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Thursday, May 7th, 2015

AirGon Announces Technical Workshop for Drone Collected Volumetrics

Huntsville, AL, May 7, 2015 — AirGon LLC is pleased to announce a 2 day Technical Workshop for Drone Collected Volumetrics to be held in Toronto, Canada. This event will be a comprehensive overview of using a small UAS (drone) to collect and process data for volumetric calculations.

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

PlexiDrone Achieves Canada’s Highest Grossing Crowdfunding Campaign

TORONTO, May 7, 2015 — DreamQii, a robotics company based out of the DMZ at Ryerson University, has led the highest grossing Canadian campaign in Indiegogo’s history, raising over $2 million USD (over C$2.5 million) to support the production of PlexiDrone. The small, portable and sophisticated drone can be easily operated by a smartphone or tablet,

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

Supercomputers Make Bluesky’s National Geographic Datasets a Reality

Leicestershire, May 7, 2015 — Aerial  mapping company Bluesky is exploring the power of supercomputers to process and  deliver 3D maps, comprising trillions of data points, for a range of  environmental applications. 

Thursday, May 7th, 2015

Latin America Earth Observation Data Market to Exceed $350 Million by 2024

Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, May 7, 2015 — According to Euroconsult’s newly released report,  Earth Observation Requirements & Solutions in Latin America, the Latin American Earth observation market is undergoing significant expansion brought about by growing demand for Earth observation data and services, and governments’ growing investment into the application to support this demand and

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

OGC Announces Standard for Concise Description of Earth Coordinate Reference Systems

May 6, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has adopted the OGC Well-known Text (WKT) Representation of Coordinate Reference Systems Encoding Standard.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Selects Global Mapper Enterprise License for Advanced LiDAR Processing

Hallowell, Maine, May 6, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com), today announced that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has selected Global Mapper enterprise license, providing advanced LiDAR processing capabilities for multiple DOI agencies.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

Boundless Announces Commitment to GeoNode

New York, NY, May 6, 2015 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, is pleased to announce the availability of tailored services and support for the GeoNode project (http://www.geonode.org/).

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

Teledyne Optech’s Next-Generation CMS V500 Cavity Monitoring System Released

May 6, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the CMS V500, a complete redesign of its highly popular Cavity Monitoring System that introduces a live video feed, cable-free operation, and other critical new features that improve safety and efficiency in underground mining.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

Ecometrica Launches Groundbreaking Technology

May 6, 2015 — Leading sustainability software and data firm Ecometrica has launched a new technology which allows government departments and firms to analyse complex data from satellites without the need for supercomputers for the first time.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

OmniEarth Expands Water Resource Management Offerings, Opens California Office to Focus on Drought

ARLINGTON, VA, May 6, 2015 — OmniEarth announced the expansion of its water resource management tools in support of California’s 20×2020 conservation plan and the increased pressure on water districts to reduce consumption during the continuing statewide drought.