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Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Trimble Announces Call for Speakers for its 2016 Dimensions User Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that it is now accepting speaker candidates for Trimble Dimensions 2016 International User Conference being held at a new location in Las Vegas, Nevada—The Venetian, November 7-9, 2016. Sessions at Dimensions User Conference address some of the hottest topics and groundbreaking trends in Agriculture, Building Design, Construction and Operation,

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

Blue Marble to Showcase Global Mapper’s UAV Data Processing Capabilities at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016

Hallowell, Maine — Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the upcoming Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) XPONENTIAL 2016 conference and trade show in New Orleans, LA. This annual event brings together industry leaders and professionals in the fields of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and robotics for three

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

MobileMapper 300 Now Driven by DigiTerra Explorer v7

Westminster, CO, April 19, 2016 – The MobileMapper 300 smart antenna and DigiTerra Explorer v7, one of Europe’s leading GIS software solutions for mobile mapping, now interface seamlessly. This enables the DigiTerra Explorer to drive the MobileMapper 300 directly. “Users running DigiTerra Explorer v7 on their Windows devices now have the ability to achieve GNSS

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

Boundless Sponsors American Geographical Society’s New AGS AP Teachers Fellows Program

Washington D.C — Boundless, the world leader in commercially supported open source GIS software, is proud to announce its sponsorship of the American Geographical Society’s AP Teachers Fellow program. Boundless is providing a grant which will underwrite the registration cost and provide an opportunity for professional development for AP Human Geography teachers by inviting them to

Monday, April 18th, 2016

LandWorks, Inc. Partners with USLandGrid

HOUSTON, TEXAS, April 18, 2016 – LandWorks Inc., a developer of innovative land management and related GIS software, announced its reseller partnership with USLandGrid, a provider of high resolution vector data. LandWorks’ core business is providing land asset management and GIS solutions for a variety of industries, including oil and gas, mining, gas and electric

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Emapsite Launches Postcode-Level UK Windstorm Peril Model

Data services provider emapsite has launched a postcode-based perils model enabling insurers and underwriters to assess the windstorm risk to properties in the UK. The windstorm data is available as a discrete data set and through an on-demand data-hub location content platform. The new model provides a detailed perspective into the distribution of risk based

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Boundless Named in GovTech 100

Washington D.C  — Boundless, the world leader in commercially supported open source GIS software, has been named on the GovTech 100 Top Innovation Companies Focused on Government.  Government Technology and e.Republic Labs put together this list of the “leading 100 companies focused on government as a customer.” According to the editors, the list “reflects hundreds

Monday, April 18th, 2016

MapAction Mobilises Humanitarian Mapping Team for Ecuador Earthquake

Saunderton, Bucks, Monday 18th April — Two MapAction volunteers have set off for Ecuador this morning in response to Saturday’s major earthquake. MapAction’s support was requested by the United Nations, following a call for international assistance from the Ecuadorian government on Sunday. It is anticipated that the team’s initial focus will be to help coordinate search

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Calling All Innovators: Competition Seeks Applications Leveraging Data from Space

Visionary teams and individuals from the realms of business, research, and higher education now have the chance to write their own chapter of the Copernicus Masters success story. Geared towards entrants from all over the world, the sixth edition of the biggest international competition in the commercial use of Earth observation data is on the

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Happy 80th Birthday to the Trig Pillar

On 18 April 1936 a group of surveyors gathered around a white concrete pillar in a field in Cold Ashby and began the retriangulation of Great Britain. That trig pillar is still standing 80 years on, along with thousands more around the country. We’re celebrating by sharing the story of the humble trig pillar, still