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Thursday, September 8th, 2016

PRODRONE Develops a Self-Propelling Surface-Clinging Drone Able to Inspect Both Ceilings and Vertical Walls

NAGOYA, Japan–Prodrone Co., Ltd. is proud to announce it has developed the PD6-CI-L, a self-propelling surface-clinging drone able to inspect both ceilings and vertical surfaces, for the civil infrastructure inspection market. PRODRONE will showcase the new model at its booth at InterDrone, The International Drone Conference and Exposition, to be held September 7-9, 2016 in

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

Esri, Audubon Society, Echosec, and Mapillary Take Home Gold and Silver Medals at the Stevie International Business Awards

REDLANDS, Calif.- Global smart-mapping leader Esri and three of its customers were recognized at the 13th Annual International Business Awards (IBA) for exemplary achievement in the workplace. The International Business Awards, known as the Stevies, is one of the best known international business award programs. Individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to submit nominations in

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

URISA Heads to Toronto for GIS-Pro 2016

Des Plaines, IL – The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), in partnership with its Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia Chapters, is pleased to share the details of GIS-Pro 2016: URISA’s 54th Annual Conference. The event will take place October 31-November 3 in Toronto, Ontario. The annual conference is a welcoming environment where the

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

Ball Aerospace’s Oschmann Selected for SPIE Presidential Track

BOULDER, Colo.,- SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has named Jim Oschmann, Ball Aerospace’s vice president and general manager, Civil Space, as the 2017 SPIE vice president. This is a position which will transition to president-elect in 2018 and SPIE president in 2019. Oschmann was chosen by a nominating committee and elected by SPIE’s

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

InterDrone, Largest Commercial Drone Show, Opens in Las Vegas

MELVILLE, N.Y., – BZ Media LLC announced today the opening of InterDrone™ The International Drone Conference & Exposition at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. The event is being attended by more than 3,500 drone builders, flyers and buyers and features 121 classes and panels, and nearly 160 exhibiting companies in 230 booths. FAA Administrator

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

UTGIS Launches Mobile Electrical Safety Testing for IEEE 1695™ Contact Voltage Programs

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., —   Utility Testing and Geographic Information Systems (UTGIS) announced today the launch of their Mobile Electrical Safety Testing (MEST) program.  The MEST program is designed for utilities and municipalities interested in identifying and resolving contact voltages on their electrical infrastructure assets.  “Contact voltage” defined by the new IEEE 1695 Guide to

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

NOAA Awards Tetra Tech $49 Million Coastal Geospatial Contract

PASADENA, Calif. — Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded the Company a $49 million, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to support the Office for Coastal Management’s (OCM) Digital Coast program. Tetra Tech is one of five contractors who will share in the contract ceiling

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

Bluesky Publishes First Online 3D Maps of Isle of Man

Aerial mapping company Bluesky has signed a contract with the Isle of Man Government to resell laser scan survey data of the British Crown dependency. Located in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland, the Isle of Man is perhaps best known for the annual motorcycle sport event – the Isle of Man TT (tourist

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

Phase One Industrial Innovates Four Band Aerial Imaging

Phase One Industrial has today introduced the Phase One 4-Band Solution. The solution incorporates an innovative batch-processing tool that automates and thus simplifies the four band aerial image generation process. Adding a fourth band of near infrared (NIR) image data to three band color (RGB) image data yields multispectral information that is very useful in

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

GPSengine Announces New Partnership and Support of Gosafe’s Tracking Device Range

GPSengine a leading hosted platform service provider in GNSS, Telematics, IoT and Tracking, today announced a new partnership with Gosafe, adding support for the Gosafe range of tracking devices for use with GPSengine’s platform.  With offices in USA, Europe, Pakistan, China, Russia and South Africa and supplying tracking devices to over 100 countries, Gosafe’s range