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Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

GeoSpatial Experts Announces Reseller Agreement with WTH Technology

Denver, Colorado – April 5, 2016 – GeoSpatial Experts, the leader in photo-based mobile data collection, today announced its reseller partnership agreement with WTH Technology, Inc., a leading provider of GIS products and services for local government. Using the GeoJot+ app, WTH customers will now be able to quickly and easily collect field data with

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

UK Power Networks and Northumbrian Water Sign Up to Receive OS Mapping, Data and Insights

Ordnance Survey is to supply mapping, geographic data and insights to UK Power Networks and Northumbrian Water in a contract worth £4 million. The three-year deal is a clear statement about OS’s commitment to the Energy and Infrastructure sector, and sees a return to direct business with Northumbrian Water. The new OS strategy has Britain’s national

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

Boundless Exchange Now Available

Boundless Exchange, a GIS content management platform powered by Open Source projects is now available. Boundless Exchange facilitates collaboration across an enterprise by providing integration of geospatial content and analysis into their business workflows.   Boundless Exchange supports collaborative editing. This allows teams or communities to contribute with crowdsourcing projects to add information. With versioned

Monday, April 4th, 2016

NASA, Japan Make ASTER Earth Data Available At No Cost

Beginning today, all Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere at no cost. The public will have unlimited access to the complete 16-plus-year database for Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer

Friday, April 1st, 2016

ASTM International and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to Jointly Develop Standards and More through MOU

1 April 2016 — ASTM International and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) will collaborate on developing and disseminating standards, best practices, and other tools that support the growing geospatial industry. The organizations plan to work together in areas such as data acquisition and dissemination, location-based services, and unmanned (autonomous) navigation. Daniel Smith, vice president, technical

Friday, April 1st, 2016

PCI Geomatics Releases Geomatica 2016

MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada — PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today the release of its Geomatica 2016 – the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop, geo-image processing software featuring tools for remote sensing, digital photogrammetry, geospatial analysis, mosaicking and more. Geomatica 2016 improves accuracy

Friday, April 1st, 2016

Airbus Defence and Space to Enhance Qatar Armed Forces Command and Control Capabilities with Direct Access to Satellite Imagery

Qatar Armed Forces will receive and process satellite data through a multi-mission Direct Receiving Station. This ground infrastructure will be specifically equipped with all necessary tools to support military operations, crisis monitoring or environment studies Airbus Defence and Space has been awarded a contract to provide Qatar Armed Forces (QAF) with a multi-mission Direct Receiving

Friday, April 1st, 2016

Global Mapper SDK v17.1 Released with Updates and Performance Improvements throughout the Toolkit

Hallowell, Maine –  Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 17.1 of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) along with the Global Mapper LiDAR Module SDK. This update, released in conjunction with version 17.1 of the standard version of Global Mapper, includes numerous performance improvements, new and improved

Friday, April 1st, 2016

Esri Adds Innovative Web Map Analytics Tool to ArcGIS Marketplace

Maptiks is announcing their web map analytics integration with Esri’s ArcGIS platform. It is now possible to receive analytics surrounding your web mapping application usage. The innovative map analytics solution is available on ArcGIS Marketplace. ArcGIS Marketplace is a destination that enables ArcGIS users to search, discover, and get apps and content from qualified providers.

Thursday, March 31st, 2016

Australia Ensured Access to Sentinel Data

ESA and Australia’s national geological survey, Geoscience Australia, today agreed to cooperate to ensure data from the EU’s Sentinel satellites are accessible in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. The agreement supports the Australian government and European Commission’s partnership to ensure the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation programme benefits their citizens and the broader international community.