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Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

More Purchasing Power in Austria in 2017 – Same for Switzerland, but Only in National Currency

Bruchsal, Germany, June 13, 2017 – Two new GfK purchasing power studies evaluate purchasing power in Austria and Switzerland in 2017. The studies reveal substantial regional differences both within and between these two countries. GfK’s 2017 purchasing power data for Austria and Switzerland is now available. GfK forecasts a per-capita purchasing power of €42,142 for

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

European Retail: Central and Eastern Europe Gaining Ground

Bruchsal, Germany, June 13, 2017 – GfK has released a comprehensive analysis of the retail scene in 32 European countries. The study evaluates purchasing power, the retail share of private consumption, inflation and sales area productivity, and also includes a turnover prognosis for 2017. The study appears in the new edition of ACROSS Magazine and

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

Mappedin Announces Support for Apple Indoor Maps

KITCHENER, Ontario- Mappedin, the leading indoor mapping SaaS platform, today announced its collaboration with Apple to offer indoor mapping services in select malls across the U.S. Launching with iOS 11 this fall, and previewed on stage at last week’s WWDC, Apple Maps will provide detailed maps of hundreds of major airports and shopping centers around

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

“GEO Business Just Gets Better and Better” – UK’s Biggest Geospatial Event Reports Record Attendance for 2017

London was the capital of the geospatial world last month – as GEO Business returned to the Business Design Centre in Islington, on 23-24 May, to showcase the best new products, services and solutions of the year.   The UK’s biggest geospatial exhibition and conference enjoyed its fourth year of significant growth, serving up 2386

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

Plan to Deliver Authoritative Pan-European Open Data Services Unveiled Today in Brussels

Members of EuroGeographics have today (12 June 2017) unveiled plans for pan-European open data services underpinned by geospatial information from official sources. The Open European Location Services (ELS) project aims to improve the availability of geospatial information from the public authorities responsible for mapping, cadastre and land registries. Funded by the European Commission, it builds

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

First in France: A Commercial Drone Successfully Completes a BVLOS Flight of 30 Miles via 3G Cell Network

Today at 11:00 a.m., RTE and Delair-Tech set a new distance record when they flew a civilian drone 30 miles (50 kilometers).  This official purpose of the flight, which took place in France, was to inspect by remote camera RTE’s power lines as well as recording data that would allow it to build models of

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

TomTom and Bosch Collaborate on World First: Radar Localisation Map Layer for Autonomous Driving

DETROIT- TU-Automotive Detroit – TomTom (TOM2) and Bosch today announced the creation of an HD map with integrated Radar Road Signature layer for the localisation of vehicles in autonomous driving. The Radar Road Signature layer will allow automated vehicles to determine their exact location on a road down to a few centimeters, working in conjunction

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

Esri and NATO NCI Agency Sign Enterprise Agreement

Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that it entered into an enterprise agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Communications and Information (NCI) Agency earlier this year.The enterprise agreement for the NATO Core Geographic Information System (GIS) includes several addendums to cover the use of Esri software by NATO Functional

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

GolfNow Chooses CrateDB to Enrich Golfing Experience for Millions of Golfers by Processing Geospatial Data in Real Time

SAN FRANCISCO- Crate.io, developers of CrateDB, a leading open source SQL database for real time analytics of IoT and machine data, today announced that GolfNow, a division of Golf Channel and part of the NBC Sports Group, has deployed CrateDB for storage and retrieval of location (GPS) data for more than three million users and

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017

Blue Marble Conducts Successful Global Mapper Training Class in Perth, Western Australia

Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the successful delivery of the first ever official Global Mapper Certification training class in Australia. Coinciding with the APPEA conference in Perth, the class drew over two dozen attendees from throughout the country for two days of intensive, hands-on instruction. For over two decades,