Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
April 2, 2015 — For decades, the United States has successfully countered the threats of competitor nations by harnessing advanced technologies to create exceedingly robust and capable military platforms. But as advanced technologies have become more readily available to adversaries on commercial markets, the Nation’s focus on ever more complex weapons systems has become not
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
April 2, 2015 — Several of the 2,798 new US Topo quadrangles for California now display public trails along with segments of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Also the new maps now show improved data layers such as public land survey information, map symbol redesign, enhanced railroad information and new road source data. Some
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
April 1, 2015 — Eternix Ltd., leading provider of next-generation software for GIS visualization and editing in 3D, demonstrates the benefits of accessing popular 3D mapping data, such as that created by Acute3D. Rapid 3D mapping technologies use automatic 3D photogrammetry to create full 3D models of entire cities, outputting heavy, high resolution files, containing
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
Richmond, VA., April 1, 2015 — The Arizona State Forestry Division recently selected Timmons Group, a leader in innovative geospatial solutions, to develop their Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal (WRAP).
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 1 April 2015 — Leica Geosystems announces a group of six major new products for terrestrial laser scanning: three new laser scanners and three new point cloud software products. Together, these leading edge products raise the industry’s bar for laser scanning data quality and productivity, both in the field and the office.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Irvine, Calif., March 31, 2015 — CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, today introduced new wind verification technology that will improve the accuracy and timing of insurance claims related to severe wind damage. The new technology combines proprietary three-dimensional storm models, storm-tracking models and leading-edge artificial intelligence models
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
March 31, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that long-time client SAM (Survey And Mapping, LLC) has acquired a second Lynx Mobile Mapper™ to meet the growing demand for high-accuracy surveying and geospatial services.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
March 31, 2015 — Cheng Kung University won SuperGIS Application Youth Award 2015 by its cross-platform GIS solution, which successfully integrated desktop, server, mobile GIS and crowd sources. Having been held nationally for years, the SuperGIS Youth Award is to encourage the students from differ-ent fields to apply their acknowledge to GIS and show their
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
March 31, 2015 — DIRECTV 15, the most powerful US broadcast satellite, has left Airbus Defence and Space’s cleanrooms in Toulouse (France). It will now be shipped to Kourou for launch by Ariane 5 in May 2015.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
LIVERMORE, Calif. – March 31, 2015 — Topcon Positioning Group announces its latest edition 3D mobile mapping system — the IP-S3 — will be unveiled at the SPAR International 3D Measurement and Imaging Conference. The system employs the integration of an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and GNSS receiver with a vehicle’s onboard electronics to offer high-density