAN FRANCISCO and VANCOUVER, B.C. – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA” or the “Company”) (TSX:MDA), a global communications and information company, today announced that John Celli will be retiring as President of SSL (Space Systems Loral) after serving the company for 36 years. Dario Zamarian has been appointed Group President and Paul Estey has