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Thursday, October 29th, 2015

Bit Stew Systems Expands Data-Driven Automation in IIoT through New Partnership with Esri

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29, 2015 —Today at Utility Analytics Week, Bit Stew Systems, a leader in Software Defined Operations for the Industrial Internet, announced a new partnership extending the power of Bit Stew’s MIx Core™ platform and MIx Director Suite™ by integrating with Esri.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

Gap Wireless Distributing Sentera LLC Drones and Image Management Solution to Canadian Telecom Providers

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 289 2015 — Gap Wireless, a leading Canadian company distributing products and services for the mobile broadband and Test & Measurement markets, today announced it has added Sentera LLC UAVs (drones) and big data management software solutions to its extensive product inventory. Sentera’s recently introduced OnTop™ Platform for desktop and mobile applications

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

David Willetts Joins SSTL’s Board as a Non-Executive Director

October 29, 2015 — David Willetts, former UK Minister for Science and Universities, has joined the Board at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) as a non-Executive Director.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

eeGeo Launches Global 3D Mapping Platform to Visualise Location-Based Services and Interiors

Dundee & London, UK, October 29, 2015 — eeGeo, the UK-based 3D mapping company, today launched its geospatial meta-mapping platform which enables organisations to build interactive mobile applications to deliver content and location-based information. The eeGeo platform enables businesses across a range of sectors to easily visualise complex data sets on a geospatially accurate representation of the

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Living Planet Symposium Sets a New Record

October 28,  2015 — Registration for ESA’s fifth Living Planet Symposium has just closed, reaching a record of nearly 2700 abstract entries.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Clearwater Seafoods Wins Award for Promoting Sustainability Using GIS

HALIFAX, Esri Canada User Conference, October 28, 2015 — Clearwater Seafoods is one of the largest vertically integrated seafood companies in North America and provides premium wild, eco-certified seafood to more than 30 countries around the world. Committed to sustainable seafood excellence, the company uses Esri geographic information system (GIS) technology to deliver top-quality seafood from ocean

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Intelescope Solutions Leverages DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data Platform for Forestry Management

WESTMINSTER, Colo., October 28, 2015 — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced an agreement with Intelescope Solutions to enable global-scale satellite imagery data for the forestry industry.

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. Awarded Contract From DARPA for Development of Fast Lightweight Autonomy for UAVs

WOBRUN, Mass., Oct. 28, 2015 — Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) announces it has been awarded a contract from the Defense Applied Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop autonomous visual control systems for small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) operating in cluttered outdoor and indoor environments without GPS or human operator assistance.  

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Getting Recognized for Volunteer Mapping Efforts

October 28, 2015 — Volunteers are being recognized and earning custom badges for making significant contributions to the U.S. Geological Survey’s ability to provide accurate and timely information to the public.  Using crowdsourcing techniques, the USGS project known as The National Map Corps (TNMCorps) encourages volunteer “citizen scientists” to collect manmade structure data such as

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

Government Investment in Space to Top $80 Billion by 2024

Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, October 28, 2015 — According to Euroconsult’s newly released report, Government Space Programs: Strategic Outlook, Benchmarks & Forecasts, a new growth cycle in government space spending is expected to start and average 2.1% over the next ten years worldwide, reaching $81.4 billion by 2024.