Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
URISA is pleased to announce the newest members of its Vanguard Cabinet. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a URISA initiative (which debuted in 2011) to engage young GIS practitioners, increase their numbers in the organization, and better understand the concerns facing these future leaders of the GIS community. The VC is an advisory board who represent the
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
PLANO, Texas – Fortress UAV, the leader in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) repair and maintenance services based in Plano, Texas, is excited to announce a new series of services designed for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), Enterprises and Public Safety Agencies. New services include: UAS Logistics, Field Services, and Technical Support. These services compliment the successful
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio – NASA has announced it will fund a three-year collaborative project to investigate how the chemical properties of leaves and tree canopy structures affect remote sensing observations. The research, backed by NASA’s Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science program, will be led by scientists from Battelle, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the University of New
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Amsterdam and San Francisco: TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, and Uber have teamed-up and will continue integrating TomTom’s maps, traffic data, and Maps APIs across Uber’s global platform. In addition, Uber will serve as a trusted map editing partner to TomTom, leading to even more accurate navigation and location experiences, routing, fares, and arrival time estimates. This will benefit
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, leading enterprise drone data platform DroneDeploy has become the first single solution that can capture and process photos, videos and more from any angle – from the ground to the air, from exterior to interior, on foot or by machine. Through its new feature, 360 Walkthrough, DroneDeploy now works with both drones/aerial cameras
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
SAN DIEGO- BAE Systems announces the launch of its new GXP Fusion software, which leverages multiple intelligence sources to develop a single picture, simplifying complex data challenges for the modern analyst. Developed by the company’s Geospatial eXploitation Products (GXP) group and delivered with the existing GXP Xplorer® Platform, this new geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) application fuses data sources and
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
QUEBEC CITY – LeddarTech®, a leader in Level 1-5 ADAS and AD sensing technology, is pleased to announce a collaborative project agreement with Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) for the development of a LiDAR evaluation kit and related service offering for design, development, and manufacturing of automotive LiDAR sensors. Flex is a leading global manufacturing, supply chain, and technology company.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
URISA is very pleased to announce that both Alex Lopez-Rogina, GISP and Christina Brunsvold have been named URISA’s 2020 Young Professionals of the Year in recognition of their outstanding contributions as part of URISA’s Vanguard Cabinet. Alex Lopez-Rogina, GISP Alex noted, “Serving on the Vanguard Cabinet has been an awesome experience. Working with driven Young Professionals that have such a
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Highlights: Provides space vehicles, payloads and mission software integration Supports next-generation development of satellite system to protect against advanced missiles Demonstrates newly merged L3Harris mission solutions in missile warning and tracking MELBOURNE, Fla.- L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) will develop and integrate an end-to-end satellite system under a $193 million firm fixed-price contract for the Space
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced a three-year sales agreement with Baidu for its Alpha Prime™ lidar sensors. The Alpha Prime sensors will be utilized for autonomous applications. Velodyne’s low-cost, high-scale manufacturing delivers attractive pricing for Baidu and its Apollo partners. Baidu and Baidu’s Apollo program, an open-source autonomous vehicle software platform, selected the
