Monday, December 14th, 2020
At the December Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Member Meeting, held virtually, Charles “Chuck” Heazel was presented the OGC’s prestigious Kenneth D. Gardels Award. The Gardels Award is presented each year to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to advancing OGC’s vision of fully integrating geospatial information into the world’s information systems. The virtual
Monday, December 14th, 2020
WASHINGTON and AUSTIN, Texas – Measure, a leading aerial intelligence company, has enabled CoStar Group, the number one provider of information, analytics, and online marketplaces to the commercial real estate industry in the United States and the United Kingdom, to effectively manage and ensure Federal Aviation Administration compliance for thousands of drone flights. Responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating a
Monday, December 14th, 2020
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced the Velarray M1600, an innovative solid state lidar sensor designed to serve mobile robotic applications. The sensor is the latest in a new line of Velarray products and first in the new M-series. It is built using Velodyne’s breakthrough proprietary micro-lidar array architecture (MLA) and leverages
Monday, December 14th, 2020
– Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (“Innoviz”) to become publicly listed through business combination with Collective Growth Corporation (NASDAQ: CGRO) (“Collective Growth”) in a transaction sponsored by Antara Capital LP and Perception Capital Partners LLC – Transaction is expected to provide up to $350 million in gross proceeds comprised of Collective Growth’s $150 million of cash held
Monday, December 14th, 2020
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, announces new updates to the StructureScan™ Mini XT all-in-one GPR concrete inspection system, including a software update and a newly designed survey wheel for the Palm XT Antenna. Rugged, compact, and flexible, the StructureScan Mini XT is ideal for locating rebar, conduits, post-tension cables,
Monday, December 14th, 2020
Mapbox GL JS is no longer free, as of December 8th, 2020. Yesterday, Mapbox announced that they were moving their Mapbox GL JS library from a BSD license to a new more commercial license. While superseded by their latest release, Mapbox are not deleting version 1 from the Internet, and so developers can still access
Friday, December 11th, 2020
Esri Redistricting Brings Data and Transparency to Governments and Residents Redrawing District Boundaries REDLANDS, Calif —Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, announced the latest release of Esri Redistricting and its adoption by the State of Colorado. The solution provides legislatures at the state and local level with the flexibility to create open and transparent
Friday, December 11th, 2020
PADERBORN, Germany, and QUEBEC CITY, Canada – dSPACE and LeddarTech®, a leader in level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, have entered into a partnership to jointly drive forward the development of lidar technologies for autonomous driving. The close cooperation will enable dSPACE and LeddarTech to provide high-precision simulation models and interfaces for lidar sensors, enabling OEMs and
Friday, December 11th, 2020
Hexagon | NovAtel unveiled their marine-certified GNSS receiver specially designed for nearshore applications today: the MarinePak7. The multi-constellation, multi-frequency receiver has been specifically engineered to receive Oceanix Correction Service from NovAtel, providing horizontal accuracy up to three centimeters (95%) in a marine environment. With SPAN GNSS+INS technology capabilities, the MarinePak7 deeply couples GNSS and inertial
Friday, December 11th, 2020
Quantum Spatial, Inc., North America’s largest provider of geospatial data services and solutions, announced today that it has changed its name to NV5 Geospatial, as a result of its merger with NV5 Global, Inc. in late 2019. “Quantum Spatial has a strong history of providing innovative remote sensing, acquisitions and analytics solutions that answer some of
