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Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

SimActive Brings Picture-in-Picture 3D Viewing with Version 6.5

Montreal, Canada, September 20th, 2016 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce Correlator3D™ version 6.5 with a new picture-in-picture (PiP) feature.  The PiP brings a 3D rendered view of projects through an inset window, visible at all times to streamline processing and editing. The interactive viewing capability allows display

Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

European Space Imaging Partner in Newly Launched MARSAT consortium

MARSAT consortium announced it is ready to provide innovative space-based applications using satellite-derived information for the maritime and coastal industry. MARSAT’s main goal is to create integrated satellite-based services to improve safety and efficiency in shipping, offshore industries, emergency response and rescue operations. “MARSAT is an ambitious project, which brings together competence of specialists in

Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

Topcon Releases Two New UAV Mapping Kits

Topcon Positioning Group has announced two new mapping kits for its Sirius Pro fixed-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system). Each kit supplies a different sensor package, enabling the Sirius to adapt to different applications. All Sirius fixed-wing UAV platforms include hand-launch, GNSS RTK mapping, and MAVinci desktop flight-planning software. Topcon rates the Sirius as fully operational up to

Tuesday, September 20th, 2016

Leidos Wins $777M GSA Contract For Army Geospatial Mapping Program

RESTON, Va. – Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will support the Army Geospatial Center’s (AGC) High-Resolution, 3-D (HR3D) Geospatial Information program through a prime contract from the General Services Administration (GSA). The single-award task order awarded under the GSA One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) contract has a one-year base period of performance and includes four

Friday, September 16th, 2016

SpatialTEQ Releases MapBusinessOnline.com for the Desktop – Non-browser Based Business Mapping

CORNISH, Maine – SpatialTEQ Inc., publisher of North America’s best-selling business mapping software, today announced the release of MapBusinessOnline.com Desktop. Map Business Online (MBO) Desktop provides the exact same business mapping functionality as www.MapBusinessOnline.com but is specifically designed for business mapping users who prefer to manage maps through desktop software as opposed to a web

Friday, September 16th, 2016

Digital Map Products to Expand Leadership in Spatial Technology with Strategic Growth Investment from Silversmith Capital Partners

IRVINE, Calif. & BOSTON – Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading, high-growth provider of cloud-based spatial technology and data solutions, has affected a management recapitalization including a $36.3 million investment from lead investor Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm. DMP provides easy-to-use location technology and content solutions that empower businesses, government organizations and

Friday, September 16th, 2016

Airbus Defence and Space Invests in Very High-Resolution Satellite Imagery from 2020 Onwards

As announced at World Satellite Business Week by Nicolas Chamussy, Head of the Business Line Space Systems within Airbus Defence and Space and confirmed  by Bernhard Brenner, Head of Intelligence Business Cluster at Airbus Defence and Space, Airbus Defence and Space is designing and building a new constellation of optical satellites, comprising four identical and

Friday, September 16th, 2016

Esri Releases EMUs to Understand the Ocean

REDLANDS, Calif.- Esri, the world leader in smart mapping technology, announced a whole new way of measuring the ocean on September 15, 2016, at the Oceans Conference in Washington, DC. Ecological Marine Units (EMUs) are Esri’s gift to a world whose final unexplored terrain lies beneath its seas. Esri and USGS collected a series of

Friday, September 16th, 2016

FARO Introduces Freestyle3D Objects, the First Handheld, Color Laser Scanning Solution Through FARO’s Early Adopter (EA) Program Specifically for the Public Safety Forensics and Product Design Markets

Lake Mary – FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, product design, construction BIM/CIM, public safety forensics and 3D solutions and services applications, introduces the FARO Freestyle3D Objects, a new medium-volume, handheld 3D Laser Scanner for crime/crash scene investigation and reverse engineering applications.   With

Friday, September 16th, 2016

FARO Releases High-Resolution Array Imager for Factory Metrology and Product Design Applications

Lake Mary, FL – FARO® (NASDAQ:FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, product design, construction BIM/CIM, public safety forensics and 3D solutions and services applications, announces the launch of a higher resolution version of the FARO® Cobalt Array Imager solution, geared toward quality inspection, factory automation and