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Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Sanborn Inks Major Mapping Deal With USGS

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has won a Geospatial Products and Services Contracts (GPSC) award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that allows the agency to negotiate task orders with Sanborn during the next five years. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract is one of a suite of multi-award agreements with a

Monday, November 14th, 2016

GIS Cloud Awards Bes Geo Project Ideas for GIS Day

In celebration of the incoming Geo Awareness Week (November 13-19, 2016), GIS Cloud launched the GIS Day Contest project challenge. The main goal is to promote innovative and meaningful use of the geo technologies by people with different backgrounds from all around the world.    Dino Ravnić, CEO and Co-founder of GIS Cloud, stated: GIS Day

Monday, November 14th, 2016

Major Upgrades of SuperGIS Desktop Extensions

The updated version of SuperGIS Desktop was just released this month. In this update, Supergeo not only improved the performance of SuperGIS Desktop 10 but also released multiple latest SuperGIS Desktop extensions, including Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst, and 3D Analyst, to meet the needs of advanced GIS users. Spatial Analyst is the extension helps users

Monday, November 14th, 2016

Drone USA, Inc. Retains Global PMI Partners to Provide Worldwide Acquisition and Integration Advisory Services

NEW YORK – Drone USA, Inc. (OTC:DRUS) (“Drone USA” or the “Company”), a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies, today announced that it has retained Global PMI Partners to provide acquisition integration advisory services. Michael Bannon, Drone USA’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “As a testament to the confidence

Monday, November 14th, 2016

AgPixel Brings High-Resolution Imagery to the agX Platform

STILLWATER, OK – AgPixel® is offering agronomists the ability to seamlessly integrate high-resolution imagery via the agX Platform®. “AgPixel is excited to release high-resolution imagery through the agX Store,” said Kirk Demuth, Chief Operating Officer for AgPixel. “We understand the pressure agronomists are under to increase yields and reduce inputs. Delivering imagery through agX will

Monday, November 14th, 2016

DigitalGlobe Announces the Successful Launch of WorldView-4

WESTMINSTER, Colo.  — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced the successful launch of WorldView-4, the company’s newest high-accuracy, high-resolution commercial imaging satellite. DigitalGlobe acquired signals from the satellite indicating its proper position and health 45 minutes after its launch aboard an Atlas V

Monday, November 14th, 2016

Geospatial Science Identifies High-Risk Flooding Areas in Egypt

Researchers from UT Dallas and other universities developed geospatial science methods to help the Egyptian government determine how to avoid flooding in a coastal mountain region. The government wants to develop the area for tourism, but flash flooding and associated hazards have hampered efforts, according to Dr. May Yuan, Ashbel Smith professor of GIS. “We

Friday, November 11th, 2016

Trimble Adds Automated Cloud Processing Service to Trimble Connect to Deliver High-Quality Information from Big Data Systems

LAS VEGAS – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today new data processing capabilities for Trimble Connect™ software, a cloud-based collaboration ecosystem. The automated solution uses the scalable processing power of the cloud to significantly reduce time to delivery of actionable information. The automation platform takes advantages of accelerated upload technology and scalable cloud computing to deliver

Friday, November 11th, 2016

RIEGL to Attend AU Las Vegas 2016!

Orlando, FL –  AU Las Vegas 2016 will be held at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada from November 15-17, 2016. Please join the RIEGL experts at Booth 2926 to learn about the RIEGL product portfolio for terrestrial, mobile, airborne, and unmanned based laser scanning. Come by to learn about how our hardware and software

Friday, November 11th, 2016

Esri Publishes New Edition of Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation

Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in smart mapping, has published Map Use: Reading, Analysis, Interpretation, eighth edition. Esri president Jack Dangermond called the 650-page textbook “a comprehensive primer for using maps effectively.” Map Use teaches map fundamentals—what maps are; the types available; what they portray; the purposes they serve; and how to read, analyze, and