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Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Airbus: Successfully Launched Sentinel-2B to Complete Europe´s Colour Vision Mission of Earth

Kourou, 07/03/2017 – Europe´s Copernicus programme has got its second eye. On Tuesday, 7 March at 02:49 am CET (6 March at 10.49 pm local time), a Vega launcher successfully took off from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying the satellite developed and built under the industrial leadership of Airbus for the European Space

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

OGC Seeks Public Comment on New Abstract Specification Topic for Discrete Global Grid Systems (DGGS)

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is requesting public comment on its Discrete Global Grid System (DGGS) Abstract Specification Topic. DGGS enable rapid integration of spatial data without the difficulties of working with legacy coordinate systems, particularly projected coordinates such as Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM). DGGSs represent the Earth as a hierarchy of equal area cells

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Hexagon Geospatial and Huawei Team Up to Showcase Smart City Solutions at CeBIT 2017

HANNOVER, GERMANY- Hexagon Geospatial is proud to announce that we will team up with Huawei to showcase solutions to support the development of Smart Cities at CeBIT2017 in Hannover, Germany. Hauwei, a leader in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, is leading the way down the Road to Digital Transformation. As part of this

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Esri Honors Partners for Exceptional Use of Mapping and Analytics Technology

REDLANDS, Calif. — Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, yesterday recognized its outstanding partners during the annual Esri Partner Conference. The honorees have made exceptional strides toward using The Science of Where to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges. Members of the Esri Partner Network build solutions and provide best practices for organizations

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Ball Aerospace and Spire Global Collaborate on Arctic Maritime Domain Awareness

BOULDER, Colo.– Ball Aerospace and Spire Global, Inc. are collaborating on a program on behalf of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to improve Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Arctic. Together, Ball and Spire are developing a data collection and analysis platform that monitors maritime traffic in the Arctic, which will enable improved awareness of

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Bentley Systems Issues Call for Submissions to the 2017 Be Inspired Awards for BIM Advancements in Infrastructure

EXTON, Pa.- Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced its call for submissions to the 2017 Be Inspired Awards program. The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognize infrastructure projects for BIM advancements that improve project delivery and/or asset performance. The deadline

Tuesday, March 7th, 2017

Pix4D Launches World’s First Crane Camera Solution for 3D Mapping and BIM at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017. Now in Store

Lausanne (Switzerland), March 7, 2017 – Pix4D, a Swiss developer of drone mapping software, and Liebherr, one of the world’s largest manufacturer of tower cranes, are launching a unique crane-based mapping solution at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas. The solution is now available via Pix4D for worldwide distribution. Pix4D expands its Pix4Dbim construction solution range with

Monday, March 6th, 2017

Gilat Announces Availability of Mobility-Ready Solution for On-the-Move Applications on Land, Sea and Air

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, March 06, 2017 – Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ:GILT) (TASE:GILT), a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announced today the availability of its revolutionary mobility solution for its multi-application SkyEdge II-c platform. The comprehensive mobility feature-set supports unprecedented spectral efficiency and availability while delivering throughput of up to 400Mbps.

Monday, March 6th, 2017

Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Intelsat 33e Communications Satellite Mission

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Rocket engines made by Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), are now providing in-flight maneuvers for the Intelsat 33e communications satellite, which launched aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on Aug. 24. Boeing Satellite Systems International, which built the satellite, has announced that

Monday, March 6th, 2017

SpyMeSat TRIPLESAT Constellation Tasking

GREENBELT, MD – Orbit Logic announced today that their SpyMeSat mobile app users can now send new tasking requests to the TRIPLESAT constellation operated by Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd (21AT).  Available on the Apple App Store and Google play, the latest version of SpyMeSat allows users to obtain brand new images of