Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, May 31, 2016 – According to Euroconsult’s latest report, Prospects for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems, the size of the professional RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems) manufacturing and services market is expected to grow significantly in the next ten years, from $1 billion in 2015 to $26 billion in 2025. The civil
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
BELGIUM, Leuven: Luciad, a world leader in the provision of technology that connects geospatial data to deliver real-time situational awareness, has won the 2016 Geospatial World Innovation Award for its 3D situational awareness app for browsers. The accolade for exemplary usage of geospatial tools in various industries was awarded to Luciad on May 25 at
Friday, May 27th, 2016
RALEIGH, N.C. — Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers, has partnered with PrecisionHawk, a global, drone data platform, to enhance insurance assessments worldwide by providing faster response times and increased reporting accuracy in the aftermath of a natural disaster. The partnership was recently exercised following the April earthquake in Ecuador, where PrecisionHawk collected drone
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Vancouver — UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast” or the “Company”) today announces that it will receive $5.0 million in Government of Canada Technology Development Program (“TDP”) funding, as part of a $54 million contribution program for the development of new satellite technologies, as administered by the Government of Canada. The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science
Friday, May 27th, 2016
Less than a month after Governor Tom Wolf announced steps to make Pennsylvania’s data more transparent and accessible to the public, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has launched an Open Data portal housing data ranging from roadway pavement conditions to rail facility locations. The portal, http://data.pennshare.opendata.arcgis.com/, leverages a GIS platform used in several states
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Washington, D.C. – May 26, 2016 – TerraGo is pleased to announce a partnership with Positioning Solutions International (PSI), a leading provider of complete, high accuracy positioning solutions for infrastructure, land management, agriculture and related industries. PSI is an authorized reseller of TerraGo Edge software and offers a full range of turnkey systems and services
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
The lighting specialist OSRAM is developing new applications and operation scenarios with the B2B market leader for professional drones, MULTIROTOR service-drone.com. Both companies are already working on completely new applications. The worldwide newest development is a drone that now also includes a LED headlight besides the camera and, thanks to the OSRAM ZELION H
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Calgary, Alberta – TECTERRA Inc. announced today that it had committed $4.9 million of funds to support the geomatics technology sector in Canada during the last fiscal year, which ended on March 31, 2016. This additional commitment brings TECTERRA’s investment in the geomatics industry to over $37.3 million to date. The investment sum represents commitments
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
In 2008, I would get a hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach whenever customers phoned or emailed to tell us that the PhotoSat surveys did not match their ground surveys. Back then, I was sure there was a problem with the satellite photos, or that we had made some terrible mistake in our
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— The traditional cadastre – a public land registry typically used to track ownership and property taxation – is being reimagined throughout Latin America as a powerful tool to promote fiscal stability and guide urban planning initiatives, including building resilience in the face of climate change, according to new research published by the Lincoln
