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Monday, October 24th, 2016

Municipalities are Adopting Analytics for their Geospatial Projects

A few months ago Maptiks announced their web map analytics for Esri’s ArcGIS Online. It made it possible for ArcGIS Online users to track visitor activities, helping to answer key questions like “how and where are users interacting with a web map” and “what demographic of users are visiting my web map”. Originally, the team

Monday, October 24th, 2016

Versar Goes Mobile with TerraGo Edge for Environmental Compliance Assessments

Washington, D.C. – TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration, field data collection and enterprise mobility software, announced today that TerraGo Edge® was deployed by Versar’s Environmental Services group. “Now we don’t necessarily need complex GPS systems and we can do field work better with a $400 tablet. Our users really like the improved ease of

Monday, October 24th, 2016

Operation INTERSECT Receives Award of Excellence in GIS

OTTAWA,  Esri Canada User Conference – Esri Canada today recognized Operation INTERSECT with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. Operation INTERSECT is a collaboration among 28 agencies in the National Capital Region to enhance emergency management and preparedness in the region. It is co-chaired by the Ottawa

Friday, October 21st, 2016

Hemisphere GNSS Announces New Eclipse P328 OEM Positioning Board

Scottsdale, AZ, USA  – Today, Hemisphere GNSS announces the Eclipse P328, the next offering in a line of new and refreshed, low-power, high-precision, positioning OEM boards. The multi-frequency, multi-GNSS P328 is an all signals receiver board that includes Hemisphere’s new and innovative hardware platform and integrates Atlas® GNSS Global Corrections. Designed with this new hardware

Friday, October 21st, 2016

Bluesky Aerial Mapping Tech Helps Prevent Trees Falling onto Power, Road and Rail Networks

Aerial mapping from Bluesky is helping to reduce the risk of trees falling on power lines, key roads and railways. Part of an NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded project, 3D data produced by Bluesky is being used by scientists at the UK’s University of Lancaster to refine a tree failure risk model that currently

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Arithmetica Appoints Point3D as North American Reseller of SphereVision 360 Imaging Software

SphereVision Project Builder features a more refined and streamlined workflow, enabling users to easily bridge the gap between 360 degree content and site or location specific information. An improved interface intuitively guides users through the creation of 360 degree routes and hotspots, while a new Measurement Module enables iSTAR panoramic camera users to capture measurements

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

OGC Approves Standard for Use in the Modeling and Simulation World

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has approved CDB as an OGC standard. The OGC CDB standard is based on and derived from an industry developed and maintained specification for the modeling and simulation community. The CDB standard defines a conceptual model, as well as rules for implementing the model, for the storage, access, and

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

LandWorks Upgrades Web AutoMapper Online Mapping Service … Now Includes USLandGrid

HOUSTON —    LandWorks Inc., a developer of innovative land management solutions, has improved its Web AutoMapper online service that translates land legal descriptions into GIS-ready map polygons. The updated Web AutoMapper features a new interface that is easier to use, including a job detail web page that lets you review and edit your polygons before

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Global Organizations Unite in New Cross-Sector Initiative to Tackle Deforestation and Climate Change Accounting

The sustainability consulting group Quantis is pleased to announce the official launch of an initiative to develop Guidance on accounting for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation and other types of land use. This pre-competitive global initiative, convened by Quantis, aims to provide a methodological guide with credible references that companies can use to account

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Geospatial Imagery Analytics Market Worth 10.21 Billion USD by 2021

PUNE, India – According to a new market research report “Geospatial Imagery Analytics Market by Type (Image and Video), Collection Medium (GIS, Satellite, UAV), Vertical (Defense & Security, Insurance, Agriculture, Healthcare & Life Sciences), and Region – Global Forecast to 2021“, published by MarketsandMarkets, the global market is estimated to grow from USD 2.77 Billion