Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Redlands, California—Esri is inviting people to submit their top Esri Story Map projects for a chance to win prizes and peer recognition at the Esri User Conference. Contest participants can submit up to three preexisting or new story maps between now and May 23, 2016. Story maps come in many forms and have a wide
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
The IGN has awarded Airbus Defence and Space and Thales the so-called GeoMaps contract to supply the French Ministry of Defence database with digital geographic data on a range of scales, including city maps. They will mainly be based on images acquired by the two Pléiades satellites, significantly increasing the accuracy of the maps to
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
April 7, 2016 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will unveil a truly innovative airborne collection system at the ASPRS Imaging & Geospatial Technology Forum (IGTF) on April 11-15 in Fort Worth, TX. The forum will also see a presentation on a recent survey in Panama by the Optech CZMIL (Coastal Zone
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
NEWTON MA (USA) – Caliper is pleased to announce that the 2016 U.S. Census Blocks Groups data layer is now available for the entire United States. The 2016 Block Group data work with the latest versions of Caliper’s Maptitude mapping software and TransCAD transportation planning software. The 2016 U.S. Census Block Groups data is packed
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
Despite only being in orbit a matter of weeks, Sentinel-3A has already delivered some impressive first images. With the thermal-infrared channels now turned on, the satellite completes its set of firsts with a view of ocean features off the coast of Namibia. Arguably the most comprehensive of all the Copernicus Sentinel missions, Sentinel-3A carries a
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va.,— Fifteen entrepreneurs and innovators in unmanned systems and robotics have been selected as semi-finalists in AUVSI’s Startup Showdown at XPONENTIAL 2016, the industry’s largest trade show, taking place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans from May 2 to 5. In a closed session on May 3, the semi-finalists will have
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
Shepperton Studios, 06 April 2016 – Arithmetica will launch a brand new version of Pointfuse at the SPAR 3D Expo in Texas this month. Pointfuse V2 represents a major change in the way that point cloud data is automatically converted to three dimensional vector models. Offering a “one button” approach, the new techniques in Pointfuse
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
SUNNYVALE, Calif., —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the latest version of its smart water mapping and work management software—Trimble® Unity 3.0. Trimble Unity is a cloud-based, (GIS) centric software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for smart water management. Version 3.0 includes new features and workflows and also offers an App Builder and new integration capabilities to simplify connecting
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
Hallowell, Maine — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 7.2 of the GeoCalc Software Development Kit (SDK). This powerful toolkit allows developers to embed the world’s most comprehensive coordinate parameter database into custom geospatial software ensuring precision in any coordinate transformation process. New and updated functionality in the 7.2
Tuesday, April 5th, 2016
Redlands, California, April 5, 2016—Esri earned fourth-place ranking in the Forbes 2016 America’s Best Midsize Employers list, led only by L.L.Bean, The Container Store, and Novo Nordisk. More than 30,000 employees at companies with at least 1,000 people were surveyed for the list. Esri technology is used to show people how to use geography and
