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Thursday, February 26th, 2015

Commercial UAV Expo – Call for Speakers is Open, Deadline is March 6

Feb.26, 2015 — Commercial UAV Expo is a conference and exhibition focused on expanding commercial uses of sUAS technology taking place October 5-7, 2015 in Las Vegas. Candid and unbiased, the goal is to share knowledge and best practices among end users. 

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

Thermal Mapping Helps Redbridge Target Energy Inefficient Properties

Leicestershire, Feb.26, 2015 — A night time aerial survey of the Redbridge area of London is being used to map heat loss from buildings. Thermal map data is helping the London Borough of Redbridge assess how different types of buildings are performing in terms of heat loss. The ongoing study is exploring possible connections between property,

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

Blue Marble Offers Free Global Mapper Training and User Certification in 2015 with Re-vamped Training Program

Hallowell, Maine, Feb. 25, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce several new training programs being offered in 2015. The new programs include a Software Certification Program delivered via Public and On-site Training sessions, a Self-Training Program and Free Training. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

Martinez Geospatial, Inc. Upgrades Toolset with Optech Lynx SG1

Feb.25, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce delivery of an Optech Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper™ to Martinez Geospatial, Inc. Founded in 1974, Martinez Geospatial has built an industry-wide reputation as an expert in gathering, understanding, and delivering high-quality geospatial data through the use of many different methods, and has now upgraded their abilities with

Thursday, February 26th, 2015

DigitalGlobe Announces Availability of 30 cm Satellite Imagery to All Customers

LONGMONT, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 25, 2015—  DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery and geospatial solutions, today announced the full availability of 30 cm satellite imagery products, an industry first that builds upon the company’s gold standard for image quality and resolution.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

OGC Smart Cities Spatial Information Framework White Paper Announced

Feb.25, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has approved the OGC® Smart Cities Spatial Information Framework white paper. This essential document for Smart City systems planning is available free at https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=61188.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

£3 Million Mapping Project to Transform Road Improvements and Maintenance

Feb.25, 2015 — Department for Transport project with Ordnance Survey (OS) will deliver the next generation road mapping for England and Wales.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

K-State Salina Receives Statewide Access for Flight Operations of Small UAS

SALINA, Kansas, Feb.25, 2015 — Kansas State University Salina has reached a national milestone in the unmanned aircraft systems industry, becoming the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for statewide access during flight operations.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

CubeWerx Releases Revolutionary New Cloud Platform for Delivering Imagery Through Open Web Services

Gatineau, QC, Feb. 25, 2015 — CubeWerx today announced the availability of OpenImgeMap™ – A cloud-based platform for hosting and publishing dynamic collections of geospatial imagery and securely delivering them through Open APIs. As a world leader in the provisioning of interoperable Web services, CubeWerx now sets the bar for dynamic hosting of imagery. Upload

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

ORBIT Strengthens Position in Earth Observation Market – Lands New Contract from a Leading Space Agency in Europe

Netanya, Israel, Feb. 25, 2015 — ORBIT Communication Systems, a leading provider of mission and business critical communication solutions for land, sea, air and space applications, announced today that it has won a contract to supply its Gaia-100 earth observation ground station solution to a leading Space Agency in Europe.