Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
Des Plaines – URISA Is pleased to announce the recipients of 2016 Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. Since 1980, URISA’s ESIG Awards have recognized extraordinary achievements in the use of geospatial information technology that have improved the delivery and quality of government services. The award competition is open to all public agencies at the
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
To commemorate the nation’s first chief geographer, the USGS established the Henry Gannett Award in 2009. As a new addition to the Gannett Award, the National Geospatial Program (NGP) has established the Henry Gannett internal award to recognize outstanding contributions to the geospatial community by a USGS employee. The first recipient of this intra-bureau award
Friday, August 19th, 2016
Aichi – FARO Japan, Inc. (Head office in Aichi, Chief Commercial Officer: Joseph Arezone) announced that its 3D laser scanner, FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D, as well as its handheld scanner, FARO Scanner Freestyle3D, were used as cutting-edge crime investigation equipment in the movie “Himitsu – THE TOP SECRET”, which was recently released on 6 August
Friday, August 19th, 2016
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has announced its Location Powers: Big Data workshop, occurring on Tuesday 20th September in Orlando, Florida. The Location Powers: Big Data workshop will bring together leading developers of geospatial big data systems. This is an opportunity for participants to hear about the latest developments in the field, as well as
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
BELGIUM, Leuven: Luciad announced further updates to the speaker programme for INTERACT 2016 today. Alexis Letulier, Head of IT at the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), has joined the line-up of renowned experts at Luciad’s international geospatial conference. Letulier’s presentation “Delivering GEOINT, from products to services” will illustrate the SatCen vision with concrete examples of
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Grand Forks, ND —North Dakota’s role in NASA research aimed at the safe integration of small and large unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace will be discussed during the 10th Annual UAS Summit & Expo Aug. 22-24 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, N.D. On Tuesday, attendees will hear from John Cavolowsky,
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
IJDE CAll FOR PAPERS_Arctic and High Altitude Mountain Cold Regions: Sustainable Earth Observations and Climate Change Aim The Artic, Antarctic as well as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are typical Earth cold regions where snow and ice dominate the local environment, and impact the global climate. These areas also exhibit strong sensitivity to global climate change and
Tuesday, August 16th, 2016
James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, will host a “Symposium on the Future of Using Geospatial Intelligence to Anticipate Conflict,” August 3-4, 2017 for an audience from academia, business, and government. Symposium organizers are seeking speakers (could be individuals or as members of panels) from a number of disciplines, including (but not limited to): demographics,
Friday, August 12th, 2016
Redlands, California —Esri’s annual Geodesign Summit will continue the conversation around a holistic approach to building smarter communities. Attendees include planning professionals across all levels of government, commercial firms, academia, and nongovernmental organizations that want to learn how to prepare for geodesign and support their agencies well into the future. “The Geodesign Summit will be
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
Redlands, California —The United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People is observed each year to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This year’s theme is right to education, and in honor of this, Esri partnered with seven tribes in a friendly competition to create Story Maps using the ArcGIS
