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Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

DFS Implements Connected World

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.,—   Connected2Fiber, the leading SaaS market acceleration platform for connectivity companies, announced today that Dark Fiber Systems, Inc. has signed an agreement to implement the platform and leverage the Connected World. DFS will also be implementing the Building List Manager, an automated software module for creating and distributing OnNet and NearNet building lists. DFS

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

uAvionix Demonstrates Dime Sized ADS-B for High Traffic Density Drone Operations

PALO ALTO, Calif. —   uAvionix Corporation, a leading Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) avionics provider, announced the development and test of its smallest ADS-B transceiver yet.  Weighing less than 1 gram, a dime sized ADS-B prototype module for drones with transmission power between 0.01-0.25 Watts could provide visibility to any aircraft equipped with ADS-B “IN” avionics

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Two New Releases of Automated Utility Design Available

San Diego, CA – Spatial Business Systems (SBS) announces the availability of two new releases of their Automated Utility Design™ (AUD) product at the DistribuTECH Conference in San Diego. AUD is a new SBS offering based on the strategic alliance between SBS and Autodesk that was announced October 3, 2016. Through the alliance, SBS is

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Esri Brings Operational Intelligence to 2017 DistribuTECH Conference

REDLANDS, Calif.  — Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics technology, today announced its participation at the 2017 DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition, to be held January 31 to February 2 at the San Diego Convention Center. DistribuTECH is the utility industry’s annual electric power transmission and distribution conference. Esri experts will be on-site to demonstrate

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Optech Galaxy’s SwathTRAK Wins 2016 MAPPS Grand Award for Technology

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that the Optech Galaxy airborne lidar system has won the 2016 MAPPS Grand Award for Technology.  With its unique SwathTRAK™ technology, the Galaxy vastly increases operational efficiency and data consistency in low- to high-relief terrain.   Traditional lidar scanners utilize a fixed field of view (FOV), which presents unique

Monday, January 30th, 2017

RIEGL’s Notable Week at Geospatial World Forum 2017!

This past week at Geospatial World Forum 2017 in Hyderabad, India, RIEGL displayed some of the latest products of their broad product portfolio for terrestrial, mobile, airborne and UAV-based laser scanning, in cooperation with their distribution partner for India, MeaTech Solutions (www.meatechsolutions.com).   RIEGL’s survey-grade UAV LiDAR platform, the RiCOPTER, was one of the highlights

Monday, January 30th, 2017

NASA Selects Surrey Satellite US ESPA Platform for Rapid III On-Ramp 3 Catalog

ENGLEWOOD, COLO.— Colorado-based Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (Surrey) has been selected by the NASA Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) for inclusion of its SSTL-150 ESPA satellite platform in the third NASA Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition Catalog (Rapid III). Through this contractual framework, Surrey is able to directly engage with NASA and other government agencies for

Monday, January 30th, 2017

PrecisionHawk Appoints Blackboard Co-Founder and Former CEO Michael Chasen as New CEO

RALEIGH, N.C. —    PrecisionHawk, a provider of advanced commercial drone technologies, today announced that Michael Chasen has been appointed as the company’s new chief executive officer (CEO). As a serial entrepreneur and veteran technology leader, Chasen brings more than 20 years of software experience to accelerate PrecisionHawk’s rapid growth in the commercial drone market. Michael

Monday, January 30th, 2017

Abstract Submissions Invited for GIS-Pro 2017 in Jacksonville, Florida

URISA is pleased to announce the Call for Presentations for GIS-Pro 2017: URISA’s 55th Annual Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. The conference will take place October 23-26, 2017. Abstract submissions are due on or before March 10, 2017. The conference educational content will celebrate exemplary applications of GIS technology for emergency response, addressing, public health, transportation, economic

Monday, January 30th, 2017

Bluesky Announces 2017 Flying Plans for Ireland

Aerial mapping specialist Bluesky has announced ambitious plans for the forthcoming 2017 Irish flying season. Already dedicated to producing a high quality orthophoto base for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, together with derived and complementary data products such as 3D height models and Colour Infrared imagery, Bluesky has committed additional resources to fulfil