Sensors and Systems
Breaking News
With New GPS Equipment Tracking – AlignOps BusyBusy Connects Equipment, Time Tracking, and Job Costing in One Platform
(Indianapolis, IN) –With AlignOps BusyBusy’s new GPS Equipment Tracking,...
Edmund Optics® Expands Scientific Imaging Portfolio Through New Partnership with Teledyne Photometrics
Purpose-built scientific cameras now available at Edmund Optics, enabling...
Purdue University democratizes geospatial data through AWS Open Data Sponsorship Program
Research depends on access to vast amounts of data...

Author Archive

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

East View Presents Pioneering African Economic Database

MINNEAPOLIS  – A reference database covering all of Africa is available for the first time with the release of the African Development Data Explorer (ADDaX), from East View.   ADDaX is the first economic product to cover all 54 African countries, and the only one to use both African and global source material. By integrating international

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

1Spatial Underpins Web-based Mapping & Asset Management Solution at Network Rail

Cambridge, UK: (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial is the global spatial software firm which manages the world’s largest spatial data. The company was chosen by Network Rail to provide its geospatial technology, which underpins an innovative web-based mapping and asset management solution. One of the UK’s largest infrastructure owners, Network Rail is currently undertaking a five-year £330million transformation

Wednesday, November 9th, 2016

Apps, Paths and Drones: Geovation Announces its Next Generation of Programme Members

This summer, Ordnance Survey invited developers, entrepreneurs and innovators to apply to its Geovation Programme for funding and resources. Flock: a deep-tech AI company performing Big Data-driven risk analysis for drone flights to create intelligently priced insurance premiums. Flock’s wider vision is to become a drone guidance system, calculating the safest possible flight-paths for drones to

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Trimble to Acquire Building Data to Expand Constructible Model and BIM Content Offering for Construction

LAS VEGAS – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Building Data based in Rocklin, Calif. Building Data’s managed content and software solutions enable Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) contractors and engineers to produce intelligent, constructible models by including manufacturing-specific content from a proprietary database of over 6

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Drone USA, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Accredited Aerospace Manufacturer and Distributor

NEW YORK — Drone USA, Inc. (OTC:DRUS)  (“Drone USA” or the “Company”), a developer and manufacturer of low altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (“UAV”) and related technologies, today announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to acquire a global engineering, procurement, manufacturing and materials management company that specializes in military and commercial equipment

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Getmapping Launches GeoXphere at INTERGEO 2016

Leading aerial survey and GIS solutions provider Getmapping used the INTERGEO Conference and Exhibition to launch a new joint venture – GeoXphere – developed in partnership with WaldoAir, the leading provider of low-cost aerial imaging solutions. GeoXphere brings together the portable XCAM camera technology built by WaldoAir and the cloud-based GIS developed by Getmapping to

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

IMAGINiT Technologies Acquires Autodesk Business from Eagle Point Software

OWINGS MILLS, MD  — Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announces that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has acquired the Autodesk subscription customer base of Eagle Point Software. As of today, IMAGINiT, an Autodesk Platinum Partner, welcomes all former Eagle Point Autodesk

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

CubeSats Need Powerful Antennas in Small Packages

Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., have been working on the tricky problem of CubeSat transmission antennas, which must be small enough for these diminutive devices yet still transmit data through the huge expanses of space. “It’s like pulling a rabbit out of a hat,” said Nacer Chahat, a specialist in

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Britain on Foot Campaign Pledges to #GetOutside

From Thursday 17 November, visitors to the Britain on Foot website (www.britainonfoot.co.uk) will be re-directed to a dedicated landing page on the OS site. The page is part of an all new #GetOutside section that hosts an extensive directory of routes and maps, skills advice and other information designed to encourage more people to explore

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

Esri Releases Baseline Map to Support Ocean Ecosystem Research Efforts

Esri has released a baseline set of three-dimensional mapped Ecological Marine Units for researchers to examine the ocean’s resources and detect ecological marine changes. The company said the Group on Earth Observations, a consortium of more than 100 nations with an Earth observation-related protocol, also commissioned a global map of EMUs with the goal to help preserve ocean resources and keep