Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
VANCOUVER, Esri Canada User Conference – Esri Canada presented the City of Maple Ridge with an Award of Excellence for improving community engagement and collaboration using geographic information system (GIS) technology. Delivering on its commitment to Open Government, the City facilitates information-sharing and collaboration among staff, businesses, residents and the public at large on key municipal
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
GOLDEN, Colorado – Golden Software, a developer of affordable scientific graphics software, has enhanced the visualization capabilities in version 16 of its Surfer® gridding, contouring and 3D surface mapping package. Geologists, environmental consultants, and geospatial professionals will find Surfer 16 makes it easier for them to interpret complex scientific data. “We have improved every aspect
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
LIVERMORE, Calif., U.S./ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, the Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces a new firmware update for the GLS-2000 scanner designed to enhance its vertical construction applications, as well as offer a workflow for semi-automated modeling and construction validation. The firmware includes a new setting that allows objects for interior vertical construction to be captured with precise
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
MONTRÉAL, Esri Canada User Conference –Esri Canada presented Ville de Sherbrooke with an Award of Excellence today for its use of geographic information system (GIS) technology to create effective traffic management and make that information accessible to the community. “Traffic gridlock is a huge concern of residents and businesses. Sherbrooke has created a system where drivers, transit
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
US: Schneider Electric, the industry leader in Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions for utilities and communication providers, has named RMSI North America, an IT services company providing geospatial and software solutions, an ArcFM Specialized Partner. RMSI is a trusted leader in providing utilities and telecommunications companies with GIS solutions that cross the entire geospatial value
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
SAN RAMON, Calif.– Accela, the leading provider of cloud-based SaaS solutions for government, announced today the launch of Accela Civic Platform V10 to improve overall user experience and enhance performance. The Civic Platform is at the core of Accela’s offerings and provides rich functionality to automate and simplify the complex workflows associated with building communities, growing
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018
HERZLIYA, Israel – vHive, the developer of a cloud-based software solution that enables enterprises to deploy autonomous drone hives to digitize their field operations and assets, announced today the enhancement of its fully automated workflow for cell tower inspection using drones to also support guy wire towers. “Millions of cell towers worldwide require ongoing inspection
Monday, November 19th, 2018
DES PLAINES, Ill.– Images showing the destruction left behind by the recent California wildfires are now available to the public on the National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) website. The Geospatial Intelligence Center (GIC), created by the NICB and Vexcel Imaging began collecting high resolution images shortly after the Woolsey fire raged through the Thousand Oaks area.
Friday, November 16th, 2018
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) seeks public comment on the candidate Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) Core Standard. Hierarchical Data Format Version 5 (HDF5) is a data model, a programming interface, and a storage model for keeping and managing data. HDF5 supports an unlimited variety of data types, and is designed to be flexible
Friday, November 16th, 2018
McLean, VA – Vricon is pleased to announce that a major U.S. telecommunications company recently acquired Vricon’s high-resolution 3D geodata to support large-scale 5G telecommunications network planning and design. Under the multimillion-dollar contract, Vricon will provide the firm with 3D data of urban and suburban population centers across the United States. The company is leveraging Vricon’s recent innovations
