Monday, April 13th, 2020
Washington DC — Earth Challenge 2020 (Earth Challenge) launched today marking the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. This project creates a global expansion of open source citizen science data and opportunities for civic engagement. Earth Challenge has two goals. First, to aggregate existing citizen science from around the world and make it interoperable, creating a
Friday, April 10th, 2020
HOLMDEL, N.J.– Suntuity AirWorks (https://suntuityairworks.com), through its collaboration with Suntuity University’s AirWorks Academy (https://suntuityuniversity.com/airworks-academy/), is offering free webinars to introduce public safety officials to drone technologies that can enable them in their fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic. Leveraging Suntuity University’s Learning Management Systems and Suntuity AirWorks’ enterprise equipment support teams (https://suntuityairworks.com/enterprise/), the webinars will enable public
Friday, April 10th, 2020
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and buildingSMART International (bSI) have released an industry-defining paper as part of their Integrated Digital Built Environment (IDBE) joint working group. This paper aims to coordinate the development of the relevant data standards that are produced at each organisation. The Discussion Paper, entitled Built environment data standards and their integration:
Friday, April 10th, 2020
UPLAND, Ind. – NearSpace Launch Inc. (NSL) will be delivering its 500th space system for launch in the Summer of 2020. The NSL vision is State-of-art Technology, Service, and Education. NSL is marking this milestone by announcing the creation of a new STEM non-profit to help students achieve their dreams of near space science research in
Friday, April 10th, 2020
REDLANDS, Calif. – Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that it has launched the Caribbean GeoPortal, a comprehensive cloud-based platform that provides rich content and solutions from Esri and its partners. Built in collaboration with its Caribbean distributor Spatial Innovision, the geoportal provides premium access to Esri’s ArcGIS Online software, as well
Friday, April 10th, 2020
REDLANDS, Calif.— Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that it will be making data layers on US school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic available through a new partnership with MCH Strategic Data. To help educational organizations as well as families across the nation better understand the situation in their communities, Esri and MCH have made school closure data accessible from a public dashboard. Information on K through 12 public and private schools include
Friday, April 10th, 2020
Today, Cape Analytics is announcing that Kin Insurance – a fully licensed home insurance technology company that provides easy, affordable coverage to homeowners in catastrophe-prone regions – has expanded its partnership with Cape Analytics. Kin is using Cape Analytics’ geospatial property intelligence to inform its homeowner insurance offering and provide customers the best possible coverage
Friday, April 10th, 2020
Friedrichshafen – Happy birthday to a “cool” satellite: CryoSat-2, the European Space Agency´s ice and snow satellite, was launched from the Baikonour Cosmodrone into orbit on 08 April 2010. Originally designed for a three and a half year mission, CryoSat-2 has been operating since 2010, far exceeding its nominal mission lifetime. Actual health data of
Friday, April 10th, 2020
LENEXA, Kan.– Digital Aerolus – a global leader in autonomous technology for any vehicle that flies, drives, dives or swims – has developed the first indoor drone with germicidal C-band ultraviolet (UVC) emitters at 265nm, creating a remote and mobile disinfection method for essential businesses. The Aertos 120-UVC combines industrial drone technology with powerful UVC emitters,
Friday, April 10th, 2020
Amsterdam – For the third time in a row, HERE Technologies was named by Counterpoint Research as the world’s number one location platform. The 2020 Counterpoint Research Location Platforms Evaluation and Analysis compared the 25 leading location platform vendors, including Google, TomTom and Mapbox, in capabilities and execution. Neil Shah, Vice President of Research, notes:
