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Monday, February 23rd, 2015

GeoTerra Orders New Advanced Optech Galaxy Airborne Lidar for Mountain Surveys

Feb. 23, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will deliver an Optech Galaxy airborne lidar to GeoTerra (formerly 3Di and Bergman Photographic Services), based in Eugene, Oregon. Optech Galaxy’s PulseTRAK™ technology will be particularly useful for GeoTerra’s upcoming western projects, bringing new efficiency to surveys with challenging elevation changes ‎or restrictive flying

Monday, February 23rd, 2015

Britain Leads the Way as Ordnance Survey Helps to Drive Economic Growth and Digital Innovation Through Open Data

Feb.23, 2015—To coincide with International Open Data Day, when countries across the globe will show their support for open data policies, Ordnance Survey (OS) announce plans to launch a world-leading digital map as open data and the creation of an engagement hub in London.

Monday, February 23rd, 2015

Former Governor Geringer Leads Panel Calling on Congress and Governors to Make National Spatial Data Infrastructure a High Priority

Washington, DC, Feb.23, 2015—At a news briefing on Monday, former Wyoming Governor James Geringer will highlight the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations’ (COGO) Report Card on the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) released on February 6, 2015. The Report Card describes the condition of the nation’s information about roads, water, land, air, bridges, dams, topography, and

Monday, February 23rd, 2015

MAPPS Supports Proposed FAA Rules to Allow Commercial Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

WASHINGTON, D.C.,February 23, 2015—MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello issued the following statement about the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerning operation and certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

Friday, February 20th, 2015

Digital Aerial Solutions Expands Mapping Services with Purchase of Leica ALS80 Laser Scanner

NORCROSS, GA, Feb.20, 2015 – Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Digital Aerial Solutions (DAS), a woman-owned small business based in Tampa, Fla., is the first company in North America to purchase the ALS80 laser scanner. The ALS80 augments the company’s current data collection capabilities consisting of three Leica ADS sensors and one Leica ALS60 laser

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

A Decade of Change in America’s Arctic: New Land Cover Data Released for Alaska

Feb. 19, 2015—The latest edition of the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD 2011) for Alaska is now publicly available. The extensive NLCD database continues to add to our understanding of where land cover change has occurred across the Nation over time.  Derived from carefully calibrated, long-term observations of Landsat satellites, NLCD data are used for thousands

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

1Spatial Becomes Gold Partner of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

Cambridge, UK, Feb.19, 2015—1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, is delighted to announce it has become a Gold Partner of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC), whose mission it is to promote state wide geospatial coordination activities in all states and be an effective advocate for states in national geospatial policy and initiatives,

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Keystone Purchases Third UltraCam Falcon with UltraNav

Graz, Austria, Feb. 19, 2015—Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc., a group company of PASCO CORPORATION, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Falcon digital aerial camera system with the UltraNav GNSS-Inertial Direct Georeferencing + Flight Management System.

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Optech Presenting Multipulse and Multispectral Solutions at ILMF 2015

Feb. 19, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will present and exhibit at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum in Denver, CO, USA on February 23-25, 2015, where senior personnel will describe how Optech’s new Galaxy and Titan systems are challenging industry paradigms and blazing new application opportunities with innovative new solutions.

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Dielmo 3D to Demonstrate LiDAR Processing, Software and Online LiDAR Services at ILMF 2015

Valencia, Spain, Centennial CO—DIELMO 3D S.L., Valencia, Spain, announced they will be demonstrating their LiDAR industry leading online services as well as proprietary LiDAR software and processing services at ILMF 2015. Additionally, Dielmo 3D has launched their new North American web site, www.dielmousa.com,  and signed an agreement with Spatial Resources, LLC., Centennial, Colorado to distribute