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Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Sanborn Announces Launch of GeoServe LiDAR Viewer and QC Interface

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) announces the launch of its new GeoServe LiDAR Viewer and QC Interface, designed to allow clients to review and view LiDAR Point Cloud Data immediately after initial processing. Using this dynamic new Sanborn software product, clients will be able quality check LiDAR point cloud datasets and flag

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

DigitalGlobe and NTT DATA Corporation Announce Partnership to Expand Usage of Elevation Data

WESTMINSTER, Colo. & TOKYO — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, and NTT DATA Corporation (TOKYO: 9613), a leading global IT services provider, today announced the start of an expanded partnership involving the use of elevation data in their respective products, effective immediately. DigitalGlobe will

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Swift Navigation Now Shipping Piksi Multi, a Multi-Band, Multi-Constellation, Low-Cost, High-Precision GNSS Receiver

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Swift Navigation​, ​​the San Francisco-based startup building centimeter-accurate GPS technology to power a world of autonomous technology, today announced it is now shipping its newest product, Piksi™ Multi, ​a multi-band, multi-constellation high-precision GNSS receiver. Piksi Multi represents a revolution in advanced precision GNSS capabilities for the mass market and was built

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Caliper Offers 2017 Census Block Groups Data

NEWTON MA (USA) – Caliper is pleased to announce that the 2017 U.S. Census Blocks Groups data layer is now available for the entire United States. The 2017 Block Group data work with the latest versions of Caliper’s Maptitude mapping software and TransCAD transportation planning software. The 2017 U.S. Census Block Groups data is packed

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Exprodat Offers ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing Implementation Services

Exprodat, the oil and gas ArcGIS platform specialist, Esri Gold Partner and Getech group company, has extended the services it provides to energy companies around the world by developing a number of support services targeted at the new ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing (APR) extension. Recently, Esri has developed the ability to manage linear referencing networks, such

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Int’l Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) & ASPRS Conference to Take Place Together in 2018

Denver Colorado, USA – Diversified Communications, organizer of International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) and the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS)  announced that their annual geospatial events will take place together in Denver in 2018. Lisa Murray, Director of ILMF, made the announcement with ASPRS President Charles Toth during her opening remarks at the

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

Getmapping and EDINA provide Aerial Photography to Schools

Getmapping and EDINA (University of Edinburgh) have worked together to put aerial photography onto the desk in UK schools via Digimap for Schools. These high resolution images of Britain map can be viewed directly in Digimap for Schools, now used by pupils, students and teachers in 2,500 primary and secondary schools. The images can also

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

SimActive Unveils New Licensing Options

Montreal, Canada, February 14th, 2017 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to offer new Correlator3D™ license options for medium format cameras and satellite sensors. Users who only require to process such data can now benefit from industry-leading software, at a lower price.   The new medium format license supports image

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

USGS Releases New JavaScript Library for Plotting Water Data for the Nation

A new JavaScript library, called GWIS (Graphing Water Information System), can create time-series plots of information measured at U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic data collection sites across the United States. Developed by the USGS Texas Water Science Center, the user-friendly interface integrates the open-source dygraphs JavaScript charting library with hydrologic data provided by USGS water services. Using GWIS, one or more interactive plots

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

Geoscience Australia and Lockheed Martin Begin Collaborative Research Project For Second-Generation Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)

CANBERRA, Australia– Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are critical tools for industries requiring exact precision and high confidence. Now, Geoscience Australia, an agency of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) have entered into a collaborative research project to show how augmenting signals from multiple GNSS constellations can enhance positioning, navigation, and timing