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Friday, October 2nd, 2015

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s…An Insurance Drone?

ERIE, Pa., Oct. 2, 2015 — In what could be the first step toward changing how insurance claims are handled in the future, Erie Insurance has moved from testing to actually using a drone to assist with a property damage claim. ERIE was among the first insurance companies to seek and receive permission from the Federal Aviation

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Textron Systems’ Aerosonde(TM) Small Unmanned Aircraft System & Remote Video Technologies Support Wildfire Deterrence and Response in Idaho

HUNT VALLEY, MD, Oct 01, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. TXT, -1.37% business, announced today that the company provided its equipment and personnel in support of a multi-day wildfire response and decision support effort in Idaho with the U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service. Held in the

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

AND Completes Production of High Quality Premium Navigation Map of the United States

CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, The Netherlands, Oct 2, 2015 —  AND has finished the upgrade and enrichment program of a high quality premium navigation map of the United States of America. The first sample data has been offered to interested parties. AND CEO Hugo van der Linde: “Completion of the high quality premium turn-by-turn navigation map

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

1Spatial Gold Sponsor & Exhibitor at GIS Ireland 2015

Cambridge, UK, October 1, 2015 — (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial, the global spatial software firm which manages the world’s largest spatial data, will be a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor at GIS Ireland, taking place on 2nd October 2015 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Dublin 4.

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

Trimble Partners with ClearEdge 3D to Distribute its Powerful, Automated Feature Extraction and Modeling Capabilities Software

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2015—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and ClearEdge 3D announced today that Trimble will distribute a branded version of ClearEdge 3D’s EdgeWise software. The EdgeWise software uses automated feature extraction and modeling to significantly reduce the time required for professionals to generate CAD models of pipes, conduit, structural steel and gridded concrete from data

Wednesday, September 30th, 2015

AibotX6 Version 2 uses High Precision GNSS

Kassel/Stuttgart, Germany, September 30, 2015 — Ahead of this year’s INTERGEO in Stuttgart, which runs from 15. to 17. September 2015, the Kassel-based company Aibotix GmbH has presented a new solution for high-precision surveying with Version 2 of its tried and tested hexacopter AibotX6: High Precision GNSS.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Significant Growth & Consolidation Expected in Maritime Sector in the Coming Years

Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, September 29, 2015 — According to Euroconsult’s newly published report, Maritime Telecom Solutions by Satellite, Global Market Analysis & Forecasts, the value of the global maritime satellite communications market will double over the next decade, with a CAGR of 6% in terminals and 8% in revenue over the 10-year period. Ever-increasing data

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Shaping Next-Generation Scientists

September 29, 2015 — With the new Earth observation satellites carrying a range of technologies such as radar and multispectral imaging instruments for land, ocean and atmospheric monitoring, data are available for the next 20–30 years. However, this means little unless there are capable people handling them. 

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Trimble Introduces Next Generation Indoor Mobile Mapping System for Building Interiors and Underground Structures

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2015 — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its next generation Trimble® Indoor Mobile Mapping Solution (TIMMS) that produces fast and accurate maps of even the most difficult-to-navigate indoor spaces and translates them directly into 2D and 3D models of structured interiors.

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Leidos and Boundless Collaborate on Cyber and Geospatial Solutions

New York, NY and Reston, Va.,September 29, 2015 — Leidos, a national security, health, and engineering solutions company, and Boundless, a leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, today announced they have entered into a strategic relationship to collaborate on cybersecurity and geospatial solutions. Leidos and Boundless will collaborate on joint business development efforts