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Monday, March 30th, 2015

World-Renowned Geospatial Expert AMS Geomatics Joins Xactware

LEHI, Utah, march 30, 2015 — AMS Geomatics, a provider of geospatial data, computer vision, machine learning, remote sensing, and mass visual information processing expertise, is now part of Xactware and will advance Xactware’s imagery strategy. Xactware is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business.

Monday, March 30th, 2015

SmartGeoMetrics Launches Two New Firms From In-House Divisions

Houston TX, March 30, 2015 — SmartGeoMetrics launches two new firms from in-house divisions.

Monday, March 30th, 2015

Hexagon Announces New Segment Reporting

March 30, 2015 — Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced a new segment reporting structure. As of Q1 2015, Hexagon will replace the current Measurement Technologies and Other Operations segments with Geospatial Enterprise Solutions and Industrial Enterprise Solutions.

Monday, March 30th, 2015

MapAction Responds to Floods in Chile

Saunderton, Bucks – March 30, 20015 —  MapAction has sent a team of two volunteers at the request of the United Nations and the Government of Chile, in response to severe flooding in the north of the country.

Friday, March 27th, 2015

MAPPS Members Promote UAV Before Wisconsin Legislature

March 27, 2015 — MAPPS members Kirk Contrucci of Ayres Associates, Inc., George Southard of Trimble Navigation Limited and Paul Braun of Continental Mapping Consultants delivered testimony yesterday to the Wisconsin General Assembly, presenting the merits and benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) operations for surveying, mapping and geospatial applications.

Friday, March 27th, 2015

Ordnance Survey Reaches Open Data Milestone

March 27, 2015 — The number of times OS OpenData has been downloaded since its April 2010 launch has now exceeded the one million mark.

Friday, March 27th, 2015

SEVP Releases 2015 International Student Data, Launches Interactive Mapping tool

WASHINGTON, March 27, 2015 — “SEVIS by the Numbers,” a quarterly report on international students studying in the United States, was released Wednesday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Phase One Industrial Announces the iXU 180 – the World’s Smallest 80 MP Medium format Aerial Camera

COPENHAGEN, March 26, 2015 — Phase One Industrial, a leading manufacturer and provider of medium format aerial digital photography equipment and software solutions, today announced the Phase One iXU 180 camera, the world’s smallest 80 MP medium format aerial camera.

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Bluesky Purchases Second UltraCam Eagle Camera

Leicestershire, UK, 26 March 2015 — Aerial mapping company Bluesky has invested in a second 260 megapixel digital aerial framing camera. The UltraCam Eagle, purchased from Microsoft’s photogrammetry division, is the most recent addition to the Leicestershire based company’s portfolio of state of the art aerial mapping equipment.

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

PhotoSat Verifies Accuracy of DigitalGlobe’s 30 cm WorldView-3 Satellite Elevation Data to within 15 cm

VANCOUVER, March 26, 2015 — PhotoSat is pleased to announce that the elevation data processed from DigitalGlobe’s new 30 centimeter resolution satellite, WorldView-3, has been verified as accurate to within 15 centimeters. DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services, and is the first company to offer 30 cm resolution