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Thursday, June 30th, 2016

Skyward and senseFly Join Forces

Portland, Oregon and Cheseaux Lausanne, Switzerland – Skyward and senseFly, global leaders in the UAV industry, are partnering to deliver a custom operations management software and consulting services package for senseFly aircraft. The package, available for customers in North America through the senseFly distribution network or Skyward, gives operators a preconfigured Skyward account with senseFly

Thursday, June 30th, 2016

Trimble R2 GNSS Receiver Now Available for Data Collection

Redlands, California — June 30, 2016 — Esri announced today the availability of the Trimble R2 Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for collecting professional-grade GPS data with Collector for ArcGIS. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver is rugged certified MIL-STD-810G, IP65 rated, compact and streamlined to enable a quick setup. The Trimble R2 GNSS receiver is

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

TomTom and sensewhere Team Up to Bring Location Based Services Indoors

Esri User Conference, San Diego, CA – TomTom (TOM2) today announced a technology collaboration with a leading provider of indoor positioning technology, sensewhere Limited. This collaboration will enable the two companies to conquer GPS black spots and bring location based services indoors. TomTom Indoor delivers accurate customised indoor maps of public and private venues for

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

what3words Partners with Global Logistics Giant Aramex

London, June 29, 2016 – what3words, the multi-award winning addressing platform, has closed a $8.5 million (USD) Series B funding round, led by global logistics giant Aramex, with existing investors Intel Capital and British funds Force Over Mass Capital and Mustard Seed also participating. Aramex operates in 60 countries around the world, and will use

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

SuperSurv Helps French Environment Department in Alsace

Supergeo Technologies is pleased to announce that SuperSurv, the multifunctional mobile GIS software was earlier selected by the DREAL of Alsace to collect spatial data. Integrated by three different departments and established in 2010, the DREAL of Alsace is the regional environmental authority of Alsace, France. Its mission is to ensure the sustainable development of

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

Longitude Announces Offering of Rare Soviet Maps of U.S. Cities

MINNEAPOLIS – Longitude Maps is announcing the sale of historic U.S. city maps developed by the Soviet Union military. Developed in the Cold War era, the maps were part of an undertaking by the Soviet military to record the entire world, and featured a then-unprecedented level of detail and accuracy, including street width and building-types.

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

Arun District Council Grasps Opportunities by Migrating to Cadcorp GIS

A district council in West Sussex is using GIS and web mapping technology from British software developer Cadcorp, to power a range of internal and public-facing geospatial applications. When Arun District Council (ADC) was informed by its software supplier that the internet and intranet GIS products it was using were nearing end-of-life and would no

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center Announce New Mapping Tool for Media and Philanthropy

New York, NY — Media Impact Funders (MIF) and Foundation Center are pleased to announce the launch of Foundation Maps for Media Funding, a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically-funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Developed by Foundation Center and available on the Media Impact Funders’ website, this

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

Esri Launches National Green Infrastructure Initiative for Planning

Redlands, California —Esri, the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, has launched a suite of public mapping tools and data to help communities protect the places and natural resources that help people, wildlife, and the economy thrive. Leading the Green Infrastructure for the U.S. initiative, Esri has partnered with National Geographic Society to

Wednesday, June 29th, 2016

SAP Geographical Enablement Framework Simplifies Spatial Processing of Enterprise Business Data

SAN DIEGO, Calif.— SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled SAP® Geographical Enablement Framework, powered by SAP HANA®, which helps organizations enrich business applications with geographic data from geographic information systems (GIS), such as Esri ArcGIS. This announcement was made at the Esri User Conference being held June 27–July 1 in San Diego. “In many asset-intensive