Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
IRVINE, Calif., June 1, 2016 – CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, today released its 2016 Storm Surge Report which concludes that more than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at potential risk of damage from hurricane storm surge inundation with a total reconstruction
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
For a low-lying, densely populated country like the Netherlands, monitoring subsidence is critical. Until recently, tiny displacements in the ground beneath our feet couldn’t be mapped nationally but, thanks to the Sentinel-1 mission, this is now possible. Focusing on the Netherlands and Denmark, scientists have been using radar images from the Sentinel-1A satellite to pinpoint
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
World leading geospatial technology supplier, 3D Laser Mapping, has launched an innovative multi-platform mapping system at GeoBusiness 2016. The new platform, named ROBIN, is the first of its kind on the market and provides three alternative mapping options rolled into one solution. The versatile system allows users to benefit from the ability to map areas
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
WELLESLEY, MA, June 01, 2016 – Rising demand for high-bandwidth communication and installation of higher capacity communication networks is growing demand for highly precise hyperspectral imaging. BCC Research anticipates in its new report that the hyperspectral imaging market will experience robust growth from 2015 to 2020. Hyperspectral imaging, which captures the visible and invisible spectral
Wednesday, June 1st, 2016
Redlands, California —The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) now uses Esri Story Maps to encourage exploration of the United States’ public land treasures. The story maps document the travels of BLM wilderness specialist and photographer Bob Wick and were designed to acquaint citizens with the wonders of BLM-managed scenic land. As part of a larger
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, May 31, 2016 – According to Euroconsult’s latest report, Prospects for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, the size of the professional RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) manufacturing and services market is expected to grow significantly in the next ten years, from $1 billion in 2015 to $26 billion in 2025. The civil
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
BELGIUM, Leuven: Luciad, a world leader in the provision of technology that connects geospatial data to deliver real-time situational awareness, has won the 2016 Geospatial World Innovation Award for its 3D situational awareness app for browsers. The accolade for exemplary usage of geospatial tools in various industries was awarded to Luciad on May 25 at
Friday, May 27th, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. — Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, has partnered with PrecisionHawk, a global, drone data platform, to enhance insurance assessments worldwide by providing faster response times and increased reporting accuracy in the aftermath of a natural disaster. The partnership was recently exercised following the April earthquake in Ecuador, where PrecisionHawk collected drone
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Vancouver — UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announces that it will receive $5.0 million in Government of Canada Technology Development Program (“TDP”) funding, as part of a $54 million contribution program for the development of new satellite technologies, as administered by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Less than a month after Governor Tom Wolf announced steps to make Pennsylvania’s data more transparent and accessible to the public, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has launched an Open Data portal housing data ranging from roadway pavement conditions to rail facility locations. The portal, http://data.pennshare.opendata.arcgis.com/, leverages a GIS platform used in several states
