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Monday, July 27th, 2015

Hexagon Geospatial Visualizes Stories with the Hexagon Smart M.App

Norcross, GA, July 27, 2015 — Hexagon Geospatial is pleased to introduce the Hexagon Smart M.App®, providing a new way to understand and share your geospatial experience. These new light-weight applications cohesively combine data, workflows, and analytics. Hexagon Smart M.Apps are creatively designed maps to solve distinct business problems.

Monday, July 27th, 2015

Molly Zuccaro Former NAVTEQ and NOKIA (HERE Maps) Operations Director Joins Geospatial Corporation as Executive Vice President Operations & Strategy

PITTSBURGH, July 27, 2015 — Geospatial Corporation (OTC Pink: “GSPH”) announced today that Molly Zuccaro has agreed to join the Company to lead in the design of operational strategy and ensure that strategic business plans are successfully executed. 

Monday, July 27th, 2015

International LiDAR Mapping Forum Announces Call for Papers for 2016 Event

July 27, 2015 (Portland, Maine) — SPAR Point Group, organizer of International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), has announced a Call for Papers for the 2016 event which will take place in Denver, Colorado, USA, February 22-24, 2016. The Call for Papers invites any interested parties to submit abstracts by the deadline of September 1, 2015 using

Monday, July 27th, 2015

Searching for Underground Energy Sources from Space

July 27, 2015 — Data from ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite are being used to improve models of Earth’s geology, indicating the potential locations of subsurface energy sources.

Monday, July 27th, 2015

Pix4Dmapper and DJI Phantom Used in Debris Search of Airplane Collision

July 27, 2015 — Late Tuesday morning on July 7th, a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet and a small single-engine Cessna 150 collided mid-air over South Carolina – forcing the jet pilot to eject and sending the two Cessna pilots to their deaths.

Monday, July 27th, 2015

Climate Change Reduces Coral Reefs’ Ability to Protect Coasts

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 27, 2015 — Coral reefs, under pressure from climate change and direct human activity, may have a reduced ability to protect tropical islands against wave attack, erosion and salinization of drinking water resources, which help to sustain life on those islands. A new paper by researchers from the Dutch independent institute for

Friday, July 24th, 2015

Esri Honors Geographic Innovation

Redlands, California, July 24, 2015 — Esri presented 187 organizations worldwide with Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards at the Esri User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego, California. The SAG Awards highlight users that have shown vision, leadership, hard work, and innovation in their use of Esri’s geographic information system (GIS) technology.

Friday, July 24th, 2015

MAPPS Applauds Introduction of FLAIR Act, A Bill To Create A Federal Land Inventory

Reston, VA, July 24, 2015 — A bi-partisan bill  to create a current, accurate federal inventory or “cadastre” of all federal land, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, has earned praise from MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms.  

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

Mount McKinley Elevation Survey Results Coming Soon

July 23, 2015 — A team of four climbers has recently returned from the highest point in North America with new survey data to determine a more precise summit height of Mount McKinley. It is anticipated the new elevation finding will be announced in late August.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

EuroGeographics Signs Contract to Provide Geospatial Information to Eurostat

July 23, 2015 — EuroGeographics has signed a contract to provide pan-European geographic information and related services to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.