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Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

MGX Minerals Acquires LIDAR Mapping Data – Prepares Maiden N.I. 43-101 Resource Estimate at Driftwood Creek Magnesium Project

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — MGX Minerals Inc. (“MGX” or the “Company”) (CSE: XMG / FKT: 1MG) reports the Company has completed acquisition of LIDAR mapping data from the regional forestry company. The mapping package includes nine gigabytes of precision mapping data covering the proposed operating area for the Driftwood Creek magnesium project (“Driftwood Creek”). The

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

Cadcorp Announces New Enterprise GIS Software Licensing Model

London, United Kingdom, 16 March 2016 – GIS and web mapping software developer, Cadcorp, has made a significant change to way in which organisations can licence its desktop software. With immediate effect, Cadcorp customers worldwide can benefit from an Enterprise Licence Agreement (ELA). The Cadcorp ELA provides a cost effective option for small, medium and

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

Esri Canada Named Gold Standard Winner among Canada’s Best Managed Companies

TORONTO – March 16, 2016 – Esri Canada, the country’s leading enterprise geographic information system (GIS) solutions provider, has been named a Gold Standard winner among Canada’s Best Managed Companies, a prestigious national award program sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC, National Post, Smith School of Business and MacKay CEO Forums. Esri Canada has maintained its Best

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

USGS Partners with European Space Agency to Deliver Copernicus Earth Data

The U.S. Geological Survey and the European Space Agency (ESA) have established an innovative partnership to enable USGS storage and redistribution of Earth observation data acquired by Copernicus program satellites. The ESA-USGS collaboration will serve scientific and commercial customers who are interested in the current conditions of forests, crops, and water bodies across large regions

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

Commercial UAV Expo – Call for Speakers – Deadline April 15, 2016

The second annual Commercial UAV Expo will be held October 31 – November 2, 2016 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Attendance at the inaugural event in 2015 attracted more than 1,500 precision measurement professionals in key target industries.   Commercial UAV Expo focuses on integrating and expanding UAV/UAS for large enterprise industrial use among

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

4,000 Organisations Signed Up to the PSMA

Accessing digital maps has never been easier thanks to the Public Sector Mapping Agreement (PSMA) – a centrally funded licensing agreement between Government and Ordnance Survey. The PSMA allows geographic data to be widely available, free at the point of use and shared between all public sector organisations across England and Wales. A record 4,000 public

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Asset Owners Share Business Drivers for 3D Technologies at SPAR 3D

(The Woodlands, TX)—March 16, 2016—SPAR 3D Expo & Conference has published its list of speakers for the 2016 event, focusing on asset owners’ challenges, best practices and what’s needed for enterprise integration of 3D technologies for 3D data acquisition, large data set processing and delivery/visualization among multiple constituents. 3D technologies properly considered and implemented are

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

APA and Esri Partnership Expands

CHICAGO — The ongoing partnership between the American Planning Association (APA) and Esri has been illustrating how the use of GIS enhances planning decisions. Now the partnership brings a greatly expanded array of GIS training opportunities to certified planners.   The 16,000 certified planners maintain their accreditation by participating in educational and training opportunities to demonstrate

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Sentinel Data Wanted

ESA has agreed with NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Geological Survey (USGS) to make data available to them from the European Sentinel satellites. With the third Copernicus satellite, Sentinel-3A, recently launched, ESA has signed technical arrangements with these US agencies for accessing Sentinel data. These arrangements coordinate the technical implementation

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

GEOSYS and SST Software Collaborate via the agX Platform to Add In-Season Imagery

MINNEAPOLIS — GEOSYS, a leading global provider of agronomic decision support tools, today announced a collaboration with SST Software to add in-season satellite imagery for users in North America and Australia via the agX® Platform, which acts as a portal for users to seamlessly share data. As part of this collaboration, precision farming applications which