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Monday, March 6th, 2017

Airbus Boosts its Capacity in the Agricultural Sector with European Sentinel Satellites

Toulouse – Airbus broadens the range of sensors used in its agricultural services, Farmstar and Fodder Production Index, with the Sentinel 2A and Sentinel 3A satellites of the European Copernicus programme. This improves the level of availability and enhances the quality of both services, with farmers reaping the benefits. Farmstar, launched fifteen years ago, is

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

EagleView Announces Latest Pictometry Imagery Integration with ArcGIS Pro

EagleView, the leading technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions, is pleased to announce that their patented Pictometry imagery now integrates with ArcGIS Pro, Esri’s desktop application. Pictometry for ArcGIS Pro is an add-in application that allows customers to access their licensed Pictometry imagery with their go-to, everyday desktop GIS application. The

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Airbus’ Fodder Production Index with Good Market Introduction for Livestock Farmers Insurance Against Climate Risks

Tthe Fodder Production Index for monitoring grass production is already being used by most of the insurance companies. Developed by Airbus based on its long experience in the agricultural sector it allows estimation and compensation, if applicable, without a site visit by an expert. The Index derived from satellite images, approved by the French Ministry

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

GEOINT 2017 Registration Now Open

Herndon, Virginia —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) opened registration and housing for its GEOINT 2017 Symposium, taking place June 4-7 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The GEOINT Symposium, hosted annually by USGIF, gathers the defense, intelligence, and homeland security communities and other users and producers of geospatial information

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Juniper Systems and Partners to Attend CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017

Las Vegas, NV —  March 7-11 – Juniper Systems will be exhibiting its rugged handhelds and sub-meter GPS receivers at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada in booth number B92228. On display will be the new Mesa 2 Rugged Tablet, CT5 Rugged Smartphone, CT7G Rugged Tablet, and Geode Real-time Sub-meter GPS Receiver, among other

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Esri Signs Enterprise Agreement with Harris Corporation to Modernize Data Production from New Image

Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, announced today that it has signed an enterprise agreement with Harris Corporation. Also, Harris Corporation has become an Esri Platinum Tier partner. The agreement and partnership afford the corporation access to all Esri software and top-level benefits of the Esri Partner Network throughout the Harris Space and Intelligence

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Harris Corporation and Florida Tech Host Florida Unmanned Aircraft Summit

MELBOURNE, Fla. -Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) experts from throughout Florida gathered this week to explore trends in drone adoption and ways to help guide the impact of UAS integration across the state. UAS operators and industry leaders from business, government and academia engaged in the “Florida UAS Summit” hosted by Harris Corporation and Florida Institute

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Mapbox Appoints Roy Ng as President and Chief Operating Officer

SAN FRANCISCO —  Mapbox, the leading real-time location and mapping platform for developers, today announced Roy Ng ( photo) has been appointed President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). As President and COO, Ng will have responsibility for all customer facing operations, including sales, marketing, customer success, and business development, as well as finance, human resources,

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Concurrent Technologies Corporation Awarded Competitively Bid National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Contract to Research Artificial Intelligence

JOHNSTOWN, PA – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ( NGA) has awarded Concurrent Technologies Corporation ( CTC) a competitively bid prime $498,000 contract to research artificial intelligence (AI) automation capabilities under the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT (BIG) program. Under this contract, Concurrent Technologies Corporation will further advance the state of knowledge in virtual assistants by evolving

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Tableau 10.2 Brings New Advanced Analytics Capabilities

SEATTLE —  Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA) today announced the general availability of Tableau 10.2. The new release brings advanced mapping capabilities that make complex geospatial analysis easy, simplifies data prep with new ways to combine and clean data, and gives enterprises more tools to deliver self-service analytics at scale. “The need to see and understand