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Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space: 65th successful launch in a row of Ariane 5

May 28, 2015 — Ariane 5 has been successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 65th time in a row, once again confirming the reliability of the European launcher.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Updated Global Mapper LiDAR Module Now Supports NIR LiDAR Data

Hallowell, Maine, May 28, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the availability of an upgrade to the Global Mapper LiDAR Module. Released in conjunction with Version 16.2 of Global Mapper, the latest version includes numerous functional enhancements and performance improvements that have been designed to help streamline the processing of LiDAR data.

Thursday, May 28th, 2015

MAPPS Announces Summer Conference, July 12-15 in Sunriver, Oregon

Reston, VA, May 28, 2015 — MAPPS, the only national association exclusively comprised of private firms in the remote sensing, spatial data and geographic information systems field in the United States, today announced its annual Summer Conference will be held July 12-15 in Sunriver, Oregon.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

IGN France International takes part in the 16th FICA Forum Dedicated to Border Issues

May 27, 2015 — The 16th IHEDN (Higher Institute of National Defence) forum concerning the African continent (FICA) will take place in Paris from May 28 th  to June 4 th  2015.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Timmons Group to Develop and Implement Enterprise GIS for Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office

Richmond, VA, May 27, 2015 — The state of Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office (CLO) contracted with Timmons Group to develop and implement an Enterprise GIS to support their land and mineral lease management. 

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Saab and DigitalGlobe Announce Vricon Joint Venture to Create the Globe in 3D

May 27, 2015 — Defence and security company Saab and DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced the creation of a joint venture – Vricon, Inc. to produce photo-realistic 3D products and digital elevation models globally for enterprise and government geospatial markets with unmatched coverage and delivery

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Korea Develops Land Management System by SuperGIS Engine

May 27, 2015 — To meet the demands of global GIS professionals and developers, Supergeo provides with SuperGIS Engine 3.3, the COM-structured development kit, bringing various GIS developing elements, application resources and sample modules to assist developer to meet the diverse demands of different projects and products.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

Ordnance Survey Becomes a Strategic Member of the Open Geospatial Consortium

May 27, 2015 —The OGC is pleased to announce that Ordnance Survey (OS) has raised its Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership level to become the first Strategic Member outside of the USA.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2015

GfK Releases New Digital Maps for Russia

Bruchsal, Germany, May 27, 2015 — GfK has released a new map edition for Russia. The digital maps render the country’s current administrative and postcode boundaries and provide the basis for location-related analyses in geomarketing software and BI systems.

Tuesday, May 26th, 2015

Nominations Open for the Prestigious Carl Pulfrich Award 2015

Heerbrugg, Switzerland, May 26, 2015 — Hexagon Geosystems is pleased to continue the tradition of promoting outstanding scientific, application-oriented design and/or manufacturing activities in the field of photogrammetry, remote sensing and earth imaging applications.