Thursday, September 8th, 2016
BOULDER, Colo.,- SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has named Jim Oschmann, Ball Aerospace’s vice president and general manager, Civil Space, as the 2017 SPIE vice president. This is a position which will transition to president-elect in 2018 and SPIE president in 2019. Oschmann was chosen by a nominating committee and elected by SPIE’s
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
MELVILLE, N.Y., – BZ Media LLC announced today the opening of InterDrone™ The International Drone Conference & Exposition at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. The event is being attended by more than 3,500 drone builders, flyers and buyers and features 121 classes and panels, and nearly 160 exhibiting companies in 230 booths. FAA Administrator
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
Geodan to transform geospatial data into virtual reality at INTERACT 2016 The industry keynote speaker has been announced for INTERACT – The Luciad User Conference 2016. Professor Henk Scholten of premier Dutch geospatial solutions provider Geodan will provide the industry keynote for the conference. Scholten’s presentation ‘Geocause – Connecting Futures to our Present’ will show
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
MULTIROTOR service-drones G4 surveying-robot scores silver medal at worlds first drone marathon this Sunday in Berlin. The venue took place at Berlins historic harness racing track in Karlshorst with 8 commercial drone manufacturers participating. The main goal was to demonstrate operational reliability during 30 rounds including stops for battery exchange. Dr. Frank Schönbohm operated
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
To foster user uptake in the European Union Earth observation (EO) programme Copernicus and spur the development of commercial space applications using EO data, the European Commission has launched Copernicus Accelerator. This one-of-a-kind programme is focused on providing a tailored business coaching service for up to 40 finalists in the Copernicus Masters competition. The organisers
Friday, September 2nd, 2016
With over 150 presentations scheduled for the conference and more than a dozen workshops, the 15th Global Spatial Data Infrastructure World Conference (GSDI 15) is an event not to be missed! Join GSDI 15 on November 29 to December 2 in Taipei, Taiwan. The GSDI 15 Organizing Team encourages Early Bird Registration (for reduced
Friday, September 2nd, 2016
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce that it will be conducting a technical presentation at the upcoming Expert Center for Information Management (ECIM) Conference and User Meeting in Haugesund, Norway. This annual event, scheduled for September 12th-14th brings together data managers from the oil and gas industry for three days of workshops, plenary sessions,
Friday, September 2nd, 2016
SAN JOSE, Calif. – As the FAA’s Part 107 takes effect this week, there are several opportunities for end users of UAS technology to become educated at this November’s Drone World Expo (DWE) taking place November 15-16 at the San Jose Convention Center. DWE has once again partnered with MAPPS, the trade association of private
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Des Plaines, IL – The Urban and Regional Information Systems Association is pleased to announce the induction of three deserving individuals into its GIS Hall of Fame. 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
