Monday, October 17th, 2022
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Connected Nation’s Ashley Hitt, Vice President, GeoAnalytics, begins her one-year term this week as President of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) following the GIS-Pro 2022 conference in Boise, Idaho. URISA is an international nonprofit association that connects people and resources in the geospatial community. “Geospatial data is crucial to every aspect of Connected Nation’s mission,
Friday, October 14th, 2022
We are thrilled to share that NASA exercised an option to extend its contract with Planet under the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program through September 2023. Planet has been providing data to NASA scientists and federal civilian agency funded researchers under this program since 2018 and we look forward to continuing to help power
Friday, October 14th, 2022
REDLANDS, Calif.- ROSHN, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s national real estate developer, backed by the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), supports government efforts to increase the rates of homeownership while delivering high-quality living standards. The Saudi Arabia developer builds communities that look both to the nation’s heritage as well as evolving resident aspirations. To support
Friday, October 14th, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas – DroneSense (www.dronesense.com), developers of the most trusted and reliable software platform for public safety drone operations, today announced the general availability of DroneSense Remote and Axon Air Remote powered by DroneSense. This breakthrough technology allows public safety agencies to remotely operate and deploy drones in emergencies, giving first responders a real-time view
Friday, October 14th, 2022
KITCHENER, Ontario – SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. (“SkyWatch“), a Canadian space tech company democratizing remote sensing data, announced today the launch of EarthCache-X (EC-X) and its partnerships with Capella Space, ICEYE, Satellogic (NYSE: SATL), and Vexcel Imaging, to deliver emerging data types to the commercial Earth observation (EO) market. EarthCache-X (EC-X) provides a new means
Friday, October 14th, 2022
Update to Half-Earth Project Map includes improved resolution with 1KM species richness and rarity layers in North America, a new carbon layer showing how to protect species and address climate change, marine data, and new personalization tools to support policymakers. DURHAM, N.C. – Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November, and the
Friday, October 14th, 2022
BOWLING GREEN, Ky– Connected Nation’s Ashley Hitt, Vice President, GeoAnalytics, begins her one-year term this week as President of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) following the GIS-Pro 2022 conference in Boise, Idaho. URISA is an international nonprofit association that connects people and resources in the geospatial community. “Geospatial data is crucial to every aspect of Connected Nation’s mission, as
Friday, October 14th, 2022
Acquisition to Simplify Reality Capture Workflows and Accelerate Automation in Construction and Energy Industries Combination will create world’s most complete reality capture platform – enabling users to perform aerial, ground, interior and exterior capture in one integrated solution. Deal meets industry demand for and accelerates both companies’ roadmaps to build “a single platform to document,
Friday, October 14th, 2022
Leading Electric Utilities Use GIS Technology to Map Future Infrastructure REDLANDS, Calif.—As the US prepares to dramatically expand its network of charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) and update power grids to meet growing demand, planners in many jurisdictions are drafting strategies to capture some of the $5 billion slated to help states pay for charging
Friday, October 14th, 2022
Optech CLS-A delivers the precision and accuracy required for survey-grade applications Vaughan, CANADA ─ Teledyne Geospatial announces the Optech CLS-A, a new survey-grade UAV lidar and camera system. The Optech CLS-A enables the highest quality surveying and inspection applications where the tight integration of a powerful, narrow beam divergence laser, high accuracy IMU, calibrated camera