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Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

DJI Introduces M200 Series Drones Built For Enterprise Solutions

BARCELONA, Spain – DJI, the world leader in unmanned aerial technology, Sunday unveiled the new Matrice 200 drone series (M200), which is purpose-built for professional users to perform aerial inspections and collect data – making drone technology an affordable and easy-to-use tool for enterprises that recognize how aerial imaging can transform their operations. The M200

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

Qualcomm Drive Data Platform Powers TomTom’s Plans to Crowdsource High-Definition Mapping Data for Autonomous Driving

BARCELONA, Spain – Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced it is working with TomTom (TOM2), a global leader in navigation and mapping products, on using the Qualcomm® Drive Data Platform for high-definition (HD) map crowdsourcing, to accelerate the future of autonomous driving.  Qualcomm Drive Data Platform utilizes cutting-edge technologies to

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

LAND INFO and GeoNorth Information Systems Team to Deliver Enhanced Geospatial Solutions to Commercial and Government Customers

Denver, CO – LAND INFO Worldwide Mapping, LLC, a pioneer in advanced imagery and mapping solutions, and GeoNorth Information Systems (GNIS), the only commercial geospatial solution provider to own a US-based, multi-mission Direct Receiving Station (DRS) for optical and radar imagery, announce a new strategic alliance. Together, both companies will offer their respective commercial and

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

Airbus Partners with Bird.i for Easy Access to Fresh Earth Observation Imagery

Airbus Defence and Space has closed a partnership agreement with Bird.i, a global platform for accessing the world’s best satellite, airborne and drone imagery. Objective of the partnership is to allow real-time on-line visualisation of Airbus Defence and Space freshest Pléiades and SPOT satellite images, and support the development of new applications and services across

Monday, February 27th, 2017

Occipital and Inuitive Present New Integrated Solution for AR/VR/MR Headsets and Robotics

27th February 2017 – San Francisco, CA: Occipital, Inc. and Inuitive Ltd. announce their collaboration to bring to market a complete hardware and software solution that brings highly efficient room-scale sensing and SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) to next generation mixed reality, augmented reality and virtual reality (MR/AR/VR) headsets and robotics. The joint offering enables

Monday, February 27th, 2017

Announcing Spring Workshops and Training for ArcGIS Developers in Nashville, TN and Biloxi, MS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GEO Jobe, a leading developer of GIS solutions and enterprise cloud services for ArcGIS, ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise is pleased to partner with Geospatial Training Solutions to bring several in-class workshops to GIS professionals and developers in Nashville, Tennessee and Biloxi, Mississippi. There’s no better time than now to enhance your

Monday, February 27th, 2017

Antarctic Research Station Survey Cited in National Engineering Competition

WASHINGTON, DC – Merrick & Company of Greenwood Village, Colo., has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 50th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) for providing surveys of the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica. ACEC is the Washington-D.C.-based business association of the engineering industry representing

Monday, February 27th, 2017

AirMap Secures $26 Million to Accelerate Global Adoption of Airspace Management Platform for Drones

SANTA MONICA, Calif., – AirMap, the world’s leading airspace management platform for drones, today announced a $26 million Series B funding round led by Microsoft Ventures, with additional participation from Airbus Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures (the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated), Rakuten, Sony, Yuneec, and existing investors General Catalyst and Lux Capital. The new investment brings AirMap’s

Monday, February 27th, 2017

AirMap and senseFly Partner to Advance Safety for Commercial Drones

SANTA MONICA, Calif. and CHESEAUX, Switzerland – AirMap, the world’s leading airspace management platform for drones, and senseFly, the world’s first choice producer of mapping drones, today announced that they have partnered to deliver AirMap’s airspace services to senseFly’s eBee fixed wing drones and albris quadcopter. AirMap’s airspace platform services will be directly integrated into senseFly’s

Monday, February 27th, 2017

LizardTech Releases MrSID Generation 4 Decode SDK Version 9.5.4

Seattle, Wash. – LizardTech®, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for image asset handling, announced the release of the MrSID® Generation 4 Decode SDK Version 9.5.4 to compliment the release of LizardTech’s GeoExpress® Version 9.5.3. This latest SDK release includes support to view MrSID compressed Harris Geiger-Mode LIDAR point