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Thursday, September 29th, 2016
In July 2016, a Midwest utility completed a project with NM Group to deploy an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with LiDAR technology testing its suitability for vegetation compliance analysis. This project was the first time a LiDAR equipped UAV has been tested Beyond Visual Line of Site (BVLOS) for a power utility. The project demonstrated
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
Carlsbad, CA – TC Technology announces Brunswick and Topsham Water District upgraded its mobile information management system to MIMS 2016. The short project included deployment of MIMS Mobile to field staff who now benefit from the latest mapping, redlining, and inspection capability from TC Technology. MIMS, which stands for mobile information management system, targets return
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS – GTC Europe — NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) and TomTom ( TOM2), the Dutch mapping and navigation group, today announced they are partnering to develop artificial intelligence to create a cloud-to-car mapping system for self-driving cars. The work combines TomTom’s extensive HD map coverage, which already spans more than 120,000 km of highways
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
It has always been our profession to design and manufacture Gyro Stabilization Devices, which maximize the effectivity of sensors which are used for data acquisition processes.The RSM 300 is specifically designed for marine and land applications to capture perfectly stabilized data in these rough environments. SOMAG AG Jena manufactured a brand new device, which offers
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
The Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) – a research centre set up by ETH Zurich and the National Research Foundation in Singapore focusing on sustainable future cities – has used advanced location-based analytics technology to assess how walkable Singapore is today and evaluate strategies to improve walkability in the future. “Most people refer to walkability as
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
WESTMINSTER, Colo. – DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced that its online Basemap Suite has reached a significant milestone, with the availability of more than 250 million square kilometers of the world’s highest-resolution 30 cm commercial satellite imagery. This includes over 500 population
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
Sep 28, 2016 — The UK’s Enfield Council is using aerial maps from Bluesky to identify outbuildings used illegally for residential purposes. The problem of ‘beds in sheds’ is growing nationally, with nearly 40,000 inspections across the UK resulting in over 3,000 landlords facing further enforcement action or prosecution since 2011. Earlier this year, the
Thursday, September 29th, 2016
People interested in history and geography are going to love what a group of innovative educators, students, historians and the National Park Service have in store for them. Next year, visitors to Keweenaw National Historical Park will be able to use the Keweenaw Time Traveler, an online atlas, to find out where any local resident
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) and Plan-It Geo recently launched a new online tool for communities across the state to prepare and plan for potential Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) management. To access the EAB Preparedness Cost Calculator tool, visit: https://pg-cloud.com/Mississippi/ The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is an exotic and invasive beetle first
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
VIENNA – (UN Information Service) – The United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) have announced details of the first ever dedicated United Nations space mission at the International Astronautical Congress today in Guadalajara, Mexico. The dedicated Dream Chaser® Mission is targeted at providing developing countries the opportunity to
