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Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Press Release: Dr Winnie Tang of Esri China (Hong Kong) to Keynote at GSDI 15 World Conference

With a PhD in Science from the University of Hong Kong, Dr. Winnie Tang JP has over 20 years’ experience in the industry of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and is the Founder and Chairman of Esri China (Hong Kong) Limited, one of the international offices of Esri. Dr Tang will make a Keynote presentation

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Geodetics Introduces Mobile Mapping System with Lidar, GPS

Geodetics Inc.’s newest mobile mapping product, Geo-MMS, is a fully integrated lidar mapping payload for integration with unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The Geo-MMS includes an inertial navigation system (INS) coupled with a lidar sensor. Raw data from the integrated GPS, inertial measurement unit (IMU) and lidar sensors are recorded on the internal data-recording device and can

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Trimble Launches New Portfolio of Wireless IoT Sensors for Water Monitoring

NEW ORLEANS – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its Telog® 41 Series of wireless, battery-powered sensors for water monitoring applications. These new Internet of Things (IoT) sensors use innovative, low-power, Long-Range (LoRa® technology) wireless communications to remotely measure and monitor water, wastewater and groundwater systems including water pressures, flows, levels and rainfall volumes. As part

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Esri Chosen by Microsoft as its GIS Service for Enterprise Users

Redlands, California—Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, is collaborating with Microsoft Corp. on two new offerings leveraging Microsoft Power BI and Microsoft Azure. This collaboration makes the power of geospatial analytics available to a much broader audience than ever before. Esri’s GIS platform, ArcGIS, will be integrated into Power BI (Business

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Dewberry Selected to Provide Geospatial Services to NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (OCM) to provide geospatial services in support of coastal resource management programs nationwide. The five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract will be used by OCM; other NOAA offices; and federal, state, and local agencies

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016

Global Mapper v18 Released with Improved User Interface and Full Range Rendering of 3D Data

Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Global Mapper version 18. The culmination of an extensive design and development effort, this major version release boasts a bold new look and feel with new graphics, reconfigured menus; customizable toolbars; and improved layer management. Beyond usability upgrades, version 18 also delivers a

Monday, September 26th, 2016

USGS-NASA Pecora Award Recognizes Excellence in Earth Observation

USGS-NASA Pecora Award Recognizes Excellence in Earth Observation A longtime innovator in space-based Earth observation at Boston University and a team that has paved the way for the next generation of satellite precipitation observations have both been honored with the 2016 William T. Pecora Award for achievement in Earth remote sensing. Sponsored by the Department

Monday, September 26th, 2016

Strategic Noise Mapping for the German Federal Railway Authority

Karlsruhe – Commissioned by the German Federal Railway Authority, and under the direction of Disy Informationssysteme GmbH, the consortium of firms Disy, Pöyry and SoundPLAN are performing strategic environmental noise mapping of German rail lines up to mid-2017. By this point in time, according to EU guidelines, the third round of strategic noise mapping must

Monday, September 26th, 2016

OGC Seeks Public Comment for Candidate Moving Features Access Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate Moving Features Access Standard. Applications using moving feature data, such as vehicles or pedestrians, are rapidly increasing. Innovative applications are expected to require the overlay, integration, and analysis of moving feature data from different sources to create greater social and business value. Examples of

Monday, September 26th, 2016

TerraColor Australia and New Zealand Landsat 8 Mosaics Released

19 September 2016 – Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) announced the release of their new TerraColor NextGen 15-meter resolution Landsat 8 satellite image mosaics covering Australia and New Zealand. The products are seamless mosaics of pan-sharpened true color Landsat 8 satellite images from the 2014-2016 time frame that have been carefully processed to