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Monday, July 20th, 2015

Satellites Support Crop Yield Estimations in Turkey

July 20, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space delivers SPOT 6 and SPOT 7 satellite data in support of the TARBIL (Agricultural Monitoring and Information System Project) project in Turkey. TARBIL is a highly technological and comprehensive agricultural monitoring project fusing multi-temporal in-situ data from 44,000 sensors across Turkey with SPOT 6 and SPOT 7

Monday, July 20th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space to Build JUICE Spacecraft, ESA’s Next Life-Tracker Inside the Solar System

July 20, 2015 — The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, as the prime contractor to develop and build the JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) spacecraft. JUICE is the first large mission of the ESA Cosmic Vision programme, with a launch date in 2022.

Monday, July 20th, 2015

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Global Positioning System for the U.S. Air Force

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.,July 20,2015 — A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the 10th Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 11:36 a.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-41. This is ULA’s sixth launch in 2015 and the 97th successful launch since the company

Friday, July 17th, 2015

GISi announces spin-off of Geometri, LLC

Austin, TX, July 17, 2015 — Geographic Information Services, Inc. (GISi) an Esri Platinum Partner, announced today that its Board of Directors has formally approved the spin-off of its operating unit, GISi Indoors, as an independent company.  The new business is named Geometri, LLC.

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Largest GIS Data Update in Two Years Released by Hart Energy’s Rextag Unit

HOUSTON, July 16, 2015 — The latest release of Hart Energy’s Rextag-brand GIS (Geographic Information System) data for midstream infrastructure covers more than 1.2 million miles of oil and gas pipelines and thousands of energy-related infrastructure facilities in North America. The recently-updated database adds more than 35,000 miles of pipeline to the current data, which

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

CentremapsLive re-engineered. Ordnance Survey Mapping & Geo-Data Now Even Easier to Access

WORCESTER, ENGLAND, July 16, 2015 — CentremapsLive has been extensively re-designed to help users understand the comprehensive range of mapping and geo-spatial data solutions available.

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

PTFS to Unveil Droneware Geospatial Content Management System for Unmanned Aerial Systems at Esri Conference

NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland, USA, July 16, 2015 — Progressive Technology Federal Systems Inc. (PTFS), today introduced Droneware™, a Geospatial Content Management System (GeoCMS) for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). Droneware facilitates the storage, discovery and dissemination of virtually any type of sensor data captured by a UAS or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Coastal Risk Consulting and InterNACHI Announce Strategic Marketing Partnership

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. and BOULDER, Colo., July 16, 2015 — Coastal Risk Consulting, LLC (CRC), the leading online flood prediction technology company, and the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, Inc. (InterNACHI), have entered into a joint marketing agreement enabling nearly 14,000 certified home inspectors to provide CRC’s break-through flood forecast service to over 50 million coastal

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

UrtheCast Closes Acquisition of Earth Observation Satellites and Business Operations from Elecnor

VANCOUVER, July 16, 2015 — UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announced that its subsidiary has closed its previously-announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of the Earth Observation business dba Deimos Imaging and DOT Imaging (“Deimos Imaging”) from Elecnor, S.A. (“Elecnor”) for an aggregate price of €76.4 million.

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

MAPPS Elects New Board of Directors

Sunriver, Oregon, July 16, 2015 — MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, announced today the slate of new officers and members of its 2015-2016 Board of Directors.