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Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

Autodesk Showcases New UAV Features for ReCap 360 at Commercial UAV Expo 2015

October 6, 2015 — Autodesk, Inc. will showcase new ReCap 360 features specific for UAV users at Booth #300 at the 2015 Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas.  To meet the growing demand from the UAV industry to turn aerial photos into meaningful 2D and 3D data, these enhancements deliver an easy, cost-effective solution to

Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

Commercial UAV Expo Opens in Las Vegas

October 6, 2015, Portland, Maine — Commercial UAV Expo opens today at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The expo and conference will have 120 exhibitors, more than any commercial drone show in the market.  Over  1,500 attendees are expected, including many large enterprise technology leaders from key growth sectors for UAS integration including:  Surveying & Mapping;

Monday, October 5th, 2015

Abu Dhabi to Welcome Global Environmental Leaders at Eye on Earth Summit 2015

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oct 2015 — Sustainability thought leaders, members of the United Nations and global experts in environmental and information networking will convene in Abu Dhabi tomorrow for Eye on Earth Summit 2015.  Held under the patronage of United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the three-day Summit

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

USGIF Announces New Board Members

Herndon, Virginia, October 2, 2015 —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced the addition of seven new members to its Board of Directors. The newest board members are David Alexander, Julia Bowers, John Fenwick, Michael C. Grochol, Letitia A. Long, Manh Pham, and the Honorable Caryn A. Wagner. USGIF’s Board now includes 25 directors

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

NM Group and Pulse Collaboration to Offer Electrical Power Utilities Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) LiDAR and Inspection Services

Oct. 2, 2015 – NM Group (Network Mapping, Inc), a leading data capture, analytics and engineering services provider to electrical utilities, today announced a collaboration with Pulse (Pulse Aerospace, LLC).  Pulse Aerospace is the premier developer of helicopter Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and flight control technology in the United States. Pulse’s HeliSynth  technology brings flight

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

SkyTraq Launches Miniature Low-Power RTK Receiver for UAS and Mobile Platform

Hsinchu, Taiwan,October 2, 2015 — SkyTraq Technology Inc., a fabless GNSS positioning technology company, introduces S2525F8-BD-RTK, a cost effective, low power, small size, single frequency RTK receiver for unmanned aerial systems and mobile platforms requiring centimeter-level position accuracy.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Luciad User Conference Delivers Geospatial Innovation

BRUSSELS, October 2, 2015 — Nearly 200 geospatial experts convened in Brussels on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 for   the Luciad User Conference. 

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Detection and Monitoring of Landslides in the Management of Infrastructures and Urban Areas

October 2, 2015 — How to detect and monitor landslides and instability risks over urban areas, large infrastructures and the territory around it, in order to prevent disasters? Planetek Italia has set up Preciso® landslide, a new monitoring product, based on satellite data, to periodically provide information about infrastructures stability and landslides that could affect

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

PlanetObserver Continues Production of PlanetSAT 15 L8 Imagery Base Map: More than 50 Mill. sq km are Now Available

Clermont-Ferrand, October 2, 2015  — The French company PlanetObserver, specialized in imagery base map production for more than 25 years, announced today the coverage of more than 50 Mill. sq km with PlanetSAT 15 L8 base map.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Teledyne Oceanscience Supplies Innovative RapidCAST to TerraSond for Major Hydrographic Project

CARLSBAD, Calif.,October 2, 2015 — Teledyne Oceanscience supplied world-leading geospatial company TerraSond Limited with rapidCAST, a new innovative automated underway profiling system. According to TerraSond, the product was used in a major hydrographic project completed for NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey  in the Bering Sea in northwestern Alaska for the purpose of nautical chart updating.