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Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Astun Technology Announces Open Source Training Course Schedule

Astun Technology, the leading provider of cloud-based open-source GIS solutions to local and central governments has announced its latest schedule of training courses which have all been specifically designed to ensure attendees return to their everyday workflows able to complete crucial mapping tasks more quickly and easily. Open source GIS technology is relied upon by

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Skyline Software Systems Releases SkylineGlobe Server 7.0

Herndon, VA – Skyline Software Systems Inc. announces the release of the all-new SkylineGlobe Server 7, a private cloud solution that provides a comprehensive set of web services for publishing, storing, managing and streaming 3D spatial data. Providing a unified, centralized server technology and management interface, Skyline customers can control and manage the complete 3D

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Wyland World Water Pledge to Inspire 7.5 Billion people For Sustainable Use of Global Water Resources

The signing of a new joint partnership between the Wyland Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program to protect the global marine environment through the Wyland World Water Pledge, a 10-year outreach program to inspire and engage every person on earth about the sustainable use of the planet’s ocean, lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands. The

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

ILMF 2018: Call for Papers Deadline is August 14

The 18th Annual International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), taking place in Denver, Colorado, USA, February 5-7, 2018, has announced a Call for Papers and invites interested parties to submit their abstracts by August 14, 2017. ILMF is a technical conference and exhibition focused on surveying and mapping technologies including aerial, mobile and bathymetric lidar as

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

NGA Continues Efforts to Meet the Increasing Demand for Geospatial Imagery and Automation

Alexandria, VA – The geospatial intelligence community workforce is growing at an ever-increasing rate. The value of the work being performed by the GEOINT community is developing parallel to the workforce itself. Efforts of lead GEOINT agencies, such as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), in the fields of exploitation of

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Boundless to Sponsor, Speak and Exhibit at Upcoming Open Source Geospatial Conference FOSS4G

NEW YORK, NY – Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced its presence at FOSS4G, taking place August 14-19 in Boston. The company is a gold sponsor of the event and will be presenting 18 talks on a variety of topics. Boundless will also be demonstrating its platform at booth #103. Highlights of planned

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Orbit GT and ViaTech, Norway, sign Reseller Agreement

Lokeren, Belgium – Orbit GT is happy to announce that ViaTech, Norway, has joined as Authorized Reseller of Orbit GT Mobile Mapping products. “We’re very pleased to join with ViaTech as our new Reseller”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “ViaTech is a well known and respected company in Norway and beyond.  We’re looking forward

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

MAPPS Elects New Officers, Directors

Reston, VA – MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, announced today the slate of new officers and directors elected for 2017-2018. Brian Raber, Merrick & Company (Greenwood Village, CO), assumed the office of President of MAPPS for a 2-year term. Raber succeeds Susan Marlow, Stantec (Nashville, TN). For the past year he

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Orbit GT updates 3D Mapping Cloud with Oblique Imagery Support

Lokeren, Belgium – Orbit GT launches a new update for it’s SaaS platform www.3dmapping.cloud “After support for Mobile Mapping and UAS Mapping content, we now proudly announce the support for Oblique Imagery and Aerial Point Clouds.  From now on, anyone owning Oblique data can upload this data and share in seconds.”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of

Friday, August 4th, 2017

Keynote Speakers to Highlight the 2017 National GIS in Transit Conference

Des Plaines, IL: URISA, the National Center for Transit Research,  and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) are pleased to highlight the featured keynote speakers for the 10th National GIS in Transit Conference, on September 6-8, 2017, in Washington, DC. Michael Ratcliffe is Assistant Division Chief for Geographic Standards, Criteria, Research, and Quality in the Census