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Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

SmartNet Expands in Western Canada Through Merger with Pleiades Reference Station Network

Leica Geosystems today announced that SmartNet North America (www.smartnetna.com), the industry-leading high-precision, high-availability network RTK correction service, has merged with the Pleiades reference station network in Western Canada, operated by Pleiades Data Corp. and Spatial Technologies. The merger gives surveyors, engineers, contractors, GIS professionals and other GPS/GNSS users in the region access to the growing

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

INTERGEO TV in August

As the international information platform for the geocommunity, INTERGEO TV is showcasing various topical productions on the news portal www.intergeo-tv.com in August. The August edition of the News (online from 4 August) explores the extent to which geodata and standard applications have already found their way into our everyday lives. INTERGEO TV met with Ed

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

OGC Adopts SensorThings API Part 1: Sensing Standard

09 August 2016 – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has adopted SensorThings API Part 1: Sensing as an official standard. The OGC SensorThings API provides an open, geospatially enabled way to interconnect Internet of Things (IoT) devices, data, and applications over the Web. It builds on a rich set of proven and widely-adopted open standards,

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

DHS Announces $40M Funding Opportunity for Homeland Security Quantitative Analysis COE

WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today announced a $40M funding opportunity for an institution to lead a new DHS Center of Excellence (COE) for Homeland Security Quantitative Analysis. DHS S&T is additionally searching for potential partners to work with the lead institution in support of the Center’s

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

Climate from Space

Discover our planet’s changing climate through the eyes of satellites with Climate from Space, a new iPad App featuring interactive maps and video interviews with top scientists. Climate from Space on the App Store https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=1061553589&mt=8

Monday, August 8th, 2016

Dewberry Awarded Geographic Information System Contract with Hanover County

Dewberry, a privately held professional services firms, was recently selected for a geographic information systems (GIS) contract with Hanover County, Virginia. The firm will provide general GIS consulting services to Hanover County on an as-needed basis and help support the county’s GIS program. Services include data conversion, general consulting, programming, staff support services (augmentation), global

Monday, August 8th, 2016

Point Grey’s New Spinnaker SDK Leverages GenICam3 for Faster Application Development

Richmond, BC, Canada – Point Grey, a global leader in high-performance digital cameras for industrial and scientific applications, today announced the release of its new Spinnaker software development kit (SDK) to simplify and accelerate the creation of new vision applications. Developed alongside Point Grey’s new Blackfly S camera, Spinnaker is based on the industry-standard GenICam3

Monday, August 8th, 2016

New Blackfly S Family Packs the Latest Imaging Technology into a Compact Housing

Richmond, BC, Canada – Point Grey, a global leader in innovative, high-performance digital cameras for industrial and scientific applications, today announced the release of Blackfly S, a new family of USB3 Vision and GigE Vision cameras designed to meet complex imaging requirements, enhance system automation, improve time to market and deliver more reliable solutions. The

Monday, August 8th, 2016

Cityworks Announces the Release of Cityworks 15.1

Sandy, UT – Cityworks announces the release of Cityworks 15.1, making the care of critical infrastructure, capital assets, and property easier and more straightforward than ever. Cityworks 15.1—Platform 4.1 introduces Cityworks “apps” —functional applications that run parallel to the platform, providing faster updates for fixes and new functionality. Cityworks 15.1—Platform 4.1 includes updates to Cityworks

Friday, August 5th, 2016

Collect Field Data with High Accuracy – Supergeo X Hi-Target

Supergeo provides GIS software on multiple platforms, including server, desktop, and mobile. Due to the rapid development of the mobile and smart devices in recent years, Supergeo has been dedicated to developing and improving mobile GIS products, like SuperSurv and SuperPad. SuperGIS Mobile Series covers most of the commonly used GIS functions like vector and