Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
EW YORK (September 22, 2016)—Climate change is accelerating the intensity and frequency of extreme weather across the globe, with increasing risks to communities and businesses. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), World Resources Institute (WRI), U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and a network of partners today launched the Partnership for
Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
EarthSense Systems, a joint venture between aerial mapping company Bluesky and the UK’s University of Leicester, is set to spearhead innovations in air quality monitoring. Building on more than four years of collaboration between the two organisations, the new company will initially focus on delivering static sensors, data modelling and derived datasets to UK local
Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
HANOVER, Md.- The KEYW Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:KEYW) announced today that it has received a five-year contract from Leidos Inc. to provide global airborne collection services valued at $268.5 million if all options are exercised to support the Army Geospatial Center’s High-Resolution, 3-D Geospatial Information program. The contract comprises a base period of performance valued at $49.5
Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) today announced a program to repurchase up to 30 million shares of the company’s common stock, in addition to the approximately 1.5 million shares that remained at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2017 under previously announced share repurchase programs. The repurchase program provides Autodesk with the ability
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is calling for public participation in its newly-established Land Administration Domain Working Group (Land Admin DWG). Worldwide, effective and efficient land administration is an ongoing concern, as only a small number of nations have mature land information systems, and few others have some for of land administration capability in place.
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
UK Power Networks has awarded a four year asset management framework to NM Group to assist in reducing the risk of power cuts being caused by trees and other vegetation affecting overhead power lines. NM Group will provide accurate structure modelling and clearance risk analytics for over 700,000 poles and towers and will use LiDAR
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
Timmons Group, a leading geospatial consulting firm, is excited to announce the completion of the Enterprise GIS Design, Implementation, and Data Conversion and ArcGIS Online Launch for the City of Forest Grove, Oregon. This project impacted many City departments, including Utilities, Light & Power, Community Development, as well as Fire and Police. As part of
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
EDMONTON, Esri Canada User Conference – The use of geographic information systems (GIS) at the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service ( STARS) has evolved significantly over the years. Previously, the non-profit air ambulance service provider primarily used GIS to identify where emergencies occurred so that it could dispatch resources to the site. Today, STARS relies
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
Herndon, VA – The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) last month awarded $112,000 in scholarship funds to students studying geospatial science or related topics. The annual USGIF Scholarship Program recognizes the achievements of graduating high school seniors, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students, and helps to further the advancement of the geospatial tradecraft. Since the
Wednesday, September 21st, 2016
Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) recently approved the release of 7 draft public OGC Engineering Reports, products of the recently completed OGC Interoperability Testbed 12 Aviation Thread. Testbed 12’s Aviation Thread was sponsored by FAA and Eurocontrol, and is the most recent in the OGC’s long series of major geospatial interoperability initiatives. The
