Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Tel Aviv – SkyWatch.AI, the world’s first on-demand, telematics-based insurance platform for commercial drones, today launched in the United Kingdom. Building on its success in the US, SkyWatch.AI’s UK policies will be underwritten by international specialty insurance and reinsurance group Chaucer. SkyWatch.AI is offered by on-demand, usage-based specialized mobility insurance provider VOOM, and will provide
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
An unprecedented belt of brown algae stretches from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico—and it’s likely here to stay. Scientists at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg’s College of Marine Science used NASA satellite observations to discover and document the largest bloom of macroalgae in the world, dubbed the Great Atlantic Sargassum
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
EuroGeographics today (8 July 2019) announced the addition of NUTS 3 official boundary information in its European geospatial open data from official national sources. As well as enabling socio-economic analysis of more than 1,300 administrative regions across Europe, the latest release of 1.1 million EuroGlobalMapopen data (EGM 2019) is also available as both a web
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
URISA is pleased to announce that Barry Wellar, C.M., GISP will provide the closing remarks at the GIS Leadership Academy (GLA) in Toronto (August 19-23, 2019). On March 14, 2019, former URISA President (1978) and Professor Emeritus at the University of Ottawa, Barry Wellar was inducted into the Order of Canada by Her Excellency the
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS – DTN, the leading provider for actionable weather insights, today announces its expanded partnership with Esri, the world leader in location intelligence. This growing partnership builds on the success of a three-year relationship and now offers even more comprehensive, highly accurate weather data to Esri customers. Through this collaboration, both DTN and Esri customers
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
Lake Mary, Fla.- CentralSquare, a leader in public sector software, announced today that it will participate at the Esri User Conference 2019 being held July 8-12, 2019, in San Diego, CA. Presenting from conference booths 1819 and 1919, CentralSquare will showcase its cloud-based and analytics-embedded Public Administration Suites Enterprise and Professional, including Community Development and
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
TITUSVILLE, Fla.– The GPS satellite constellation is about to get its next heathy dose of new technology and more advanced capabilities. The second next-generation, Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT)-built GPS III satellite – nick-named “Magellan” by the U.S. Air Force — is sealed up and ready for its planned July 25 launch. On June 26, Lockheed Martin
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
LEEDS, England – SKYMAGIC, one of the world’s leading performance drone companies, designed and delivered a mesmerising drone light show at this year’s Zurich Festival , performing across the weekend in front of over a million spectators. Zurich Festival takes place once every three years in Switzerland’s largest city – offering a unique blend of
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
DENVER – Intermap Technologies (“Intermap” or the “Company”), a global leader in geospatial intelligence solutions, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co KG (Lufthansa Systems) that formalizes the business agreement announced on December 17, 2018. The two companies have brought to market the world’s first high-resolution, global geospatial
Tuesday, July 9th, 2019
TEL AVIV, Israel – During its meeting on June 18, 2019, held in Washington D.C., the Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S., Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation approved $8.2 million in funding for nine new projects between U.S. and Israeli companies. In addition to the grants from BIRD, the projects will access private
