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Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Blue Marble to Showcase the Latest Innovations in Global Mapper at the 2016 GEOINT Symposium

Hallowell, Maine — Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the upcoming GEOINT Symposium in Orlando, Florida. Hosted by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), a non-profit educational organization, the annual GEOINT Symposium is the nation’s largest gathering of defense, intelligence, and homeland security professionals representing private industry, academia,

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Boundless Showcases at GEOINT Symposium 2016

Washington D.C — Boundless, the world leader in commercially supported open source GIS software, is excited to announce its participation at the 2016 USGIF GEOINT Symposium. GEOINT takes place May 15-18 at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Boundless is a USGIF Sustaining Partner and sponsor of this preeminent event of the

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Esri Unveils Advanced Analytics at GEOINT

Redlands, California —Today, Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) solutions, announced that it will be exhibiting and providing a free training session at GEOINT, May 15 to 18, 2016, in Orlando, Florida. Esri will be showcasing transformational geospatial technologies, based on the ArcGIS platform, that provide advanced analytics and mission-focused enhancements for

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

Woolpert, Magnolia River Geospatial Net $10M Coastal Mapping Project

KILN, Miss., May 10, 2016 — WMR-532, the joint venture of Woolpert and Magnolia River Geospatial, has been contracted to acquire bathymetric and topographic lidar and imagery, and to provide final data products to the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical Center of Expertise (JALBTCX). The one-year, $10 million capacity contract will support the coastal mapping and charting

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

Deimos-1 Data of the Contiguous United States Now Flowing to the UrthePlatform

Vancouver — UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announces that, for the first time, newly-collected imagery from its Deimos-1 satellite is flowing to its online platform, known as the UrthePlatform, shortly after acquisition. UrtheCast anticipates that it will be able to provide this broad-area-coverage Deimos-1 data cloud-free for the entire contiguous United States, each

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

Proteus Announces Another Successful Delivery of a High Profile Satellite Derived Bathymetry Project

Proteus, a provider of satellite derived mapping and geospatial services, has successfully delivered satellite derived bathymetry to Royal Haskoning DHV during April 2016. Proteus was commissioned by Royal Haskoning to deliver the data as part of a port design project in Saudi Arabia and to identify suitable and cost effective approaches to the port. The

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

DHS Partners With University of North Dakota to Research Unmanned Aerial Technology

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the University of North Dakota (UND) announced today a three-year cooperative research and development agreement designed to explore the uses of unmanned aerial technology as well as mitigations for possible misuse. “This mission critical research will facilitate a better understanding of

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

exactEarth Announces Partnership to Expand into Chinese Market

CAMBRIDGE, ON  – exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT) (the “Company”), the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, has entered into a partnership agreement with EV Image Inc, a provider of GIS software and remote sensing data, to distribute exactEarth’s advanced Satellite AIS solutions in China. Under terms of the agreement, EV Image’s wholly-owned maritime subsidiary,

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

FAA Expands Drone Detection Pathfinder Initiative

May 9– The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding the part of its Pathfinder Program that focuses on detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying too close to airports.   Today the FAA signed Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRDAs) with Gryphon Sensors, Liteye Systems Inc. and Sensofusion. The FAA will evaluate procedures and

Tuesday, May 10th, 2016

Teledyne Optech Introduces Low-Cost, Automated Airborne Surveying at GEOINT 2016

May 10, 2016 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will showcase its latest airborne systems including the autonomous Optech Eclipse at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s GEOINT symposium in Orlando, FL on May 15-18. As the world’s first autonomous airborne collection system for active and passive data, the Eclipse is a