Thursday, February 16th, 2017
SOVZOND Company is pleased to invite you for the participation in the 11th International GIS-Forum “Integrated Geospatial Solutions – the Future of Information Technologies” to be held on 19–21 April, 2017 in a five-star IMPERIAL Park-hotel. Every year GIS-Forum gathers more than 70 speakers and 350 participants all over the world. Previous attendees and speakers
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Denver Colorado, USA – Diversified Communications, organizer of International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) and the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS) announced that their annual geospatial events will take place together in Denver in 2018. Lisa Murray, Director of ILMF, made the announcement with ASPRS President Charles Toth during her opening remarks at the
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
URISA is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its GIS Hall of Fame. Nominations are due May 1, 2017. URISA’s GIS Hall of Fame honors persons and organizations that have made significant and original contributions to the development and application of GIS concepts, tools, or resources, or to the GIS profession. Anyone
Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today honored three of its partners with its inaugural Federal Small Business Specialty (FSBS) Awards during the Esri Federal GIS (FedGIS) Conference. The awards recognize companies that use Esri technology to help the nation run more efficiently and transparently by innovating in areas such as indoor mapping and
Friday, February 10th, 2017
Annapolis, Md – The Chesapeake Conservancy will present at the opening plenary of the 2017 Esri Federal User Conference in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 13. The conference will be attended by thousands of the region’s Esri software users, including staff from federal agencies, as well as state and local governments, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. Chesapeake
Friday, February 10th, 2017
The ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems 2017 (ACM SIGSPATIAL 2017) is the twenty fifth event in a series of symposia and workshops that began in 1993 with the aim of bringing together researchers, developers, users, and practitioners in relation to novel systems based on geo-spatial data and knowledge, and fostering
Monday, February 6th, 2017
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate GeoPackage 1.2 standard. GeoPackage is an open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for transferring geospatial information. It is suitable for use across many domains, from defense and intelligence to outdoor recreation. Over the course of 2016, the GeoPackage Standards Working Group (SWG) made
Monday, February 6th, 2017
(Sun Prairie, WI) — Continental Mapping is pleased to bring Pete Briere into our senior management team as General Manager of our Civil Works Division. Pete has 20 years of experience in the geospatial industry ranging across numerous markets and technologies. Most recently he has served as General Manager at Premier Geospatial, where he expanded
Friday, February 3rd, 2017
The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the global geospatial intelligence tradecraft’s brightest minds and most innovative organizations. The program shines a spotlight on outstanding geospatial intelligence achievements in five categories: academia, community support, government, industry, and military. Nomination forms can be downloaded here and the application deadline is April 7. “The
Friday, February 3rd, 2017
After Rwanda made waves in the news early last year for allegedly being the first country to approve drone delivery, people payed attention. The country, with its rolling hills and one of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa has already established regulations regarding drones and become a vanguard of sorts for the region. “My impression is
