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Monday, February 8th, 2016

ExpoDronica 2016 Brings for the First Time in the World Land, Sea and Air Drones

ExpoDronica 2016 Brings for the First Time in the World Land, Sea and Air Drones – The drone industry has taken off in 2015 and it expects to have an exponential growth throughout 2016, which will allow to develop new applications and a greater choice of solutions. – Unmanned ground and surface vehicles (UGV &

Monday, February 8th, 2016

Pix4D and Parrot Release Precision Agriculture Solutions

Date: February 8, 2016 — Today Pix4D launches Pix4Dmapper Ag: a photogrammetric software that converts multispectral images into agriculture-specific maps for better crop management and analysis. The software is being released in conjunction with Sequoia: a multispectral sensor from Parrot designed specifically for precision agriculture. “The most important part about this joint release is the

Monday, February 8th, 2016

Caliper Corporation Mapping Software Becomes an Associate Member of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

NEWTON, MA (USA) — Caliper Corporation, the leader in the development of cost-effective professional map software, has announced that is has become an associate member of the Open Geospatial Consortium. As an Associate Member, Caliper will participate in OGC’s Technical Committee Discussion, contributing to the professional discussion of issues and items related to the specifications that

Monday, February 8th, 2016

Proba-V Eyes Bolivia’s Vanishing Lake

8 February 2016 — Monitoring Earth’s surface every day, ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite has had a ringside seat as the second largest lake in Bolivia gradually dried up. Lake Poopó has now been declared fully evaporated. The three 100-m resolution Proba-V images shown here were acquired on 27 April 2014, 20 July 2015 and 22 January

Monday, February 8th, 2016

OGC Invites Input to Guide Point Cloud Standards Work

8 February 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)  Point Cloud Domain Working Group (Point Cloud DWG) formed late last year to assess the current state of standards and best practices in the management of point cloud data and to guide OGC activities in working with or developing standards for point cloud data interoperability, discovery, and

Monday, February 8th, 2016

Red Hen Systems at HAI Heli-Expo 2016 (Feb29-Mar3) Booth#12634

The HAI Heli-Expo 2016 is coming up sooner than you expect: Feb.29 – Mar.3 in Louisville, KY. Red Hen Systems will be there with our latest innovations for the aviation industry, built upon what we are known for-aerial video mapping with data multiplexing tool and in-house data analysis. Looking for ways to generate more revenue for your company? Red Hen Systems’ products

Monday, January 25th, 2016

Markus Neteler Joins the Management of Mundialis in Bonn

From March 2016 onwards, Dr. Markus Neteler, a prominent head of the Open Source GIS scene, will join the management board of mundialis GmbH & Co. KG in Bonn, Germany. Founded in 2015, mundialis combines remote sensing and satellite data analysis in the field of Big Data with Open Source WebGIS solutions.

Monday, January 25th, 2016

European Space Imaging Case Study Reveals How Satellite Imagery Helps Protect UNESCO World Heritage Sites

European Space Imaging (EUSI) released a new case study outlining the success of using satellite imagery to help protect UNESCO World Heritage sites this week. Working together with experts at the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) they explain what high-quality satellite data reveals about the situation on the ground at

Monday, January 25th, 2016

Navmii Appoints Steve Coast, OSM Founder, as Board Advisor

LONDON — Navmii, the free, smart navigation and traffic app, today announces that Steve Coast, the founder of the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSM), will join Navmii as a board advisor to further enhance its B2B mapping products and services. Navmii has created enhanced, automotive grade OSM maps using its map enhancement platform and billions of points

Monday, January 25th, 2016

Geospatial World Forum to Bring Business into Focus

Since the past few years, geospatial industry has seen major shift in its business models largely due to global demand of cloud-based and open-interoperable solutions. The advent of information technology and connectivity not only makes the world smaller, but creates stiff competition among industry players, especially in terms of exclusivity and quality of services. These