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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

U.S. Navy Awards Defense Contract to Esri

Redlands, California —Seaport-e, the U.S. Navy’s electronic platform for acquiring support services, has awarded Esri a defense contract for its unique geographic information system (GIS) technology services. SeaPort-e provides a standardized, efficient means of soliciting services and support from businesses small and large. This indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract simplifies the acquisition process for the

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Esri and Leica Partner to Offer Grants to Governments

Redlands, California—Geographic information system (GIS) provider Esri has partnered with Swiss-based spatial measurement instrument manufacturer Leica Geosystems to encourage innovation of mobile field data collection in government by offering grants totaling $143,250 in goods and services. Known as the Smart Communities Innovation Challenge, 10 governments that submit detailed project proposals demonstrating increased efficiencies in collecting

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Supergeo Will Showcase Latest Geospatial Solutions at GSDI 15

The global GIS software and solution provider, Supergeo Technologies Inc., will bring the latest geospatial solutions and products at GSDI 15 world conference in Taipei, Taiwan. The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) World Conference is an international event held by GSDI Association since 1996, which the goal is to provide networking opportunities for spatial data

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Trimble Acquires AXIO-NET GmbH – Recognized Provider of GNSS Services

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the acquisition of AXIO-NET GmbH from Airbus Defence and Space. Based in Hannover, Germany, AXIO-NET is a prominent provider of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) corrections and professional data services serving Germany, the United Kingdom and Benelux. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. AXIO-NET, founded

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Drone Mapping Software Provider Pix4D Elevates Agriculture Software to Desktop & Cloud Solution, Launches Flexible Monthly Rental Option at InfoAg

Today Pix4D announces its first hybrid processing solution: this week, users of Sequoia with a license of Pix4Dmapper Ag will be able to process both locally in Pix4Dmapper Ag and on the Pix4Dcloud. Together with this announcement, Pix4D also introduces very flexible monthly (149 USD) and yearly (1490 USD) plans for its Pix4Dmapper Ag solutions.

Monday, August 1st, 2016

Pixel-array Quantum Cascade Detector Paves the Way for Portable Thermal Imaging Devices

WASHINGTON- The primary source of infrared radiation is heat — the radiation produced by the thermal motion of charged particles in matter, including the motion of the atoms and molecules in an object. The higher the temperature of an object, the more its atoms and molecules vibrate, rotate, twist through their vibrational modes, the more

Friday, July 29th, 2016

Pokévision and Esri Speed Pokémon Go Hunting

Redlands, California — Esri, the world’s leading developer of GIS software, announced today that Pokévision, a third-party app for the viral mobile game Pokémon Go, uses Esri’s award-winning location-based data and mapping platform ArcGIS to help players of the game find Pokémon around them. A web map powered by ArcGIS services, Pokévision shows all Pokémon

Friday, July 29th, 2016

Luciad V2016.1 Brings Mac OS X Support, Timeline Integration & More to Geospatial Applications

BELGIUM, Leuven –  Luciad, a world leader in the provision of technology that connects geospatial data to deliver real-time situational awareness, has announced today that it is launching its version 2016.1 suite of geospatial software solutions. Version 2016.1 brings geospatial developers and users a range of new capabilities for their Luciad-based applications. “The V2016.1 release

Friday, July 29th, 2016

ENVITIA Launches Discovery 5 – Freeing Legacy Geospatial Data from Desk Drawers

ENVITIA are delighted to announce the release of Discovery 5, a leading-edge geospatial data discovery and processing platform. ENVITIA Discovery has traditionally provided a key technology in UK and US Military systems; managing, cataloguing and transforming geospatial data into forms deliverable in deployed systems using an intuitive browser based search capability. ENVITIA Discovery 5 significantly

Thursday, July 28th, 2016

Bluesky Geospatial a New Player in Ireland’s Growing Geographic Information Industry

Coalville, Leicestershire, UK, 28 July 2016 – UK aerial survey company Bluesky has expanded its international operation with the launch of its first wholly-owned regional subsidiary. Set up to service the Republic of Ireland, Bluesky Geospatial will offer a complete sales and marketing function, servicing the rapidly expanding Irish Geographic Information (GI) market recently estimated