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Friday, May 29th, 2015

Seisland Surveys Wins Esri Canada’s Award of Excellence in GIS

CALGARY, Esri Canada User Conference, May 29, 2015 — Rapid access to asset information is valuable to companies in nearly all industries, especially to those in oil and gas where there is constant risk of pipeline ruptures, oil spills and fires.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

MEMSIC to Showcase its Latest Sensing Solutions at Sensors Expo and Conference 2015

Andover, MA, May 29, 2015 — MEMSIC, Inc. plans to demonstrate its latest advanced technologies at the Sensors Expo and Conference, to be held June 10-11 2015 at the Long Beach Convention Center, CA, booth number 245.

Friday, May 29th, 2015

New Mapping Agreement to Benefit United Kingdom and Ireland Location Data Users

May 29, 2015 — A new three party agreement between Ordnance Survey (GB), Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and Land and Property Services (LPS) Northern Ireland is set to improve access and availability of mapping services for customers and government users operating across the UK and Ireland.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space and Spectrum Conduct a Joint Analysis of Hydrocarbon Potential in Ireland’s Porcupine Basin

May 28, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space and seismic multi-client acquisition and imaging specialist Spectrum Geo have launched a 2D seismic and seep study programme for the Porcupine Basin, just ahead of the Irish Licensing Round.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space: 65th successful launch in a row of Ariane 5

May 28, 2015 — Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 65th time in a row, once again confirming the reliability of the European launcher.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Updated Global Mapper LiDAR Module Now Supports NIR LiDAR Data

Hallowell, Maine, May 28, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the availability of an upgrade to the Global Mapper LiDAR Module. Released in conjunction with Version 16.2 of Global Mapper, the latest version includes numerous functional enhancements and performance improvements that have been designed to help streamline the processing of LiDAR data.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

MAPPS Announces Summer Conference, July 12-15 in Sunriver, Oregon

Reston, VA, May 28, 2015 — MAPPS, the only national association exclusively comprised of private firms in the remote sensing, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States, today announced its annual Summer Conference will be held July 12-15 in Sunriver, Oregon.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

IGN France International takes part in the 16th FICA Forum Dedicated to Border Issues

May 27, 2015 — The 16th IHEDN (Higher Institute of National Defence) forum concerning the African continent (FICA) will take place in Paris from May 28 th  to June 4 th  2015.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Timmons Group to Develop and Implement Enterprise GIS for Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office

Richmond, VA, May 27, 2015 — The state of Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO) contracted with Timmons Group to develop and implement an Enterprise GIS to support their land and mineral lease management. 

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Saab and DigitalGlobe Announce Vricon Joint Venture to Create the Globe in 3D

May 27, 2015 — Defence and security company Saab and DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced the creation of a joint venture – Vricon, Inc. to produce photo-realistic 3D products and digital elevation models globally for enterprise and government geospatial markets with unmatched coverage and delivery