Friday, January 10th, 2020
Spatial Networks, the creator of Fulcrum, the leading geospatial data collection and analysis platform for field operations, today announced that is has closed an investment of $42.5 million led by Kayne Partners, the growth equity group of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., and Kennet Partners, Ltd. The funding will primarily be used to scale the
Friday, January 10th, 2020
Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc. and TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, announced that they are collaborating on a proof of concept for the development of a new real-time hazard service for navigation and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Through the collaboration, the companies will combine technological strengths to deliver real-time updates on the location
Friday, January 10th, 2020
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.– DroneUp, LLC and the State of South Dakota have signed a Participating Addendum for the NASPO ValuePoint contract for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle services established as the Contract Number 17379. This begins the offering for the purchase of complete drone solutions to all state agencies, commissions, political subdivisions, institutions, and local public bodies allowed
Friday, January 10th, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – Swift Navigation, a San Francisco-based tech firm redefining GNSS positioning technology for autonomous vehicles, looks back on a year of progress in 2019 and forward to what’s ahead in 2020. 2019 highlights include the expansion of operations to Australia, continued Firmware Releases to improve Swift’s multi-band, multi-constellation GNSS receivers, the expansion of
Friday, January 10th, 2020
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today introduced Velabit™, Velodyne’s smallest sensor which brings new levels of versatility and affordability to 3D lidar perception, at CES 2020. The Velabit leverages Velodyne’s innovative lidar technology and manufacturing partnerships for cost optimization and high-volume production. The sensor advances Velodyne’s mission to make high-quality 3D lidar sensors readily
Friday, January 10th, 2020
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announces the formation of the GeoPose Standards Working Group (SWG). Participants in this new OGC SWG will focus on developing a standard for geographically-anchored poses (aka GeoPoses) with six degrees of freedom referenced to one or more standardized Coordinate Reference Systems. The combination of position (x, y, z or longitude,
Friday, January 10th, 2020
LAS VEGAS – Marelli, a leading global tier-one automotive technology supplier, and XenomatiX, supplier of true “solid state LiDAR”, announced today at CES® Las Vegas that they will enter into a technical and commercial development agreement in the autonomous driving field. XenomatiX will provide Marelli`s Automotive Lighting division, with its true “solid state LiDAR” modules for Advanced
Friday, January 10th, 2020
ARLINGTON, Va., – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced an initiative to honor and support United States (U.S.) military veterans. As part of its FLIR HERO Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, the company plans to double the percent of verified veterans employed at the company by the end of 2022. Also, through the FLIR
Thursday, January 9th, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cadasta Foundation is pleased to welcome Chuck Conley as its new Director of GIS and Technology. In this role, Chuck will serve as Cadasta’s technology solution lead and will work alongside senior leadership to lead, analyze, develop, and implement innovative technical strategies to document the land and resource rights of vulnerable communities.
Thursday, January 9th, 2020
Hartford, CT – Barry Alexander has always been on the cusp of innovation; mainly in aviation. In his younger years, and as a native of the island of St. Lucia, he pioneered a crucial air ambulance service called Aquiline Air Ambulance – using airplanes to fly critically ill or injured patients, as well as health
