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Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Coastal Risk Consulting and InterNACHI Announce Strategic Marketing Partnership

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. and BOULDER, Colo., July 16, 2015 — Coastal Risk Consulting, LLC (CRC), the leading online flood prediction technology company, and the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Inc. (InterNACHI), have entered into a joint marketing agreement enabling nearly 14,000 certified home inspectors to provide CRC’s break-through flood forecast service to over 50 million coastal

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

UrtheCast Closes Acquisition of Earth Observation Satellites and Business Operations from Elecnor

VANCOUVER, July 16, 2015 — UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announced that its subsidiary has closed its previously-announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of the Earth Observation business dba Deimos Imaging and DOT Imaging (“Deimos Imaging”) from Elecnor, S.A. (“Elecnor”) for an aggregate price of €76.4 million.

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

MAPPS Elects New Board of Directors

Sunriver, Oregon, July 16, 2015 — MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, announced today the slate of new officers and members of its 2015-2016 Board of Directors. 

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas About Applying Geography to Your World

Redlands, California, July 16, 2015 — People around the world are discovering that online maps do more than direct consumers to stores or help travelers navigate from point A to point B. Web maps communicate important information that helps everyone make decisions. That’s why Esri has published The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying Geography

Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

Coastal Risk Consulting Launches On-line Flood Forecast Service

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 15, 2015 — Coastal Risk Consulting, LLC (CRC), the leading online flood prediction technology company, has unveiled the first-of-its-kind flood forecast service for more than 50 million coastal properties in the U.S.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

UTC Aerospace Systems’ TASE 500 Imaging Systems Selected for the Cirrus Perception Special Missions Platform

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 15, 2015 — UTC Aerospace Systems is providing Cloud Cap Technology TASE500 and TASE400 imaging system options for the new Cirrus Aircraft™ Perception Special Mission Aircraft.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

Updated Pan-European Datasets Released by EuroGeographics

July 15, 2015 — Two updated pan-European datasets created from authoritative national datasets have been released by EuroGeographics.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2015

BlackBridge to be Acquired by Planet Labs

Berlin, July 15, 2015 — BlackBridge, a leading provider of satellite imagery and geospatial solutions, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement for Planet Labs to acquire the RapidEye suite of core offerings. Planet Labs is a provider of a dataset of satellite imagery based in San Francisco, California, that designs, builds, and

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

Real-Time Environment Info App – Connecting Smart Tech with GIS

July 14, 2015 — Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan has offered citizens and governmental sectors a comprehensive information portal since 2000, to meet the global concerns of environments. The portal provides visitors with various real-time data like air quality, dust storm, UV index, greenhouse gas and etc., so that the different aspects of environment can be

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

UK Flood Map New for Bluesky Mapshop

Leicestershire, July 14, 2015 — Following an agreement between aerial mapping company Bluesky and hazard mapping specialists JBA Risk Management, visitors to www.blueskymapshop.com can now view and download a high resolution flood map for the whole of the UK.