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Monday, July 25th, 2016

Geospatial Science Expert to Help Determine Greenhouse Gas Guidelines

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A geospatial science expert at the University of Arkansas will help refine international guidelines for greenhouse gas inventories that will be considered for adoption by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The panel, known as IPCC, was created to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its

Friday, July 22nd, 2016

Drone Industry Experts and Major Firms Are Set to Present at the UAS Summit & Expo

GRAND FORKS, ND – UAS Magazine announced this week the preliminary agenda for the 10th annual UAS Summit & Expo, the Upper Midwest’s premier unmanned aircraft systems event produced by UAS Magazine and the Red River Valley Research Corridor. Taking place August 22-24 in Grand Forks, ND, the agenda, focused on both small and large unmanned

Friday, July 22nd, 2016

World LiDAR Market Overview, By MarketIntelReports

According to a new research report by MarketIntelReports titled “Global LiDAR Industry 2016 Research Report” is a detailed qualitative analysis of the factors responsible for driving and restraining growth of the LiDAR Industry and future opportunities are provided in the report. Improved automated processing ability in data processing and image resolution capabilities over other technologies

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Geospatial Minds for Society – GI_Forum 2016 in Retrospect

GI_Forum 2016, the 10th annual conference along with its sister conference, AGIT and the German branch of FOSSGIS, was held at the University of Salzburg, Austria. It was organized by the Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics – Z_GIS of the University of Salzburg, and GIScience Commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. 1200 participants from 36

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Cadcorp Selected to Provide Intranet Web Mapping Capability to Halton Borough Council

Stevenage, 21 July 2016 – Halton Borough Council has decided to migrate its intranet mapping GIS to products provided by the British software developer, Cadcorp. Following an announcement that support for its existing intranet GIS products was to be withdrawn, Halton Borough Council (HBC) approached the market to find a new technology set. Early in

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Loudoun County Honored for 30 Years of Innovation with GIS

Redlands, California —Esri has presented Loudoun County, Virginia with an award for 30 years of excellence in geographic information system (GIS) technology, during which time the county has continuously innovated how it delivers smarter, better government services. In 1962, when Washington Dulles International Airport opened in Loudoun, the county soon transformed from a rural community

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Bluesky Provides a Bird’s Eye View of the Goodwood Festival of Speed

Leicestershire, 21 July 2016 – Aerial photography captured by Bluesky has provided the backdrop for a film production to recreate the Goodwood Hill Climb, the most iconic aspect of the UK’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Created by broadcast company Cloudbass working with production company Aurora Media Worldwide, the Bluesky aerial imagery formed part of footage that

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Virtual Mappers Helping Disaster Responders Worldwide

SEATTLE — People who love to use and create maps — whether it’s to locate day-to-day conveniences such as coffee shops and gas stations; or mark essentials such as fire hydrants and neighborhood walkability; or virtually help responders in disaster zones thousands of miles away find their way to people in need – will meet

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

RIEGL Laser Scanners Used in Forensics and Accident Reconstruction

The use of the RIEGL terrestrial laser scanners, combined with RiSOLVE, is optimized for accident collision investigations. The state of the art hardware and software can be used to rapidly collect evidence at the scene of collisions, which helps to reduce the amount of time roads are closed, reduce lane closures, and minimize road congestion. Data collected from

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Effective Monitoring of Ecological Restoration Programs in Gulf of Mexico – New Report and Public Briefing July 26

The Gulf Coast suffered extensive damage following Deepwater Horizon in 2010 – the largest oil spill in U.S. history and one that impacted vast areas of ocean, seafloor, and coastal ecosystems and took a heavy toll on the region’s natural resource-dependent communities.  Three major programs are at the forefront of a major restoration plan that