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Tuesday, December 27th, 2016

Latest Release of TerraGo Edge and TerraGo Magic Provides Seamless Integration with Esri ArcGIS

TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration and enterprise mobility software, announces the availability of version 3.9.8 of TerraGo Edge and TerraGo Magic, featuring the brand new ArcGIS® Direct Connect feature. With ArcGIS Direct Connect, users can connect to ArcGIS Online® and ArcGIS Server® providing direct access to feature layers which can be updated by mobile

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

FAA’s Part 107 Rules Ease Some of the Challenges Faced by Commercial UAS Operators

In recent years, the news media portrayed unmanned aircraft systems (UASs), commonly known as “drones,” as the technology of choice to take aerial images (photos and/or videos) of everything under the sun, from sporting events to weddings, surveys, real estate, construction monitoring, and so on. Unless operated indoors, UASs fly in the National Air Space

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

NS Groep N.V. to Deploy Real-Time Diagnostic System from Trimble Company, Trimble Railway Limited

SUNNYVALE, Calif.  — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that NS Groep N.V. (NS), the Dutch state-owned rail company, will be deploying the Trimble® R2M real-time remote diagnostics monitoring system. As a core component of NS’ overall real-time monitoring architecture, the system allows railway operators to streamline maintenance costs and provide efficiencies across their fleet by

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

Blue Marble Geographics Announces Revised Global Mapper Training Curriculum and Schedule for 2017

Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the successful completion of its 2016 Global Mapper Certified Training Program with a sold-out three-day class in Orlando, FL from December 6-8. Blue Marble’s hands-on instructor-led classes have proven to be an indispensable asset for countless users hoping to get the most out of the software. The

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

TatukGIS for Mobile GIS Development

TatukGIS has released version 11 of its GIS Developer Kernel for Delphi edition. New support for the Embarcadero FireMonkey (FMX) framework enables Delphi and C++Builder development for desktop and mobile computing devices. The extensive TatukGIS API and features can now be used to develop professional GIS applications for the Microsoft Windows (32 & 64 bit),

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

The Excellent Mobile GIS App – SuperSurv 10 Is Coming Soon

Supergeo is pleased to announce that SuperSurv, one of the most well-known mobile GIS products of Supergeo, will soon leap forward to the next generation, SuperSurv 10! Available on iOS and Android mobile operating systems, SuperSurv is a mobile GIS app designed for field surveying and spatial data collection by Supergeo Product Team. Recently, the

Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

Esri Unveils CityEngine Mobile Virtual Reality Solution

REDLANDS, Calif. — Global smart-mapping leader Esri today announced a virtual reality (VR) solution for CityEngine, the company’s award-winning 3D modeling software. The newest version of CityEngine allows urban planners, architects, and GIS professionals to simply and quickly create VR experiences on mobile devices. These experiences can be viewed in the free ArcGIS 360 VR

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Seized Underwater Drone Raises Tension between U.S., China

The Chinese seizure of a U.S. underwater drone in waters near The Philippines is raising international concern as well as highlighting the growing strategic and tactical significance of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). According to a statement from Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook, “Using appropriate government-to-government channels, the Department of Defense has called upon China to immediately

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS – GeoRich 2017 – ACM SIGMOD Workshop on Managing and Mining Enriched Geo-Spatial Data

Both the current trends in technology such as smart phones, general mobile devices, stationary sensors and satellites, as well as a new user mentality of utilizing this technology to voluntarily share information, produce a huge flood of geo-spatial data. This data is enriched by multiple types of information or contexts, such as social, text, multimedia

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Dewberry Awarded Second Consecutive HGACBuy Contract

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, was recently awarded a three-year, all hazards preparedness, planning, consulting, and recovery services contract through the HGACBuy cooperative purchasing program. Services will be provided in the areas of homeland security, disaster preparedness and recovery, emergency response and all hazards planning, as well as continuity of operations and recovery