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Monday, February 16th, 2015

1Spatial announces successful renewal as a G-Cloud supplier and extends offerings on the Digital Marketplace

Cambridge, Feb.16, 2015—1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, is pleased to announce its successful renewal, as a supplier, to The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud framework.

Monday, February 16th, 2015

Dewberry Selects LP360 for LIDAR Workflows

Huntsville, AL – Feb. 16, 2015– QCoherent Software is pleased to announce that Dewberry has purchased multiple copies of LP360 for use in a variety of LIDAR workflows. Amar Nayegandhi, Associate Vice President and Director of Remote Sensing, oversees LIDAR data processing for Dewberry. Mr. Nayegandhi stated that he had chosen LP360 after evaluating multiple

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

US Senator Introduces New UAS Legislature

Feb., 12, 2015—Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., recently introduced the Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015, to support research and the development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at facilities similar to Grand Forks, North Dakota’s UAS Test Site.

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Earthstar Geographics Releases Arctic Ocean 15-Meter Satellite Imagery Mosaic

Feb. 12, 2015—In response to the rapidly increasing demand for high quality geodata of the Arctic Ocean, Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) has compiled a detailed satellite imagery mosaic of the entire region and released it in map projections optimized for visualizing the northern polar areas. TerraColor satellite imagery, long used by organizations

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Xactware Introduces Remote Sensing Lab

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 12, 2015 — Today, at its sixth annual user conference, Xactware announced the Xactware Remote Sensing Lab, a collaborative industry group dedicated to developing remote sensing technologies specifically for the property industry. Xactware is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2014

Bluesky Launches Green Map of Britain

Aerial mapping company Bluesky has created a brand new map of Britain showing the health of the nation’s forests, fields and parks. Created using special Colour Infrared (CIR) sensors mounted on an aircraft, the Bluesky map compares the ‘green-ness’ of vegetation thereby providing an indicator of health, vitality and even maturity. With vegetation under threat

Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

New Virtual NAPSG Center Supplies Mapping Resources, Expertise to Public Safety Agencies Nationwide

Esri and the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation announced the creation of a new cloud-based, virtual center that will supply public safety and homeland security agencies with valuable tools, resources, and training. The center will connect NAPSG’s public safety community using the Esri ArcGIS Online platform. It will provide responders and commanders

Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

ZEB1 Hand Held Laser Scanner Strikes Gold at Historic South African Mine

A ZEB1 hand held laser mapping system is being used to map excavations at a historic gold mine in South Africa. Mining has been taking place at Barberton Mines in the Mpumalanga province since 1884 during which time mine managers have employed a range of surveying techniques and technologies. The latest innovation in surveying is

Monday, March 24th, 2014

Bluesky Aerial Mapping Helps Harrow Council Tackle Growing Beds in Sheds Problem

Thermal imaging and laser scan data collected by aircraft is helping Harrow Council tackle the growing problem of unscrupulous landlords renting out sheds and outbuildings as dwellings. Supplied by aerial mapping company Bluesky, the map accurate thermal images are combined with detailed LiDAR measurements to give staff at Harrow Council a much better understanding of

Friday, March 21st, 2014

New Licking County Flood Maps are a Click Away

A new flood warning system is available to help Licking County, Ohio, better prepare and plan for floods.