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Thursday, January 5th, 2017

Maproom Plugs in CyberCity 3D Cities to 3ds Max

El Segundo, CA – Maproom, a powerful plug-in invented by Netherlands-based software developer Klaas Nienhuis, now enables users to create streamlined 3D city models quickly and easily in Autodesk’s 3ds Max®.  Nienhuis developed Maproom to make it fast, easy, and straightforward to build a real city in just minutes. Maproom teamed with Southern California-based CyberCity

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

FLIR Launches Five New Thermal Cameras at CES 2017: Third Generation FLIR ONEs, FLIR Duo Thermal/Visible Drone Cameras, and FLIR C3 Rugged Pro Camera

WILSONVILLE, OR – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today the launch of five new thermal imaging cameras at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), including two new third generation FLIR ONE thermal camera attachments for smartphones, two new dual sensor thermal cameras for drones, and a ruggedized compact thermal camera for home and building

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

ITRI Introduces Remotely-Operated Autonomous Drone (ROAD) at CES 2017, Booth #2015

LAS VEGAS  — CES 2017 – Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s largest and one of the world’s leading high-tech applied research institutions, today announced it will introduce and demonstrate its ICT Solution for Drones at CES 2017. ITRI invites potential partners and attendees to booth #2015, Tech East, Westgate, to view the drone fleet

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

Qlik Delivers Advanced GeoAnalytic Offerings with Acquisition of Idevio

RADNOR, Pa. — Qlik®, a leader in visual analytics, today announced it has acquired Idevio, a provider of geographical-related software and services and a Sweden-based Qlik partner. This acquisition not only extends Qlik’s current mapping capabilities, but also moves its offerings beyond visualization with support for a broad range of advanced geoanalytic use cases. Using

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

TomTom Automotive Powers the Future of Driving

LAS VEGAS  — TomTom ( TOM2) today announced that the majority of OEMs present in the Automotive Hall (LVCC North Hall) at CES are currently evaluating TomTom HD Maps to develop autonomous driving technologies. TomTom’s HD Map, including RoadDNA, is a revolutionary, highly accurate, digital map based product that helps automated vehicles precisely locate themselves

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

Exact Imaging Secures CDN $21.5 Million in Financing to Support the Commercialization of its New Disruptive ExactVu Micro-Ultrasound for Prostate Imaging and Biopsy

TORONTO, Jan. 5, 2017 – Exact Imaging (www.exactimaging.com), the world’s leader in high resolution micro-ultrasound systems enabling real-time imaging and biopsy guidance for the prostate, announced it has secured CDN $21.5 million in a Series C investment to commercialize its ExactVu™ micro-ultrasound system.  The financing, which closed late in 2016, was co-led by Lumira Capital (Toronto,

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

GRASS GIS 7.2.0 Released

We are pleased to announce the stable release of GRASS GIS 7.2.0 What’s new in a nutshell After almost two years of development the new stable major release GRASS GIS 7.2.0 is available. It provides more than 1950 stability fixes and manual improvements compared to the former stable release version 7.0.5. The new version includes

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Project X Labs Makes Location Intelligence Intuitive With Geodash 3.2

TORONTO, ON – Project X Labs Ltd. is pleased to present GeoDash™ 3.2 and GeoDash™ 3.2M (Mobile), the latest versions of their geospatial analytics tool that lets users represent their data on a map. Compatible with MicroStrategy 10.1 through 10.6 Web and Mobile and now fully integrated with Visual Insight, GeoDash is easier to use

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Mitsubishi Electric to Display Advanced Mobile Mapping System at CES

LAS VEGAS — Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, along with Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., announced today that the company will display a future concept of the recently released new model of its Mitsubishi Mobile Mapping System, the MMS-G220, in North Hall, booth 7329 at CES 2017 in Las Vegas from January 5-8. The MMS-G220 is a highly

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Esri Shares a Vision for the Connected Car at CES 2017

REDLANDS, Calif. — Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics technology, announced its participation at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Esri joins Microsoft’s connected car showcase alongside IAV, NXP, Cubic Telecom, and Swiss Re. CES is a global consumer electronics trade show that draws more than 165,000 people to Las Vegas every January. The