Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
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
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 (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 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
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
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
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
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, 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
Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics technology, today announced the release of Esri ArcGIS 10.5, the next-generation analytics technology for innovative organizations. Esri ArcGIS 10.5 arrives at a time when organizations worldwide are challenged to make sense of real-time digital information. The release helps them glean insight from enterprise data, big data, and the
