Monday, September 11th, 2017
Redlands, California—A new book from Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, gives mapmakers of all experience levels the know-how and hands-on experience to practice The Science of Where.The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying The Science of Where, Second Edition, and its companion website offer all the information and interactive education resources needed
Monday, September 11th, 2017
NEW YORK – DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, launched an aerial photography contest in partnership with National Geographic. The contest will run on the popular photo-sharing platform Instagram from September 5 to October 31, opened to residents of the United States and Canada. The aerial contest welcomes amateur and
Monday, September 11th, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. – PrecisionHawk, a provider of advanced commercial drone technologies, is making strategic moves to provide its customers with a drone LiDAR solution that matches or exceeds standard manned aircraft data outputs. The company’s first move was to hire LiDAR expert Jamie Young as Director of LiDAR Services. An industry pioneer, Young has over 20
Monday, September 11th, 2017
CLEVELAND – “Hurricane Harvey is the first major catastrophe in which drones have been used on a large scale by both government and commercial operators,” according to Ken Long, an analyst at the Freedonia Group. They are also likely to find widespread use if Hurricane Irma either directly strikes or skirts the east coast of Florida
Monday, September 11th, 2017
NEW YORK -Drone USA, Inc. (OTC Markets:DRUS) (“Drone USA” or the “Company”), a developer, manufacturer and distributor of low altitude drones and related technologies, today announced that it demonstrated its Police Cyclops and Shadow Drones on Jennings Beach in Fairfield, Connecticut this summer to several Connecticut law enforcement agencies. Michael Bannon, Drone USA’s Chief Executive
Monday, September 11th, 2017
Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, received the “Best Developer Partner Award” and the “Business Win-Win Award” at Huawei Connect 2017 this week. This expo and forum brings together global IT leaders with the industries Huawei serves. With most of the
Friday, September 8th, 2017
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has approved a new 3D standard for content strategy. This standard is focused on high performance visualization and spatial analysis in a services or disconnected environment. The standard is referred to as the OGC Indexed 3D Scene Layer (I3S) and the Scene Layer Package Format (SLPK) Specification. These standards
Friday, September 8th, 2017
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, is partnering with NVIDIA to use some of the latest advances in artificial intelligence computing to optimize the use of robotics for inspection and better detect defects on industrial assets with advanced data analytics. Avitas Systems can target specific points of inspection and develop paths to collect data in the
Friday, September 8th, 2017
MCLEAN, Va.- Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Magnitude Space, an emerging small satellite company. The signing of this MoU signals Iridium’s interest in exploring collaborative partnerships with complementary NewSpace players, particularly those in the SmallSat low-power arena. As part of this MoU, the companies
Friday, September 8th, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.- NSR’s newest report The Emerging Space Market Opportunity, releasing tomorrow, finds that nearly 400 emerging space companies have been founded since 2000, all seeking to deliver new applications or pursue new approaches to operating in space. Supported by $10 billion in investment, these start-ups set the stage for an increase in the number and
