Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
Esri has released a baseline set of three-dimensional mapped Ecological Marine Units for researchers to examine the ocean’s resources and detect ecological marine changes. The company said the Group on Earth Observations, a consortium of more than 100 nations with an Earth observation-related protocol, also commissioned a global map of EMUs with the goal to help preserve ocean resources and keep
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
Tuffwing, a manufacturer of affordable aerial mapping systems recently performed integration of Emlid Reach RTK to enable making precision maps without use of ground control points. The system was benchmarked by comparing direct georeferenced model with a set of GCPs, used solely for error detection purposes. Achieved lateral RMS error is just 4cm according to
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
AS VEGAS – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) launched today its SketchUp Viewer for Microsoft HoloLens. The new mixed-reality solution allows users to virtually inhabit and experience their designs to improve quality, communication and efficiency in the design, construction and operation of buildings. SketchUp Viewer is the first extensible commercial HoloLens application available in the Windows Store. The
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
WILSONVILLE, OR – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced today that it has successfully completed its previouslyannounced acquisition of the business of Point Grey Research Inc., for an aggregate purchase price of $259 million in cash, or an enterprise value of $256 million excluding Point Grey’s closing cash balance. Founded in 1997 and based in
Monday, November 7th, 2016
Qlik, a leader in visual analytics, today announced its technology partnership with Esri Singapore, the country’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) technology provider. The collaboration will see Esri Singapore and Qlik working together to educate industries on the benefits of synergising geographic and spatial analytics. Smart mapping: making intelligent decisions with geographic information Esri’s ArcGIS
Monday, November 7th, 2016
OGDEN, UT – WhiteClouds, a pioneering full-color 3D printing cloud provider, today announced the launch of 3DyourMAP, full-scale color printed models produced from drone data, available from the drone industry’s first app store, DroneDeploy’s App Market, launched this week. According to PwC, the emerging global market for businesses using drones is expected to top $127
Monday, November 7th, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DroneDeploy, the leading cloud-based drone software platform, announced today at the inaugural DroneDeploy Conference the launch of the App Market, the first drone industry app store. The new DroneDeploy App Market launched with more than 15 inaugural apps, and offers third-party developers access to the largest dataset in the world of
Friday, November 4th, 2016
Aerial imaging market size is estimated to be valued at over USD 2.64 billion by 2022, as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Increasing demand for this technology across various application areas is expected to drive aerial imaging market share over the forecast period. These systems are anticipated to offer efficient
Friday, November 4th, 2016
Indianapolis, IN – The National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) conducted its annual election here last week. Bert Granberg, director of the Utah Automated Geographic Reference Center, was named as NSGIC’s board president andAndy Rowan, deputy chief technology officer of the New Jersey Office of Information Technology, was elected to the position of president-elect. Additionally,
Friday, November 4th, 2016
AXIS GeoAviation LLC today announced the appointment of Andrew Camela as Operations Coordinator. A new position within the flight department, Mr. Camela will be managing Sensor Operators for aerial missions focusing on quality data collection. With a proven track record for successfully leading large scale initiatives and driving geospatial innovation, Andy’s leadership skills are well
