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Monday, July 31st, 2017

University of North Alabama Online GIS Anaylst Certificate Program

University of North Alabama Offers Online GIS Analyst Certificate Program – This certificate program consists of six courses which can be completed within one year. Introduction to ArcGIS I: GIS Fundamentals(September 7 – October 3, 2017) Introduction to ArcGIS II: Analysis & Editing(October 10 – November 16, 2017) Introduction To ArcGIS Pro(December 5 – 14, 2017) Using AutoCAD®

Monday, July 31st, 2017

Explore the World’s Geology with Getech’s Interactive Maps

Getech, providers of natural resources exploration data and information expertise, has created two interactive ArcGIS Online maps that allow users to explore an increadible amount of geological information for any region across the globe. The first of the maps allows you to explore the world’s largest library of gravity and magnetic data coverage through a series of

Monday, July 31st, 2017

DigitalGlobe Shareowners Approve Merger with MDA

WESTMINSTER, Colo. – DigitalGlobe, Inc. (“DigitalGlobe”) (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced its preliminary results that its shareowners overwhelmingly voted to approve the Company’s proposed merger with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (“MDA”) (TSX: MDA) at a special meeting of DigitalGlobe shareowners held today. Approximately

Monday, July 31st, 2017

GeoCue Announces GNSS Direct GeoPositioning System For Low Cost DJI Drones

Huntsville, AL – GeoCue Group Inc. (GeoCue) is excited to announce a new GNSS positioning system that will allow users of DJI Phantom 4 Pros and Inspire 2 drones (as well as most drones using higher end cameras) to achieve survey-level accuracy with a minimum of ground control.  Loki, our new direct geopositioning system for

Monday, July 31st, 2017

FARO Introduces SCENE 7.0 With Real Time, On-Site Registration

Lake Mary, FL – FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for factory metrology, construction BIM/CIM, product design, public safety forensics, and 3D solutions, announces the availability of the FARO® SCENE 7.0 software platform (www.faro.com/scene). SCENE 7.0 includes the high quality, high value functionality offered by its predecessor,

Monday, July 31st, 2017

ILMF 2018: Call for Papers Deadline is August 14!

The 18th Annual International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), taking place in Denver, Colorado, USA, February 5-7, 2018, has announced a Call for Papers and invites interested parties to submit their abstracts by August 14, 2017. ILMF is a technical conference and exhibition focused on surveying and mapping technologies including aerial, mobile and bathymetric lidar as

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

Trimble Introduces New Android Application for Field Surveying and Data Collection

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today Trimble® Penmap® for Android™, a cloud-connected application for field surveying and high-accuracy Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection that works on mobile handhelds, smartphones and tablets. Trimble Penmap for Android focuses on core survey and mapping tasks such as cadastral and boundary surveys, establishing local control, stake-outs, quality checks

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

A&M-Corpus Christi’s Conrad Blucher Institute to Provide United Nations with GIS Expertise

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Conrad Blucher Institute for Surveying and Science (CBI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi has officially joined the United Nations-Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) Academic Network. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is one of three Universities in the nation, including Harvard University and the University of Maine, who are part of this network.

Wednesday, July 26th, 2017

FLIR Expands Distribution for Machine Vision Cameras in Italy

WILSONVILLE, Ore.  – FLIR Systems Inc. (NASDAQ) announced today that VisionLink srl will become FLIR’s first authorized machine vision distributor in Italy and will begin selling FLIR’s lineup of FLIR USB3 Vision and FLIR GigE Vision area scan cameras. VisionLink srl is a machine vision hardware, software, and consulting provider based in Italy focused on

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017

The Remote Paradise with a Plastic Problem

In the middle of the South Pacific Ocean, far from the urban, developed world, there’s a small, lush, green island with white sand beaches. However, this uninhabited, remote corner of the tropics—Henderson Island—also has a trash problem. The beaches of Henderson Island have the highest density of plastic waste in the world, according to a