Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
MIDLAND, Mich. – The introduction of a practical emissions mitigation framework for the Olympic Games Rio 2016, had earned The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: Dow) a win of its own— the Green Sports Alliance’s Environmental Innovator of the Year award. The Innovators of the Year awards from the Green Sports Alliance recognize and celebrate the
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
(Portland, Maine, USA) – The organizers of Commercial UAV Expo announced today they will host the launch of the first and only UAS Mapping Certification in the industry presented by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). ASPRS will be hosting a pre-conference UAS Technical Symposium at the Commercial UAV Expo in Las
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – Point files with the locations of U.S. points of interest are now downloadable for free for Maptitude 2017. The download includes point layers for 86 categories of location in the USA, including shopping malls, banks, restaurants, clothing stores, auto dealerships, grocery stores, pharmacies, and hospitals. These new layers are perfect for site
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GEO Jobe, Esri business partner and a leading GIS software and geospatial solutions provider and developers of Admin Tools, Mapfolio, and the GEOpowered cloud for ArcGIS, is pleased to welcome Eric Goforth to the team in the role of Sr. Front-End Engineer. Goforth, based in our Biloxi, MS office, will be working
Tuesday, August 1st, 2017
Salt Lake Community College received a $334,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) aimed at increasing the number and diversity of geology majors and improving their transfer rates. The grant pays SLCC geology majors, known as “research ambassadors,” to conduct research projects. These ambassadors will use non-science majors from general education classes to assist
Monday, July 31st, 2017
ALMA, Quebec – On July 13 and 14, Microdrones completed an exciting series of test flights that extended further than the operator could see – or, as it is referred to in the aviation industry, beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS). These flights were completed with a standard configuration of RC, telemetry and batteries, meaning
Monday, July 31st, 2017
FAIRFAX, Virginia, USA / WILNSDORF, Germany – Icaros Inc., a leading provider of aerial imaging software, is pleased to announce that version 5.1 of OneButton™ Standard and Professional image processing software for unmanned aerial systems (drones) contains advanced algorithms to process Thermal IR images from Radiometric microbolometer sensors. Icaros’ OneButton family for drone image processing,
Monday, July 31st, 2017
REDLANDS, Calif. – BP received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Petroleum Industry Award at the 2017 Esri International User Conference for demonstrating a consistent vision, technical leadership, business action and community outreach on a global stage. “We are honored to present BP with a SAG Award to showcase their outstanding achievement with spatial technology,”
Monday, July 31st, 2017
Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that Colorado-based DroneMapper has selected Global Mapper to perform the bulk of its data processing workflows. The company employs the software’s intuitive 2D and 3D visualization tools to provide quality control of its ortho-rectified imagery and makes use of Global Mapper’s extensive LiDAR processing
Monday, July 31st, 2017
Orbit GT has been selected to feature in the list of 20 most promising geospatial and GIS companies for 2017. The top 20 list has been put together by CIOReview, a magazine that performs market research on a yearly basis. “We are honored and grateful to be selected as one of the top 20 most
