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Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

Phase One Industrial Announces 100 Megapixel Medium Format Metric Cameras for Aerial Data Acquisition

COPENHAGEN, January 3, 2016 ― Phase One Industrial, a leading developer of aerial medium format camera equipment, today announced 100 MP CMOS-based medium format metric cameras available for aerial mapping and other demanding applications. The development of the Phase One iXU 1000 and the iXU-R 1000 camera systems marks a shift toward higher valuefor the

Monday, January 4th, 2016

GeoCue Announces Release of LP360

Huntsville, AL – GeoCue Group is pleased to announce the latest release of LP360. Available both as an add-in to ArcGIS® and as a standalone 64 bit application, LP360 is the world’s most powerful and popular LIDAR extension for the ESRI environment. This release (2015.1.76) includes many feature updates as well as new tools aimed

Wednesday, December 30th, 2015

NASA Looks at Deadly Weather Over the US

NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM mission core satellite analyzed extreme weather that affected the U.S. over the course of five days. Heavy rainfall, flooding and tornado outbreaks affected areas of the United States from the Southwest through the Midwest from Dec. 23, 2015 to Dec. 27, 2015.

Wednesday, December 30th, 2015

City of Guelph: Mayor Guthrie’s 311GIS Interview

GOLDSBORO, N.C. – Geographic Technologies Group® (GTG®) has made headlines with the 311GIS application in the City of Guelph, Canada. Watch Mayor Cam Guthrie explain how 311GIS will improve Guelph by getting citizens involved. Citizens can help directly by reporting a variety of issues from potholes to noise complaints. As Mayor Guthrie says, this application

Wednesday, December 30th, 2015

New Esri Book Teaches the Principles of Good Map Design

Redlands, California — Mapmakers should always strive to create maps that look great and get their message across clearly and succinctly. According to Esri president Jack Dangermond, more emphasis today needs to be placed on map design, especially on the web. “We need to spend more time designing maps and not just producing them,” Dangermond

Wednesday, December 30th, 2015

Badger State Maps Put TIGER in the Tank

The USGS US Topo map program has entered its third, three-year cycle of revising and updating the digital US Topo maps. To start this new cycle, the USGS National Geospatial Program is excited to announce the inclusion of U.S. Census Bureau’s Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) roads data for the new US Topo

Monday, December 28th, 2015

10 Productive Years in Orbit for GIOVE-A, Galileo’s Small Satellite Pathfinder

British small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is today marking the 10th year of in-orbit operations from its GIOVE-A satellite, the pathfinder mission for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation programme. Since retirement from its original mission for the European Space Agency, SSTL has operated the spacecraft at 23,300km where it provides valuable data about the

Monday, December 28th, 2015

Esri Takes Top Award for Internet of Things Innovation

Redlands, California—Esri, the leader in geospatial technology, was honored at the TM Forum Catalyst InFocus event for the company’s contributions to developing solutions for a more connected world. TM Forum, a global industry association for digital business, presented Esri and partners with the Most Innovative Catalyst Award.

Thursday, December 24th, 2015

Fugro Wins Alaska Governor’s North Star Award for International Excellence

Alaska Governor Bill Walker has announced Fugro as winner of the 2015 Governor’s North Star Award for International Excellence in the category of scientific exchange. This important accolade follows the ‘Spotlight on Arctic Technology’ award announced during the annual Arctic Technology Conference last year.

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

Low-Level Flights in Southeast Missouri Will Look at Geology and Mineral Resources

A high-resolution airborne survey to study the rocks within the St. Francois Mountains will be conducted by U.S. Geological Survey scientists starting this week.