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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

Esri Workbook Teaches Spatial Analysis Techniques

Redlands, California—February 23, 2016—GIS Tutorial 2: Spatial Analysis Workbook, published by Esri, will help experienced geographic information system (GIS) software users hone their spatial analysis skills using Esri’s ArcGIS technology. The fourth edition of this workbook, updated for ArcGIS 10.3 for Desktop or later versions of the software, includes step-by-step exercises that teach readers important

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

VisionMap to Release LightSpeed Version 4.0

Tel Aviv, Israel – February 23, 2016 — VisionMap, leading provider of aerial survey and mapping systems, has announced the upcoming release of LightSpeed 4.0, the newest version of its flagship photogrammetric processing suite. LightSpeed 4.0 includes several exciting new features, particularly in Dense DSM production. A new photogrammetric dense point cloud module has been introduced

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

Esri Releases Latest Version of ArcGIS Full Motion Video

Redlands, California—February 22, 2016—Esri released the latest version of ArcGIS Full Motion Video (FMV), a technology designed to work with video from drones, manned aircraft, and stationary video surveillance cameras. The release of ArcGIS FMV continues to expand the capabilities of ArcGIS as a complete, professional-level platform for managing, sharing, and extracting value from all forms of

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

Zeroing in on the Market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Velodyne LiDAR Announces New Puck LITE

MORGAN HILL, Calif.  (Feb. 22, 2016)  — Aiming at the burgeoning market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Velodyne LiDAR today unveiled its new Puck LITE™ — at 590 grams, the world’s lightest 16-channel LiDAR sensor. Puck LITE will make its public debut on Feb. 22 at ILMF, the International LiDAR Mapping Forum, in Denver (Velodyne

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

Faster Detection of Landmines Using Radar

Every 20 to 30 minutes, somewhere in the world, a person – often a child – steps on a landmine.  It is estimated that over 100 million anti-personnel mines are buried worldwide and a further 200 to 250 million are thought to remain in military storage facilities. This means they pose a constant threat, even

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

EPA Releases Online Mapping Tool for Drinking Water Sources

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released an online mapping tool that provides users with information about their watershed and water supplier, as well as information about any possible sources of pollution that could affect their communities’ water supply.

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

New YellowScan Surveyor: World’s Lightest and Most Accurate LiDAR Solution for Civil Engineering & Mining Professionals

Denver, CO, USA – February 22, 2016 – YellowScan is pleased to announce the global launch of its new LiDAR UAS surveying solution with highest accuracy and most dense geo-referenced point cloud data: 3cm accuracy – 300 000 shots/s – 1.5 kg R&D development for the YellowScan Surveyor solution started in early 2015 with the

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

Maptek Technology Helps Secure Optimum Mining Outcomes

All facets of mining increasingly rely on capturing and using quality data. Effective data management and analysis improves production and increases profitability. Mining technology specialist Maptek develops robust systems that apply mining data to more accurately design and model an operation. Efficient tools for resource definition, stockpile reconciliation and conformance design, which enhance operational safety

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

Trimble Adds Scalable GNSS Receiver to its Geospatial Portfolio

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2016—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the addition of a new scalable GNSS receiver to its geospatial portfolio—the Trimble® R9s GNSS receiver. Geospatial professionals now have another option to consider when searching for a receiver with the flexibility to scale as needed. The receiver is built on a sleek, modular GNSS platform

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

EuroSDR Award 2016 for the Best PhD Thesis Related to Geoinformation Science

The research activities of the European Spatial Data Research (EuroSDR – http://www.eurosdr.net/) network have developed over time through a collaboration of academia and national mapping agencies. In order to further strengthen the collaboration and to involve young scientists in its research, EuroSDR has established an Award to reward recent PhD theses that have significantly contributed