Friday, June 21st, 2019
Kourou – The Airbus-built T-16 telecommunications satellite has been successfully launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana. T-16 is based on Airbus’ highly reliable Eurostar E3000 geostationary platform and is the 50th Eurostar E3000 satellite launched. It will provide high power satellite capacity for high availability TV broadcast services, including overcoming rain
Friday, June 21st, 2019
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Bonn, Germany, that paves the way for joint activities to support Member States in using space-based information in all phases of disaster management over the next five years. Natural and man-made disasters lead to loss of lives and
Friday, June 21st, 2019
BOSTON – Silversmith Capital Partners (“Silversmith”) is pleased to announce that the previously announced acquisition of Digital Map Products (“DMP” or the “Company”) by LightBox has closed. Located in Irvine, California with over 160 employees, DMP is a leading provider of location intelligence solutions for large enterprise and government customers including Zillow, Google, Apple, CBRE
Friday, June 21st, 2019
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Spatial Networks and New Light Technologies have announced a strategic partnership that is changing the geospatial technology landscape with innovative data and technology solutions. For two decades, St. Petersburg, Florida-based Spatial Networks has delivered unrivaled ground-truth data from anywhere on Earth that empowers decision makers to solve their most challenging problems.
Friday, June 21st, 2019
REDMOND, Wash.- EarthDefine, a provider of high resolution spatial data products, has released its National Building Map product that precisely maps over 137 million building outlines across the contiguous US. The dataset also includes accurate locations and addresses to support enhanced routing and rooftop-accurate geocoding for millions of properties across the country. The National Building Map product is powered by
Friday, June 21st, 2019
Djibouti, Djibouti – Terra Drone Europe, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has successfully completed a high-resolution photogrammetric pavement assessment using a multirotor drone at Djibouti’s key port of Doraleh. The 5-day aerial survey was accompanied by detailed inspections of the quay walls and the sea defense revetments at the Doraleh harbor. The data
Friday, June 21st, 2019
Simple GIS Software, LLC has announced that it has released Simple Territory Mapper Plugin for its Simple GIS Client desktop GIS application, allowing users to easily create and manage their territories. The Simple Territory Mapper Plugin provides a set of tools to extend the functionality of Simple GIS Client desktop GIS software to: Generate Territory
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) will demonstrate in space for the first time a new non-toxic propellant offering nearly 50% higher performance over traditional monopropellant fuel Aerojet Rocketdyne’s specially-engineered propulsion system for the “green” propellant, called AF-M315E, is the sole means of onboard propulsion for the spacecraft AF-M315E has a higher performance level and
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
Stirling, Scotland – thinkWhere is bringing its extensive knowledge of geographic information systems (GIS) and services to the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). Having worked with organisations such as the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Ofgem and EuroGeographics, the Stirling-based tech company is providing training courses on open source GIS to support pioneering research by UHI. Over
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
New Delhi, India: RMSI, a global leader in providing innovative map data development, maintenance, and enhancement solutions today announced the appointment of Aaron Dannenbring as a Member of its Mapping Advisory Board. Aaron will work closely with the RMSI leadership team on strategic initiatives such as defining growth strategies, incubating new solutions & ideas, strategic
