Tuesday, June 13th, 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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,
Tuesday, June 13th, 2017
The recipient of the Sebastian Sizgoric Technical Achievement Award will have made a major contribution in the field of LiDAR bathymetry and airborne coastal mapping and charting within the past two years. This year’s award has been given to RIEGL honoring their efforts and developments in this field. The trophy was presented to RIEGL
Monday, June 12th, 2017
TOULOUSE, FRANCE – Delair-Tech, a leading commercial drone company, announced today that its DT18 and DT26X drones have been selected as the official choice for French government agencies purchasing fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles. The decision was made by the Union of Public Procurement Groups (UGAP) which acts as the purchasing conduit for government agencies across
Thursday, June 8th, 2017
Riga – SPH Engineering’s update for UgCS adds profound data import and processing features for UAV professionals and brings improvement for overall mission planning features. Android application UgCS for DJI is upgraded adding support for some newest DJI drones and features like camera zoom and improving video stream quality. Update adds support for DJI
Thursday, June 8th, 2017
Swindon, UK – Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has been listed on the G-Cloud 9 framework within the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Digital Marketplace, providing UK public sector organisations easier access to Hexagon’s leading geospatial software and services. CCS acts on behalf of the Crown to drive savings for the taxpayer and improve the quality of
