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Monday, July 6th, 2015

Getmapping Wins Contract to Host ‘All Wales Mapping Services Framework’ Datasets

Hartley Wintney, July 6, 2015 — Getmapping has won a 3 year contract to host the ‘All Wales Mapping Services Framework’ (AWMS) datasets. 

Monday, July 6th, 2015

GeoShot Technologies Successfully Completed 560 Kms Power Line Corridor Mapping

California, CA,  July 6, 2015 — GeoShot Technologies has successfully completed Power Line Mapping of 560 Kms for a leading European LiDAR Survey Company. In the project, GeoShot Technologies performed data calibration, classification and transmission line modeling.

Monday, July 6th, 2015

ULM Drone Program Named One of Nation’s Best

July 6, 2015 — SuccessfulStudent.org—a resource for students looking to find unique degree programs and career options—ranked the University of Louisiana at Monroe as one of the “15 Best Drone Training Colleges in America.” ULM’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) concentration was ranked in the nation’s top-10.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Ball Aerospace Powers on NOAA’s JPSS-1 Weather Satellite

BOULDER, Colo., July 2,2015 — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has powered on the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) satellite for the first time. The JPSS-1 is the nation’s next polar-orbiting, environmental satellite, scheduled to launch in 2017.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

SMOS Sings The Song of Ice and Fire

July 2, 2015 — While ESA’s water mission continues to deliver key information on soil moisture and ocean salinity to advance our understanding of Earth, it is becoming increasingly important for ‘real world’ applications, further demonstrating the societal benefit of Earth observation.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2015

Bureau of Reclamation Selects New Mexico State University for Unmanned Aircraft System Inspection of Elephant Butte Dam

Washington, D.C., July, 2, 2015 — The Bureau of Reclamation has selected New Mexico State University to be the lead subject matter expert to perform the first Reclamation dam inspection using an unmanned aircraft system.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

Sanborn Expands Industry-Leading Nationwide Data Coverage

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 1, 2015 — The Sanborn Map Company (Sanborn) continues to grow its world-class product offerings with the addition of more than 41,000 square miles of fresh oblique imagery covering 150 U.S. metropolitan markets.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

University Students to Compete in Final of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge Competition Sponsored by Northrop Grumman

LONDON, July 1, 2015 — Students from 13 universities across the U.K. will compete in a fly-off to determine the winner of this year’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) challenge competition.

Wednesday, July 1st, 2015

PCI Geomatics Launches Customer Support Website at support.pcigeomatics.com

MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada, July 1, 2015 — PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it launched a dedicated customer support website at support.pcigeomatics.com.

Tuesday, June 30th, 2015

5th International Conference on Sensor Networks – SENSORNETS 2016

June 30, 2015 — The fifth edition of the SENSORNETS conference (5th International Conference on Sensor Networks) organized by INSTICC (Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication) will take place from the 17th to the 19th February 2015 in Rome, Italy.