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
Wednesday, August 31st, 2016
Jeff McKenna, the past president of the OSGeo foundation and the co-founder of the international FOSS4G conference, was honored on Friday with the 2016 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software during closing ceremony of the FOSS4G-2016 conference in Bonn, Germany. The award is presented in recognition of Jeff’s deep passion for
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016
The next 2016 testing window for the GISCI Geospatial Core Technical Knowledge Exam® as a part of the GISP Certification has been scheduled for December 3-10, and will be administered by PSI Online through their worldwide testing facilities in a computer based testing (CBT) format. The Exam application form and testing center locations are now
Monday, August 29th, 2016
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) invites you to attend its 100th Technical and Planning Committee Meeting, which will be sponsored by CAE and held at the University of Central Florida from September 19-23, 2016. This meeting will be partly framed by the theme of Modelling and Simulation, and the week’s special events include the usual host of Domain
