Thursday, May 25th, 2017
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has issued a call for sponsors for an innovative interoperability initiative, Testbed 14. The OGC Innovation Program provides a venue to advance solutions to geospatial data and service challenges through using open standards. In addition to enhancing or extending standards, the testbeds provide a unique platform where sponsors work closely
Thursday, May 25th, 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, advanced territory design and management for sales organizations, and medium to large enterprises. Building upon current territory mapping capabilities, MBO now supports the creation of hierarchical territories, such as territories, regions, and
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
SINGAPORE – Satcomm2017 at Communicasia — Walton De-Ice (http://www.de-ice.com), the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of satellite earth station antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, announced that it has installed Walton natural gas powered Hot-Air Plenum De-Icing systems for a top global media customer on two 9-meter satellite earth station antenna systems at the customer’s earth station facilities
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
Cambridge, UK: (www.1spatial.com). Conducted every ten years, as required by the Constitution, the US Census is the largest civilian activity in America. The project, which counts and profiles a population of over 318 million and involves checking 135 million addresses, is used to correctly apportion political representation within the House of Representatives. As well as
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
Earth-i, the innovative British distributor of Earth Observation imagery and services, has teamed up with Harwell-based WeatherSafe – leaders in the application of big data analytics to meet agricultural challenges – to support the coffee farmers of Burundi through Earth-i’s ACCORD programme. ACCORD combines very high resolution satellite imagery with crop analysis to provide stakeholders
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
NEW YORK – DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, Wednesday launched Spark, an easy-to-use, fun-to-fly mini camera drone that lifts off from the palm of your hand to capture and share the special moments in your life on the go. Thanks to DJI’s powerful technology, Spark is the first drone
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
Toulouse – Airbus Defence and Space has signed a 4-year contract with Scanex, the Russian Earth observation company, for access to optical satellite imagery via the One Atlas platform, covering 180 million km² throughout the contract. Yandex, one of the largest internet companies in Europe, and operating Russia’s most popular search engine, will directly benefit
Wednesday, May 24th, 2017
2G Robotics is excited to announce it has been selected to supply AUV-based laser scanning, stills imaging, and illumination solutions for HUGIN AUVs to be delivered to the Royal Norwegian Navy. As part of this relationship, 2G Robotics is looking forward to being involved in the upcoming, state-of-the-art mine countermeasure project and would like to congratulate
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017
Members of EuroGeographics have launched an expert group to strengthen their commitment to providing harmonised pan-European geospatial data sets and services to Copernicus. The move builds on the cooperation agreement signed earlier this year between the Association for European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities and the European Environment Agency (EEA). The newly created
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017
HONG KONG, CHINA – Huawei has released its eLTE SafeCity solution at Critical Communications World 2017. The solution forms part of a joint effort between Huawei and its partners to enhance global safety, aiming to provide global governments and customers with reliable and comprehensive E2E wireless networks that support service convergence, multiple sensors, and mobile
