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Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

Singapore Named ‘Global Smart City – 2016’

Hampshire, UK: 17th May 2016 — Juniper Research has today revealed the top ranking smart cities globally for 2016: 1. Singapore 2. Barcelona 3. London 4. San Francisco 5. Oslo Juniper’s Smart City Rankings have been compiled following an extensive study of cities around the globe as published in Worldwide Smart Cities: Energy, Transport & Lighting 2016-2021, Some 40 metrics have

Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

Peter Hedlund Appointed New Managing Director of Ordnance Survey International

OSI has appointed Peter Hedlund as its new Managing Director. Peter has previously held senior director positions, and has over 15 years’ experience in developing and delivering international business strategies to support business objectives of both start-ups and global corporations. Peter joins from Trimble where he was Regional Director of Middle East and Africa. During

Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

Bluesky Upgrades and Updates National Tree Map of 280 Million Trees

Leicestershire, UK, 17 May 2016 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky is completing an extensive update of the National Tree Map which uniquely identifies the location, height and canopy cover of more than 280 million trees nationwide. The update, which covers more than 40,000 square kilometres – an area equivalent to twice the size of Wales,

Monday, May 16th, 2016

USGIF Launches Universal GEOINT Certification Program

Orlando, FL, May 16, 2016 —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) officially launched its Universal GEOINT Certification Program this morning during general session at its GEOINT 2016 Symposium, marking an exciting milestone for the GEOINT Community.   USGIF’s certification program includes three exams with corresponding certifications: GIS and Analysis Tools (CGP-G); Remote Sensing and

Monday, May 16th, 2016

Ball Aerospace Goes Beyond at 2016 GEOINT Symposium

BOULDER, Colorado, May 16, 2016 – Ball Aerospace introduces its new branding and tagline to  geospatial intelligence customers during this year’s USGIF GEOINT Symposium at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, May 15-18.   Ball’s dynamic new look unveils a tagline that embodies the full scope of what Ball does for

Monday, May 16th, 2016

USGIF Names Martin Faga Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Orlando, FL , May 16, 2016 —This morning the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced The Honorable Martin C. Faga, former director of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), as the 2016 recipient of the Foundation’s Arthur C. Lundahl-Thomas C. Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award. Faga is the 12th individual to receive this prestigious award and

Monday, May 16th, 2016

LizardTech Launches Express Server 9.5 at GEOINT 2016 Symposium

SEATTLE, Wash. — May 16, 2016 — LizardTech®, the creator of MrSID® and provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today announced the release of Express Server® 9.5 at the 2016 GEOINT Symposium. The conference is taking place in Orlando, Fla. and LizardTech is exhibiting in booth number 414. “Express Server makes

Monday, May 16th, 2016

OGC’s 99th Technical & Planning Committee Meetings to be held 20-24 June in Dublin, Ireland

16 May, 2016 —The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites you to join us for our 99th Technical & Planning Committee (TC/PC) Meetings – to be hosted by University College Dublin in Dublin, Ireland from 20 June to 24 June, 2016. This meeting will be partly framed by a theme of Citizen Science and use of

Monday, May 16th, 2016

New Focus on Crime Mapping: Town of Davie, FL

Goldsboro, N.C. — The Town of Davie, FL is no stranger to the team at Geographic Technologies Group.  Since 2005, GTG has worked with the Town on a total GIS implementation, and they have used previous versions of GTG’s products for Public Safety.  In April of this year, the Town of Davie’s Police Department wanted to

Monday, May 16th, 2016

ChinaRS Upgrades to A3 Edge

Tel Aviv, Israel – May 16, 2016. ChinaRS, a leading Chinese geospatial services company, has upgraded its two VisionMap A3 airborne mapping cameras to A3 Edge, the newest and most advanced camera in VisionMap’s A3 series.   VisionMap’s A3 Edge captures vast area at record speed, collecting up to 1,000 km2 of high resolution imagery per