Monday, August 31st, 2015
August 31, 2015 – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released the beta version of a new smartphone application called “B4UFLY” for testing by up to 1,000 unmanned aircraft users.
Monday, August 31st, 2015
Montreal, Canada, September 1st, 2015 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce Correlator3D™ version 6.2, featuring a new module for tie point editing during aerial triangulation. Users can visually inspect and edit any link, with the ability to add tie points as an alternative to projects with low overlap or poor image quality.
Monday, August 31st, 2015
August 31, 2015 – We are happy to announce that RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems, Austria has become a sponsor of the award-winning LASzip compressor. Their contribution at the Silver level will kick-off the actual development phase of the “native LAS 1.4 extension” that had been discussed with the LiDAR community over the past two years.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Des Plaines, IL, August 28, 2015 — URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2015 URISA Board of Directors’ election. Tripp Corbin will serve in the position of President-Elect and Stephen Berry, Keri Brennan and Corey Halford will serve as Directors. They will all begin their three-year terms at the conclusion of GIS-Pro &
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Huntsville, AL, August 28, 2015 — AirGon LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GeoCue Group Inc., has been granted a section 333 exemption by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its AV-900 Metric Mapping system. Under the exemption, AirGon will be permitted to conduct precision aerial mapping missions and demonstrations throughout the United States.
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
Wheat Ridge, Colorado, August 27, 2015 — Juniper Unmanned, Inc. announced that it has been designated as an official training services provider for Trimble’s unmanned aircraft system (UAS) portfolio, which include the Trimble® UX5, UX5 HP and ZX5 multirotor aerial imaging rovers. In this role, Juniper will provide classroom and field training services for Trimble UAS customers
Thursday, August 27th, 2015
Leicestershire, UK, August 27, 2015 — Working with resource efficiency company Sustain, Bluesky has mapped around 100,000 Housing Association properties across the UK, measuring their potential for energy generation from solar panels.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
August 26, 2015 — NordMap is a web-mapping tool for municipal and regional data that enables users to create customised maps. It is a new online version of the Nordregio map collection, focusing on demography, labour market and accessibility throughout the Nordic region.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
August 25, 2015 — Cardiff University has been successfully using GeoVisionary within the MAREN2 project to accurately visualise large LIDAR data sets of water levels, coastal land forms and bathymetry, so stakeholders can assess the impact of proposed renewable energy schemes.
