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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Registration Now Open! EUROPEAN SPACE SOLUTIONS – Bringing Space to Earth, 30 May – 03 June 2016, The Hague

Register now for the fourth edition of European Space Solutions! Hosted by the 2016 Dutch Presidency of the EU Council, the conference brings business and policy makers together with users and developers of space-based solutions for five inspiring days of talks, workshops and networking. Don’t miss this chance to learn about new possibilities and how they are

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Surrey Satellite and BridgeSat to Develop Free-Space Satellite Optical Communications Solution

ENGLEWOOD, COLO., and BOSTON, MASS.— Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC and BridgeSat Inc. are pleased to announce a partnership to work towards developing a free-space optical communications system that will provide secure data downlinks from satellites to a proprietary ground network at faster speeds than equivalent radio frequency solutions. Under this partnership, Surrey will build

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

ISPRS awards Prof. Wolfgang Förstner with Brock Gold Medal in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Photogrammetry

The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) announced today that Prof. Wolfgang Förstner of Bonn University, Germany, will be presented with the 2016 Brock Gold Medal Award for his outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of photogrammetry and computer vision. Professor Förstner is an internationally leading expert in photogrammetry, computer vision, pattern recognition

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Qatar Will Host “UNMANNED WORLD”, the First and Most Complete Exhibition of Unmanned Vehicles in Middle East

Qatar  will  host  “UNMANNED  WORLD”,  the  first  and  most  complete  Exhibition  of  Unmanned  Vehicles in Middle East • The unmanned  vehicles  industry,  which  plans  to  triple  its  market  in  the  next  five years, will have its landmark in Unmanned World, the first Trade Show to be  held  in  Qatar  on  Unmanned  Vehicles.  The  event  will  take  place  at  Doha  Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) on 28, 29 and 30th November 2016. • Professionals  around  the  world  will  meet  in  Doha  to  see 

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Coventry City Council Gets Sky Blue View with Bluesky Ultra High Res Photomap

Leicestershire, 12 April 2016 — Coventry City Council has taken delivery of the latest ultra-high resolution aerial photography from Bluesky. The 5 cm imagery provides an unrivalled level of detail with road markings and street furniture all visible within the dataset. The latest imagery, commissioned by the Council and captured by Bluesky in 2015, offers the

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Leica Geosystems Partners with DotProduct LLC, SpheronVR AG to Deliver New Solutions, Enhance Productivity and Quality

Heerbrugg, Switzerland; San Ramon, California, USA, 12 April 2016 – Leica Geosystems, global leader of measurement and digital reality capture technologies, has teamed with DotProduct, developer of high-performance, easy-to-use solutions for capturing 3D data on handheld tablets, and SpheronVR AG, developer of high-accuracy, professional High Dynamic Range (HDR) camera technology, to deliver solutions that complement

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Orbit GT Launches New UAS Mapping Software at SPAR, Houston

Lokeren, Belgium — Orbit GT will be launching new UAS Mapping software at the upcoming SPAR event in Houston, USA. “We’re very pleased to announce that our UAS Mapping software is available for purchase and will be launched at SPAR”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “We’ve been working with drones for almost 10 years,

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Remote Sensing Industry Expanding Commercial Opportunities, Reports BCC Research

WELLESLEY, MA — The remote sensing community has expanded beyond national space agencies and handful of private companies to include scores of small businesses that specialize in creating customized imagery from free and low-cost government-acquired data. BCC Research reveals in its new report that the while the cost of creating remote sensing products will fall from

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

GEO Business Launch Hard Hitting Conference Programme Featuring Leading Organisations in the Geospatial Industry

The The highly anticipated and action packed GEO Business Conference Programme has been launched to critical acclaim as it brings together some of the most high profile names within the industry. Presentation and panel debate contributors include, but are not limited to: Google, Costain, ARUP, Cambridge University, Cass Business School, Land Registry, Environment Agency, Highways

Monday, April 11th, 2016

Teledyne to Acquire CARIS

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. and Fredericton, NB, Canada – Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) (“Teledyne”) and CARIS jointly announced today that the CARIS business and its international affiliates (collectively, “CARIS”) have agreed to be acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teledyne. CARIS, headquartered in Fredericton, New Brunswick, is the leading developer of geospatial software designed for the