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Thursday, January 12th, 2017

Geospatial Professionals Receive 2016 MAPPS President’s Awards for Service

MAPPS, the national association for private sector geospatial firms, today announced it has recognized twelve individuals for their significant contributions to the association and the geospatial profession for 2016. MAPPS President, Susan Marlow, Stantec, recognized the following Presidential Award recipients: •Bob Hanson, Michael Baker International, for his service as MAPPS Treasurer, A/E Forum Chair, Board

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Baldwin County Alabama Revenue Commissioner’s Office Selects MobileAssessor Mobile App for Field Appraisers

CourthouseUSA, a leading provider of mobile applications for the assessment and real estate communities announces Baldwin County, AL has accepted CourthouseUSA’s proposal to adopt MobileAssessor created by Data Cloud Solutions. The Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner’s Office, located on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, is responsible for mapping,  appraising and  assessing each parcel of property and then  collecting

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Aeris, MapmyIndia Forge Partnership to Tap Internet of Things Market in India

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Aeris, a pioneer and leader in the Internet of Things (IoT) market, today said it has formed a partnership with MapmyIndia, India’s leader in premium-quality digital maps, global positioning system (GPS) navigation, tracking, location-based apps and geographic information system (GIS) solutions, to jointly address the market by offering geo-spatial intelligence-based IoT

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Swift Navigation Co-Founders Colin Beighley and Fergus Noble Make Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Tech List

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Swift Navigation, the San Francisco-based startup building centimeter-accurate GPS technology that will power a world of autonomous vehicles, is proud to announce that two of its co-founders, Fergus Noble (29) and Colin Beighley (28), have been honored in the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology list. The list, which honors

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

New Technology by Michael Baker International Empowers City of Richmond to Visualize Change and Establish a More Connected Transit System

Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, is helping residents and city officials in Richmond, Va., rethink the design of the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) bus system and establish a more connected transit network through the innovative use of technology. To assist the community in visualizing various transit options

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Textron’s New iCommand 2.5 Delivers Improved Performance and Scalability

AUSTIN, Texas —  Textron Systems Advanced Information Solutions, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) business, announced today the release of the new version of its iCommand® integrated command suite, iCommand 2.5. iCommand 2.5 collates and collapses previously disparate data and systems onto a single pane of glass and adds mission

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

DigitalGlobe Announces SpaceNet Challenge Results and Plans for Follow-on Competition

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced the successful results of the first SpaceNet Challenge and the next phase of the initiative. SpaceNet is a forward-leaning collaboration between DigitalGlobe, CosmiQ Works, and NVIDIA, which consists of an online repository of freely available satellite imagery,

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

PCI Geomatics Announces Collaboration with Deimos Imaging to Support the PanGeo Alliance

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today it will be collaborating closely with Deimos Imaging to support the PanGeo Alliance. Deimos Imaging is a founding member of the PanGeo Alliance, which is the first global alliance of Earth Observation sensors operators. The PanGeo Alliance is made

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

LizardTech Receives U.S. Army Certificate of Networthiness for GeoExpress and Express Server Software

SEATTLE, Wash. — LizardTech®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, has received Certificates of Networthiness (CoN) for GeoExpress® 9.x and Express Server® 9.x from the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). The CoN signifies that GeoExpress and Express Server are configured to the current Army Golden Master (AGM) baseline

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

Long Beach One of First Cities in U.S. to Display Open Data in Geospatial Data Format

Today, the City of Long Beach launched DataLB, the City’s new Open Data Portal. This new portal is designed to implement modern Citywide practices for sharing data with the public, staff, and policy makers as outlined in the Open Data Policy, adopted by the City Council on December 20, 2016. “Long Beach’s DataLB portal is