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Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

Teledyne Optech Announces New Efficiency Enhancement for ALTM Galaxy Wide-Area Lidar Mapping Sensor

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce a high-performance scanner update to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the Optech Galaxy ALTM™. The Galaxy’s scan efficiency has been engineered to deliver an additional 30% boost to its class-leading area coverage rates. When coupled with its innovative SwathTRAK™ and PulseTRAK™ technologies, collection efficiencies exceeding 70%

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

InterGEO2016: AltiGator and YellowScan Unveil a 5.6kg Survey-Grade LiDAR UAV all Integrated System, Ideal for Centimetric Urban Surveys

AltiGator and YellowScan are pleased to announce an ultra-light weight LiDAR UAV combo allowing for the first time centimetric UAV surveys in urban areas, in accordance with most regulations. The YellowScan Surveyor ultra-light stand-alone LiDAR system is embedded on the OnyxStar® XENA multirotor UAV, which is the last generation professional drone designed by Altigator. Compact,

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

Pix4D Launches MOBILE + DESKTOP + CLOUD Solutions for Drone Mapping at InterGeo 2016

Drone mapping software developer Pix4D launches hybrid solutions today that integrate mobile, desktop, and cloud platforms for more flexible mapping.   “When we started Pix4D six years ago, we were a cloud processing company,” said Christoph Strecha, Pix4D’s CEO. “But our first clients were photogrammetrists, land surveyors, or working in mining, and needed desktop software

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016

LizardTech Releases Latest GeoExpress, now including Geiger-Mode Support

SEATTLE, Wash.  — LizardTech®, the creator of MrSID® and provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today announced the release of GeoExpress® 9.5.3.  The company’s flagship image asset handling product to compress, manage, distribute, integrate and deploy geospatial images and LiDAR point clouds as high-quality MrSID files now has expanded format support

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

SimActive Launches Subscription UAV Software

Montreal, Canada, October 11th, 2016 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce a new subscription-based offering for Correlator3D™ UAV.  The rental option allows users with a dynamic workload to access a high-end product at minimal cost.   “Correlator3D™ UAV was developed for leading mapping firms, military and government organizations,

Monday, October 10th, 2016

DigitalGlobe Now Targeting Late October or Early November for WorldView-4 Satellite Launch

WESTMINSTER, Colo. – DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced the WorldView-4 satellite launch has been delayed due to ongoing efforts to restore and test infrastructure at Vandenberg Air Force Base following last month’s wildfires. DigitalGlobe is working closely with the U.S. Air Force

Monday, October 10th, 2016

Trimble Sells its Unmanned Aircraft System Business to Delair-Tech

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2016 —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that Delair-Tech has acquired its Belgium-based Gatewing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing business. Delair-Tech is a leading provider of long-range, fixed-wing UAS solutions for industrial inspection and asset management applications headquartered in Toulouse, France. Delair-Tech intends to grow the acquired business as part

Monday, October 10th, 2016

Locus Technologies Introduces EIM GIS+ Mapping Platform With Added Features and Functionality

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Locus Technologies (Locus), a leader in SaaS environmental compliance and information management software, introduces the Locus GIS+ mapping platform, a significant upgrade to the current Locus EIM Google Maps-based solution. Locus GIS+ is powered by Esri’s ArcGIS platform and offers a host of advanced features — including enhanced cartography, comprehensive spatial

Monday, October 10th, 2016

Ubisense Launches myWorld 4 Introducing Enterprise Geomobility for Esri

Ubisense Group plc (AIM:UBI) is today announcing the launch of myWorld 4, a significant evolution of its enterprise geomobility platform. myWorld 4 provides a single coherent architecture for implementing enterprise mobile solutions with Esri ArcGIS Server and ArcGIS Online plus Google Maps, GE Smallworld, Intergraph, spatialNET or any geospatial service that supports WMS and WFS.

Monday, October 10th, 2016

Central Alliance Purchases First of Its Kind Mobile Mapping System

Pre-construction specialist Central Alliance has further established its reputation for innovation by becoming the first surveying company in the UK to purchase a new, ground-breaking LiDAR mapping system – the first of its kind on the market. The new system, named ROBIN, has been produced by world leading geospatial technology supplier, 3D Laser Mapping, and