Friday, September 4th, 2020
The v2020.1 release introduces significant improvements including: Increase to over 2 million place names Extended support for exonyms in 21+ languages Support for UN M49 and NATO STANAG 1059 country codes Updated international and 1st/2nd level administrative boundaries Updated time zones with DST for 2020/2021 New layers: Antarctica claims and Chinese nine-dash line Support for
Friday, September 4th, 2020
URISA is pleased to share the details about GIS-Pro 2020, the association’s 58th Annual Conference, presented virtually September 29-October 2 (with pre- and post conference instructor-led online workshops). With the serious COVID-19 health and physical distancing concerns, hosting an in-person conference this year and putting members, presenters, and staff at risk was a non-starter. We will
Friday, September 4th, 2020
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has announced a new initiative that will focus on defining and prototyping a Health Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) based on community use cases, business and technical requirements. The Health SDI will use the latest geospatial and IT technologies, and be guided by the FAIR principles of making location information Findable, Accessible,
Friday, September 4th, 2020
USGIF elects Gary Sladic, vice president of finance and accounting, Noblis to serve as chair of the Finance Commmittee Herndon, VA — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) is pleased to announce that Gary Sladic has been appointed to its Board of Directors. Sladic, vice president of finance and accounting for Noblis will also
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Eco-friendly urban planning and innovative city solutions are the themes of the Climate College arranged by the City of Helsinki on 4 September. Climate College is the city’s main event on the Helsinki Design Week this autumn. This year, the theme of Helsinki Design Week, arranged from 3 to 13 September, is Commitment Matters. Through
Friday, September 4th, 2020
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada – Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of 52 distinct microspace missions, today announced the successful launch and deployment of the GHGSat-C1 greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellite and the Slovenian NEMO-HD Earth observation microsatellite. SFL developed the small satellites at its facility in Toronto. Both satellites were in contact with ground control within
Friday, September 4th, 2020
CHESEAUX-SUR-LAUSANNE, Switzerland, 04 September 2020 – senseFly fixed-wing drones have been used to track and monitor the formation of lake ice hazards on Lake Winnipeg by NextGen Environment Research Inc., a Canadian company based in Winnipeg. The project, conducted as part of the Canadian Space Agencies Earth Observation Applications Development Program (EODAP), aimed to identify
Friday, September 4th, 2020
Lake Mary, FL – FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), a global leader of 3D measurement, imaging and realization solutions for the 3D Metrology, AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction), and Public Safety Analytics markets, today announced it has hired two industry veterans to join its senior leadership team and manage the global hardware and software R&D
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
PARIS – Parrot, the leading European drone group, is pleased to announce its selection in the Blue sUAS program by the U.S. Army and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The DIU is a Department of Defense organization that accelerates commercial technology for national defense. The Blue sUAS program is a spin-off of the Short-Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program
Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Borqs Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRQS), (the “Company”, or “Borqs”), a global leader in embedded software and products for the Internet of Things (IoT) industry, announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Juniper Systems, a Logan, Utah, USA based company and an industry leader for a variety of mobile data
