Friday, May 27th, 2016
VICTORIA, British Columbia — Echosec Systems Ltd., is pleased to announce they have been selected as finalists in 2 categories for the annual VIATEC awards. The awards celebrate achievements of technology companies and individuals responsible for making Greater Victoria one of the fastest-growing technology regions in Canada. Award recipients will be announced at a gala
Friday, May 27th, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. — Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, has partnered with PrecisionHawk, a global, drone data platform, to enhance insurance assessments worldwide by providing faster response times and increased reporting accuracy in the aftermath of a natural disaster. The partnership was recently exercised following the April earthquake in Ecuador, where PrecisionHawk collected drone
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Vancouver — UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announces that it will receive $5.0 million in Government of Canada Technology Development Program (“TDP”) funding, as part of a $54 million contribution program for the development of new satellite technologies, as administered by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Less than a month after Governor Tom Wolf announced steps to make Pennsylvania’s data more transparent and accessible to the public, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has launched an Open Data portal housing data ranging from roadway pavement conditions to rail facility locations. The portal, http://data.pennshare.opendata.arcgis.com/, leverages a GIS platform used in several states
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Washington, D.C. – May 26, 2016 – TerraGo is pleased to announce a partnership with Positioning Solutions International (PSI), a leading provider of complete, high accuracy positioning solutions for infrastructure, land management, agriculture and related industries. PSI is an authorized reseller of TerraGo Edge software and offers a full range of turnkey systems and services
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
The lighting specialist OSRAM is developing new applications and operation scenarios with the B2B market leader for professional drones, MULTIROTOR service-drone.com. Both companies are already working on completely new applications. The worldwide newest development is a drone that now also includes a LED headlight besides the camera and, thanks to the OSRAM ZELION H
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Calgary, Alberta – TECTERRA Inc. announced today that it had committed $4.9 million of funds to support the geomatics technology sector in Canada during the last fiscal year, which ended on March 31, 2016. This additional commitment brings TECTERRA’s investment in the geomatics industry to over $37.3 million to date. The investment sum represents commitments
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
In 2008, I would get a hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach whenever customers phoned or emailed to tell us that the PhotoSat surveys did not match their ground surveys. Back then, I was sure there was a problem with the satellite photos, or that we had made some terrible mistake in our
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— The traditional cadastre – a public land registry typically used to track ownership and property taxation – is being reimagined throughout Latin America as a powerful tool to promote fiscal stability and guide urban planning initiatives, including building resilience in the face of climate change, according to new research published by the Lincoln
Wednesday, May 25th, 2016
25 May 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and sponsors, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), in collaboration with the Arctic Spatial Data Infrastructure Participants, announce a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Call for Participation (CFP) in the OGC Interoperability Program’s Arctic Spatial Data Pilot Phase-2 (Arctic SDP) initiative. The purpose
