Monday, January 20th, 2020
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) today announced the formation of the ‘OGC API – Records’ Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose of this Standards Working Group is to develop a new version of the OGC Catalogue Service standard for the World Wide Web. The current versions of the catalogue standards (i.e. CAT 2.0, CAT 3.0)
Monday, January 20th, 2020
InnerSpace, an IoT-based indoor location intelligence platform for Smart Buildings, today announced it has been awarded a patent by the US Patent Office for its approach to generating maps for indoor navigation. The patent (#10458798B2) titled “Method for Sensing Interior Spaces to Auto-Generate a Navigational Map” protects the company’s unique approach leveraging LiDAR to create
Monday, January 20th, 2020
Amsterdam, The Netherlands- TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, has been chosen by Subaru to be the maps and navigation supplier for its all-new 2020 Subaru Outback and Legacy models. TomTom is supplying Subaru’s all-new infotainment platform with TomTom Maps, as well as navigation software and a new navigation user interface, allowing drivers to plan
Monday, January 20th, 2020
DALLAS – EarthX has announced its partnership with the National Geographic Society for Earthx2020, April 22 – 26, 2020 in Dallas to mark the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Sharing in their commitment to ensure a healthier and more sustainable future for all, EarthX and the National Geographic Society will join forces to shine a
Monday, January 20th, 2020
British location intelligence business Europa Technologies is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Formed in 1990, the company has enjoyed solid growth while developing its impressive portfolio of products and services using the fusion of geography and data science. Record sales were achieved in the financial year closing 2019. Founder and Director Warren Vick, said: “There have
Monday, January 20th, 2020
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – HERE Technologies, a global leader in mapping and location services, today announced the appointment of Fred Hessabi as Senior Vice President (SVP) and General Manager of Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Russia. In his role, Hessabi will be responsible for driving regional revenue growth and diversifying the HERE customer portfolio.
Friday, January 17th, 2020
Sunnyvale, CA – NextNav, LLC, the leader in 3D geolocation services, today announced it raised $120 million in debt and equity financing. Funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, LLC (“Fortress”) led the round, with NextNav’s existing investor base, including Columbia Capital, Telcom Ventures, funds managed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P., NEA, Oak
Friday, January 17th, 2020
Indian origin power couple Yogesh Khandelwal & Leena Madan have made real-time project mapping possible through gisAMPS (Geographic Information System viewer). It is a comprehensive tool for an end to end tracking of all the land and infrastructure data. It is one of the many software solutions created by the couple owned company geoAMPS. gisAMPS
Friday, January 17th, 2020
The Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) joins the rest of the global community in mourning the loss of lives, livelihoods and communities during the recent catastrophic bush fires. SSSI acknowledge the extraordinary work undertaken by aid agencies, such as the Red Cross and WIRES and volunteer rural fires services working tirelessly to mitigate the
Friday, January 17th, 2020
LONDON – vHive, the only software solution that enables enterprises to digitize their field assets and operations using autonomous drone hives, announced today that the company has partnered with DFS Autonomous Systems LLC (DAS) and its subsidiary Consortiq to extend its drone software solution offering to enterprise customers. vHive’s software solution enables enterprises to deploy autonomous
