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Friday, February 10th, 2017

Orbit GT Releases Oblique Mapping and Feature Extraction v17

Orbit GT releases v17 of it’s industry-leading Oblique Mapping and Feature Extraction desktop solution.  It is available for download today from our website www.orbitgt.com. “Oblique Mapping v17 is cool upgrade”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Whilst having improved import and support for many more camera systems, we’ve added some cool features that adds

Friday, February 10th, 2017

DJI Introduces New Accessories for Mavic Pro Drone

SHENZHEN, China – DJI, the world leader in unmanned aerial technology, has introduced an array of new accessories for the foldable and compact Mavic Pro drone, making the flight experience even more safe, convenient and fun. Two new products are designed to shield the Mavic Pro’s propellers, providing an extra measure of safety and protection during flight.

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Avenza Releases Geographic Imager 5.2 for Adobe Photoshop

Toronto, ON – Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps app for mobile devices and geospatial plug-ins for Adobe Creative Cloud, including MAPublisher® for Adobe Illustrator®, is pleased to announce the release of Geographic Imager 5.2 for Adobe Photoshop®. This latest update includes many new features including full compatibility with the latest Adobe Photoshop

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Teledyne Optech Announces the New ALTM Galaxy T1000 with Dramatic Operating Cost Reduction and Performance Increases

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the ALTM™ Galaxy T1000. This new system combines a 1000-kHz effective ground measurement rate with Optech’s award-winning SwathTRAK™ technology to create the most compact, most efficient, and most versatile lidar sensor available today. “Cost reduction is the

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Bluesky Granted Innovation Funding for Mobile Phone Mapping Project

Geographic data specialist Bluesky has secured funding from the UK government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to investigate the potential of mobile phones for capturing accurate 3D spatial information. Designed to reduce the costs of monitoring and managing essential infrastructure, such as overhead electricity cables, and mitigate the effects of potentially damaging vegetation, the Bluesky led

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Chesapeake Conservancy to Highlight Benefits of High-Resolution Dataset at Esri Federal User Conference

Annapolis, Md – The Chesapeake Conservancy will present at the opening plenary of the 2017 Esri Federal User Conference in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 13. The conference will be attended by thousands of the region’s Esri software users, including staff from federal agencies, as well as state and local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. Chesapeake

Friday, February 10th, 2017

25th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (ACM SIGSPATIAL 2017)

The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2017 (ACM SIGSPATIAL 2017) is the twenty fifth event in a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners in relation to novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering

Friday, February 10th, 2017

DroneDeploy Adds Former NetSuite and Salesforce Executives to Expand its Global Partnerships and Engineering Expertise

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DroneDeploy, the leading cloud-based drone software platform, announced today the addition of two new senior executives to further guide the enterprise adoption and scalability of its drone data platform. Scott Lumish, who previously held business development and OEM sales responsibilities at Intacct, NetSuite and Cobalt Networks, will help navigate DroneDeploy’s booming

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

Topcon GNSS Modular Receiver Integrates with a Wide-Range of Applications

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces a new modular GNSS receiver system — the MR-2. The system combines all current and planned constellation tracking with a comprehensive set of communication interfaces to service any precision application requiring high performance RTK (real-time kinematic) positioning and heading determination. The MR-2

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

The Getech Group Wins OGA 21CXRM Contract

Getech, providers of natural resources exploration data and information expertise, has been awarded a contract by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), in collboration with the 21CXRM Technical Advisory Committee, for a petroleum system related study of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS) South West Approaches region. A key finding of the Wood Report was