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Friday, November 20th, 2015

Harris Corporation to Provide Airborne Radars to NOAA

MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 20, 2015 — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) via its subsidiary EDO Corporation will provide AN/APY-11 airborne multi-mode radars to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enhance severe weather tracking and other environmental monitoring capabilities.

Friday, November 20th, 2015

Ordnance Survey Ireland Launches GeoHive

November 20, 2015 — GeoHive, a free platform which enables people to combine and layer location-based information from a range of public sector bodies has today been launched by Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White TD.

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

Ancoris Launches Data Visualisation and Mapping Service for Housing Associations

Bracknell, November 19,  2015 — Google for Work Premier Partner, Ancoris, has today announced the launch of Ancoris Maps for Housing, an online mapping and visualisation solution for housing associations, available on an annual subscription basis.

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

MK Surveys Opt for Spheron Colour Imaging Technology

November 19, 2015 — Spheron-VR AG, known globally as pioneers in HDR (High Dynamic Range) camera technology and experts in visual content management software, announce that a leading UK survey company, MK Surveys have invested in the latest Spheron HDR Camera. Here they reveal how it has already been successfully used on a prestigious cultural

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

Mapping a Better Way to Help Provide Humanitarian Services, Relief

November 19, 2015 — Getting directions to somewhere you’ve never been before is easy for many in 2015 – just ask your phone’s assistant or pull up Google Maps. But for many of the most vulnerable people in the world, insufficient and inadequate mapping of areas can endanger lives.

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

District of Squamish Wins Esri Canada’s Award of Excellence in GIS

VANCOUVER, Esri Canada User Conference – November 19, 2015 — The District of Squamish is a fast-growing municipality between the City of Vancouver and the Resort Municipality of Whistler in British Columbia. As people strive to live a balanced and more affordable lifestyle, the District has seen its population grow by 27% since 2006 to more

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

Climate Macroscope: New Software for Finding Tipping Points and Critical Network Structures

WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2015 — If you wanted to know whether shifts in the African climate during Paleolithic times correlated with the appearance and disappearance of hominin species, how would you find the answer? It’s a tricky question because of the massive amounts of noisy, complicated data you would need to analyze.

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

Managing the Data Deluge for National Security Analysts

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., November 19, 2015 — After a disaster or national tragedy, bits of information often are found afterward among vast amounts of available data that might have mitigated or even prevented what happened, had they been recognized ahead of time.

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

AssetWorks Releases History of GIS Infographic

WAYNE, Pa., Nov.  19, 2015 — For centuries, geography has intrigued the world. What lies just beyond our view? How is our planet changing? What does it all mean? With the many advancements of the GIS industry, we can now view our world in ways never thought possible even a few years ago. The GIS industry

Thursday, November 19th, 2015

US Topo Maps Reach Milestone

November 19, 2015 — With the release of new US Topo maps for Illinois and South Dakota, the USGS has completed the second, three-year cycle of revising and updating electronic US Topo quadrangles. This means that since late 2009, the USGS has published nearly every map in the conterminous U.S., twice.