Monday, November 21st, 2016
PALO ALTO, Calif. – uAvionix and PrecisionHawk today announced a plan to jointly develop the next generation of LATAS hardware. The integration of the uAvionix Ping ADS-B product line will allow for drones equipped with LATAS to receive alerts of nearby manned aircraft equipped with ADS-B technology. Additionally, the team will explore how a combination ADS-B
Friday, November 18th, 2016
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces it has won the Wichmann Innovations Award in the competition’s hardware category. Topcon representatives accepted the award for the Topcon Falcon 8 (powered by Ascending Technologies, a part of Intel®) rotary-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system). The Wichmann Award is bestowed annually at
Friday, November 18th, 2016
STAMFORD, Conn. – Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company providing innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced that the Pitney Bowes Geospatial API is now available with direct SaaS subscriptions on AWS Marketplace. The Pitney Bowes Geospatial API provides highly accurate geocoding and reverse geocoding for data analytics. Uses include creating address
Friday, November 18th, 2016
IRVINE, CA – Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of location technology and data solutions, today announced the addition of Tom Patterson as Chief Financial Officer. Patterson is an experienced financial, operational and strategic executive leader with over 20 years of experience in helping high-growth private and public software companies scale. Following the recent
Friday, November 18th, 2016
Airbus Defence and Space has launched “Stack Insight”, a uniquely accurate satellite-based change detection and volume calculation service. This service is specifically developed for mining and civil engineering applications. Stack Insight eliminates much of the cost and all the risk associated with on-site surveying. The service can be used to remotely calculate extracted volumes, including
Friday, November 18th, 2016
Ordnance Survey (OS) has been chosen by the Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to develop a groundbreaking planning and mapping tool that will be instrumental for the national rollout of 5G technology – the next generation of wireless communications needed to bring Internet-connected devices into everyday life. OS will lead a consortium that
Friday, November 18th, 2016
St Petersburg, – At the Thirteenth GEO Plenary Meeting, held in St Petersburg, Russian Federation from 9-10 November, 2016, representatives from GEO’s 103 Member governments and 106 Participating Organizations (POs) convened to launch a new look for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Portal. Participants also addressed how best to advance GEO Initiatives
Friday, November 18th, 2016
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is considering start of a new work item for a Community Standard: Indexed 3D Scene Layers (I3S). The public is requested to comment on this work item proposal. The Indexed 3D Scene Layers (I3S) delivery format is used to stream 3D geospatial content to mobile, web and desktop clients. I3S,
