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Tuesday, April 4th, 2017

Launch of IXmaps Internet Mapping Tool Enables Canadians to See Exactly Where their Data Travels Online

OTTAWA – The launch of a powerful Internet Mapping tool means Canadians now have an easy way to track exactly where their data is traveling across the Internet. The tool at IXmaps.ca — IXmaps stands for Internet Exchange Mapping — is the brainchild of a team of researchers at the University of Toronto and York University,

Tuesday, April 4th, 2017

Phase One Industrial and ATI Set to Revolutionize Aerial Inspection of Critical Infrastructure

COPENHAGEN, Denmark– Phase One Industrial and Aerial Technology International (ATI) have developed a powerful professional aerial inspection tool that could help revolutionize the way commercial and industrial structural visual inspections are done. An integrated ATI drone and high-resolution Phase One camera solution enables unprecedented visual accuracy while reducing costs and improving human safety. The companies’ collaboration

Tuesday, April 4th, 2017

Blue Marble Adds Flat Earth Support to Geographic Calculator

Hallowell, Maine – As an acknowledgment of the diversity of opinions that have recently been expressed about the shape and structure of the earth, Blue Marble is pleased to announce that it is updating its flagship geodetic software, Geographic Calculator, to incorporate flat earth coordinate system parameters. Sharing its extensive core database of coordinate system

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

Nanosatellite Validates Aircraft Tracking, Prepares for Deorbit Demo

The CanX-7 nanosatellite built by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies validated real-time detection and tracking of aircraft by a satellite in low-Earth orbit. The next mission phase will begin in early May 2017 with deployment of drag sails developed by SFL to accelerate the deorbiting of small

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Selects Esri for eNGAge Program

Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has selected Esri to participate in the agency’s eNGAge program. The initiative builds the agency’s internal knowledge and skills by placing NGA employees in temporary positions with industry and academic partners as well as embedding experts from external institutions

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

The Getech Group is Set to Explore and Innovate with Esri

Exprodat, a Getech Group Company, that provides natural resources insight, data and expertise to companies and governments around the world, will be a Sapphire Sponsor of the forthcoming Esri Petroleum GIS Conference. Held in the George R Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas over April 12th and 13 th , the aim of the conference is

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

New DroneDeploy Report Reveals Drone Industry Trends Across 160 Countries

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DroneDeploy, the leading cloud software platform for commercial drones revealed its third Commercial Drone Industry Trends Report, representing analysis of more than 10 million acres mapped by drone users in more than 160 countries across all seven continents. The original report, released a year ago, provided the first insight into global

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

RIEGL to Exhibit and Present at SPAR 3D Expo & Conference

Orlando, FL – The 2017 SPAR 3D Expo & Conference will be held at the Marriott Marquis Houston in Houston, TX from April 3-5, 2017. Please join the RIEGL experts at Booth 615 throughout the week to learn about industry leading RIEGL Waveform-LiDAR. Come by to learn about how our hardware and software can help

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

Remote GeoSystems Releases All-New LineVision Google Earth Extension for Geotagged Video Playback, Analysis, Collaboration and Reporting Using Google Earth & Other GIS

FORT COLLINS, Colorado – Remote GeoSystems, Inc. is pleased to announce the release and availability of the all new LineVision™ Google Earth Extension– commercial software for UAV, airborne & terrestrial mobile inspection and survey projects requiring georeferenced video playback, analysis, collaboration and reporting using Google Earth & other GIS applications. Unlike its stand-alone predecessor, the

Monday, April 3rd, 2017

Garmin Adds Visual Approach Guidance to the GTN 650/750 Touchscreen Navigators

OLATHE, Kan.- Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced the addition of new capabilities and enhancements for the popular GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators. New GTN features include visual approach guidance, control and display of the GTX 3000 transponder and GTS 8000 Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS II)/Airborne Collision