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Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

GPSengine and Oner Partner Together to Deliver Tracking Solution

Oner Electronics Technology, a market leading GPS device manufacturer, and GPSengine, an industry leading hosted platform service provider in GNSS, Telematics, IoT and Tracking, today announce a partnership bringing support for Oner’s extensive device range to GPSengine’s hosted Platform Connect service. The addition of the hardware tracking device offerings, and distribution capabilities that Oner provides,

Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

UK’s Bluesky Acquires U.S. Aerial Survey Company Col-East

North Adams, Massachusetts – British aerial mapping innovator Bluesky International is expanding its business into North America following the acquisition of Col-East Inc (www.col-east.com), a Massachusetts-based aerial survey company. Col-East has been mapping the Northeast United States for 65 years and will continue as Col-East International Ltd., forming the U.S. arm of Bluesky. Founded in 1952,

Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

Bird.i Partners with DigitalGlobe to Make High-Resolution Satellite Images Accessible to Anyone

Bird.i, the premiere global platform for accessing the world’s best satellite, airborne and drone imagery, has today announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with leading high-resolution satellite imagery leader DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI). Set-up in 2016, Bird.i is developing a supply chain composed of the world’s best data suppliers, enabling the growth of

Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

Introducing Polaris — Next-Generation Terrestrial Laser Scanner

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the release of its Polaris Terrestrial Laser Scanner at the SPAR 3D Conference and Expo, April 3-5, in Houston, Texas. This versatile, productive and user-friendly scanner will be on display in booth #400 along with the Optech Maverick, Eclipse, and award-winning Galaxy. Bridging the gap between indoor and outdoor

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017

How Do I Choose the Correct Image-Capture Settings for 3D Models?

What are the effects of the “angle between images” setting in circular missions when it comes to 3D reconstruction? Knowing which drone flight plan to design for 3D modeling can be challenging, but the good news is that Pix4Dcapture has automatic flight missions optimized for different scenarios. We tested circular missions with three image angle

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

SAGE III Installed on International Space Station

Just a little more than two weeks after its Feb. 19, 2017, launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9/Dragon spacecraft, the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) is now safely installed on the outside of the International Space Station, where it will monitor ozone and aerosols in Earth’s upper atmosphere. In a highly choreographed

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

Terrabotics Joins the Geological Remote Sensing Group

The Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG) has expanded its membership once again with the recent news that providers of actionable terrain intelligence, Terrabotics have joined as the latest corporate member. The skilled earth observation technicians and computer scientists at Terrabotics can fuse intelligent automation solutions and expert insight using an abundant supply of Earth Observation

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

Evans Incorporated Launches Human-Centered CAARMA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Solutions Suite

FALLS CHURCH, Va.- Evans Incorporated, the leading provider of Human-Centered consulting solutions, announces today the continuing expansion of its footprint as the driver of successful strategic initiatives by launching its comprehensive CAARMA™ Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Solutions Suite. The CAARMA™ UAS Solutions Suite delivers significant value to users across the aviation industry in its ability

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

SimActive and Tianlifa Launch Integrated UAV Solution

Montreal, Canada, March 21st, 2017 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce a fully-integrated solution with Tianlifa, a major firm in the Asian surveying market for over 20 years. The partnership results in a high-end mapping product featuring the new China Star drone from Tianlifa and SimActive’s Correlator3D™. “We

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

Orbital Insight Expands U.S. Retail Traffic Product to More Than 100 Retailers

LAS VEGAS, NV – Shoptalk — Orbital Insight, a geospatial analytics and software company, today announced the expansion of its U.S. Retail Traffic product to cover more than 100 U.S.-based retailers. The company uses artificial intelligence to analyze satellite imagery of store parking lots and count the number of cars at each store location. By