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Monday, February 18th, 2019

Illegally Operated Drones Pose an Outsized Risk for U.S. Aviation and the Public, Veteran Aviation Attorney Warns

ALEXANDRIA, Va.– U.S. aviation is courting catastrophe by making drones so accessible to untrained, unskilled, less-than-serious “pilots” who treat them as toys, veteran LeClairRyan aviation attorney Mark A. Dombroff warns in a new column at AviationPros.com. Mark A. Dombroff “My fear is that, sooner or later, an illegally operated drone will cause a catastrophic aviation accident,”

Monday, February 18th, 2019

Trimble Announces Trimble Exchange, an e-Commerce Platform for Pre-Owned Trimble Products

SUNNYVALE, Calif.– Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today Trimble Exchange, an e-commerce platform connecting Trimble’s SITECH® dealer network directly with customers in the U.S. looking to purchase pre-owned, refurbished and legacy Trimble products. Inventory listed on Trimble Exchange is populated only by participating, authorized Trimble resellers. Customers shopping on Trimble Exchange complete their purchases through their trusted

Monday, February 18th, 2019

Announcing the Younger Geospatial Professional of the Year Award

SPAR 3D Expo & Conference and Lidar News are pleased to invite you to nominate yourself or a colleague for the inaugural Younger Geospatial Professional (YGP) of the Year award. This important award will recognize the outstanding accomplishments and leadership initiatives by a younger member of the worldwide, geospatial community.   To participate in the

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Biomass Mission to Study Earth’s Forests

Set to fly in 2022, ESA’s Biomass Earth Explorer satellite with its 12-meter diameter radar antenna will pierce through woodland canopies to perform a global survey of Earth’s forests—and see how they change over the course of Biomass’ five-year mission. Trees are an integral, much-loved element of our environment; they also hold clues to our

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Exalto Emirates adds anti drone system integrator Martek Anti Drone Systems to its portfolio

Martek Anti Drone Systems (M.A.D.S) are delighted to announce a new strategic partnership in the Middle East with Market Leader Exalto Emirates. Exalto Emirates will be M.A.D.S exclusive distributor in the region providing drone detection and mitigation services for the marine industry. Erik Van Wilsum, Head of CUAS said “The growing trend for the use

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Newport City Homes migrates to cloud hosted web mapping

Cadcorp cloud service provides hosted web mapping for housing association’s asset and land ownership Newport City Homes first started using Cadcorp web mapping technology in 2010. At that time, the software was installed and hosted on their local infrastructure and Newport City Homes managed both the application and data. Following Cadcorp’s announcement of a cloud

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

USGS 3DEP Lidar Point Cloud Now Available as Amazon Public Dataset

Lidar Data from the cloud: The USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) has announced the availability of a new way to access and process lidar point cloud data from the 3DEP repository. The USGS has been refining new mechanisms to access 3DEP data beyond simple downloads. With 3DEP’s adoption of cloud storage and computing, users now

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Jerri Daniels and Andy Bobe Promoted in Dewberry’s Gulf Coast Offices

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, announced that Jerri Daniels, CFM, has been promoted to associate vice president in the firm’s New Orleans, Louisiana, office, and Andy Bobe, PE, has been promoted to senior associate in its Daphne, Alabama, office. Jerri Daniels has been in the consulting industry for 18 years, and has been

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Mapillary announces Capture Projects in their latest push to give cities and mapmakers control over map data collection for building better maps at scale

London – Mapillary, the street-level imagery platform that uses computer vision to fix the world’s maps, today announced a new tool that allows cities and mapmakers to take control over their map data collection in order to build better maps at scale. Called Capture Projects, the tool consists of a combination of a web and

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Dynamic Map Platform to Acquire EnerTech Portfolio Company Ushr

PHILADELPHIA & TORONTO – EnerTech Capital (“EnerTech”) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. (“DMP”) has agreed to acquire Ushr, Inc. (“Ushr”). Upon closing, the deal will establish a single, enhanced platform for accelerated development and delivery of high-definition (HD) mapping solutions for autonomous vehicles and advanced

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