Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
Open data is available from the majority of European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs), a new survey has found. Research by the Open European Location Services (ELS) Project reveals that 98% of respondents provide at least some of their data free of charge. Of these, 37% make all their data available under
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
CORNISH, Maine – SpatialTEQ Inc., publisher of North America’s fastest growing business mapping software, today announced the release of Map Business Online(MBO) 5.0 Software Development Kit, commonly referred to as an SDK. The MBO SDK is designed to enable customer and third-party developer access to location data plotting, location data querying, and route calculation. The
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence solution provider, today announced it has raised $33 million in its Series C round of funding, led by G2VP with Shell Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, and ABB Ventures joining as new investors in the company. Each investor has a significant track record in supporting the growth of
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced today the ViaSat-2 satellite has successfully arrived in geostationary orbit at 69.9° west longitude, and has transitioned into orbit normal mode (earth pointing) with its reflector and radiator deployments now complete. The Company also confirmed the ViaSat-2 satellite has commenced in-orbit testing, including the key
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
St. Louis, MO – Boundless, the leader in open GIS for the enterprise, and Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), a global modern agriculture company, today announced their collaboration on the contribution of open source geospatial code back to the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) community. Among the contributions is an OAuth Plugin that
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
British ‘New Space’ pioneer Earth-i today provided another update about its progress in building the first constellation in the world to provide full-colour video – and the first European-owned commercial constellation able to provide both video and still images. In addition, Earth-i has chosen KSAT to provide ground network services for its new Earth Observation
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
HOUMA, La. and HOUSTON – Airborne Support Inc. (ASI) and Fototerra Aerial Survey LLC (Fototerra) today announced a joint venture to provide integrated airborne oil spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico for the responder’s community and the oil and gas operators. The joint venture will capitalize on the strong reputation Airborne Support Inc.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
SkyX Systems Corporation, the Canadian leader in long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection, is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed an unmanned data collection flight of 100km, one of the longest journeys in its class. Taking place in Mexico, the firm successfully flew its SkyOne Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) on an autonomous
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GEO Jobe UAV Services group has been extremely busy this fall flying season, and there’s no sign of slowing down any time soon – although a break over the coming holiday season is going to be very welcomed! Recently, a UAV project conducted by the team in Lewisburg, Tennessee was selected as
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO – Mapbox, the mapping and location platform for developers, today announced it has acquired Fitness AR, the augmented reality activity tracking app. Fitness AR creator Adam Debreczeni will join Mapbox to help build out a team of talented designers and developers, focused on showing the art of the possible to create practical AR
