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Thursday, December 17th, 2015

Esri and NASA Collaborate to Advance Cloud Access to Imagery

Redlands, California—December 17, 2015 — Esri and NASA are collaborating to improve access to imagery and raster data stored in the cloud using a combination of two technologies, Meta Raster Format (MRF) and Limited Error Raster Compression (LERC). MRF is an Open raster format originally designed at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) to optimize

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

LiDAR Pioneer Velodyne Displays Mobile Feast at Capturing Reality Forum

MORGAN HILL, Calif., Dec. 17, 2015 —The mobile mapping market is poised for remarkable growth, thanks to breakthroughs in LiDAR technology, a host of new applications, and the economics of the business – so said Erich Smidt, European Sales Director for Velodyne LiDAR, during a keynote presentation at “Capturing Reality,” the 3D, Laser Scanning &

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

Mapping the National Parks

December 17, 2015 — The national parks of the United States are often compared to, and indeed inspire, works of art. In fact, the USGS has been regularly contributing new and updated works of art for the national parks—maps.

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

OGC Requests Comment on the OGC Coverage Implementation Schema

December 17, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the OGC® Coverage Implementation Schema(abbreviated as “CIS”). This candidate OGC Standard complements the OGC Abstract Topic 6 Standard (which is identical to ISO 19123) with a concrete coverage model whose implementations are conformance testable and, hence, are interoperable. ISO has expressed interest to

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Earth-i Releases New Sample Imagery from DMC3 / TripleSat constellation

December 16, 2015 — Earth-i (www.earthi.space), the innovative distributor of imaging and data services from the DMC3 / TripleSat constellation, has new detailed sample imagery available for assessment by customers who wish to take advantage of the constellation’s unique combination of optical and temporal resolution. The company is already supplying data to early adopter customers

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

European Space Imaging Wins Additonal Supply Contract for European Commission

December 16, 2015 — European Space Imaging announced today that the company has signed an additional multi-year framework supply contract with the European Commission for the provision of very high-resolution (VHR) satellite data and associated services in support of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Carrie Stokes, Aaron Wolf to Receive AAG Gilbert White Public Service Honors

December 16, 2015 — The 2016 AAG Gilbert White Public Service Honors are awarded to Carrie Stokes and Aaron Wolf.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

CartoConsult Partners with Proteus to Harness the Power of New Laser Scanning Technology

Swindon, UK, December 16, 2015 — CartoConsult has signed a joint venture agreement with Proteus to develop and promote the use of the latest laser scanning technology. As new systems are launched to market, such as handheld mobile mappers, UAV mounted sensors and even vehicle guidance systems, the partnership will assess their application for real world projects

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

WordStat 7.1: Geospatial Intelligence Meets Text Analytics

December 16, 2015 — Provalis Research announces today the release of a new version of its powerful text analytics software, WordStat 7.1. The software release includes a geographic information system (GIS) mapping and data editing module, allowing businesses to obtain insightful geospatial intelligence. This innovative module provides users with the ability to create a wide range of

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Boundless Participates in Release of GeoNode 2.4

New York, NY and New Orleans, LA – December 15, 2015 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, today highlighted the latest release of GeoNode 2.4. A web-based platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI), GeoNode is a free and open source project with