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Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space Finishes Final Preparations for Launch of LISA Pathfinder

September 1, 2015 – LISA Pathfinder, ESA’s gravitational-wave detection technology demonstrator, is ready to be shipped to Kourou in French Guiana in preparation for its launch in November.

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

FAA to Rise to the Cloud

September 1, 2015 – The Federal Aviation Administration will soon be floating in the Cloud and benefiting from advanced computing solutions through a partnership with leading companies in the Cloud industry. After a careful process, the agency has announced that CSC Government Solutions will lead an overall integration effort that will also include Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure

Monday, August 31st, 2015

OGC North American Forum to Demo Results of Major Interoperability Testbed

August 31, 2015 – On October 14th, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) will demonstrate the results of the eleventh OGC Interoperability Testbed. The demonstration is being organized by the OGC North American Forum.  The US Geological Survey (USGS) is hosting the event, which will take place from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon at the USGS  Auditorium in

Monday, August 31st, 2015

FAA releases B4UFLY App Beta Test For UAS Users

August 31, 2015 – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released the beta version of a new smartphone application called “B4UFLY” for testing by up to 1,000 unmanned aircraft users.

Monday, August 31st, 2015

SimActive Announces Correlator3D Version 6.2

Montreal, Canada, September 1st, 2015 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce Correlator3D™ version 6.2, featuring a new module for tie point editing during aerial triangulation. Users can visually inspect and edit any link, with the ability to add tie points as an alternative to projects with low overlap or poor image quality.

Monday, August 31st, 2015

RIEGL Becomes LASzip Sponsor for LAS 1.4 Extension

August 31, 2015 – We are happy to announce that RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems, Austria has become a sponsor of the award-winning LASzip compressor. Their contribution at the Silver level will kick-off the actual development phase of the “native LAS 1.4 extension” that had been discussed with the LiDAR community over the past two years.

Friday, August 28th, 2015

URISA Board Election Results Announced

Des Plaines, IL, August 28, 2015 — URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2015 URISA Board of Directors’ election. Tripp Corbin will serve in the position of President-Elect and Stephen Berry, Keri Brennan and Corey Halford will serve as Directors. They will all begin their three-year terms at the conclusion of GIS-Pro &

Friday, August 28th, 2015

AirGon LLC Granted FAA Section 333 UAS Exemption

Huntsville, AL, August 28, 2015 — AirGon LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GeoCue Group Inc., has been granted a section 333 exemption by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its AV-900 Metric Mapping system. Under the exemption, AirGon will be permitted to conduct precision aerial mapping missions and demonstrations throughout the United States.

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Routescene LidarPod Enables New Approach to Surveying

August 27, 2015 — The Routescene® proposition to transform the approach to surveys across the world is taking hold. Identifying massive potential and a gap in the market, Routescene® developed the LidarPod®, market-leading 3D mapping technology designed specifically for use on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Launched at Intergeo 2014 in Berlin, the highly acclaimed LidarPod® has attracted

Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Juniper Unmanned Providing Training Services for Trimble’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Wheat Ridge, Colorado, August 27, 2015 — Juniper Unmanned, Inc. announced that it has been designated as an official training services provider for Trimble’s unmanned aircraft system (UAS) portfolio, which include the Trimble® UX5, UX5 HP and ZX5 multirotor aerial imaging rovers. In this role, Juniper will provide classroom and field training services for Trimble UAS customers