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Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

Brainnwave Expands in Geo with Quarry One Eleven

Brainnwave understands, that if people are going to make better decisions then they must have quick and simple access to the data they need, at the time they need them. This insight has driven the Edinburgh-based team of young entrepreneurs, data scientists, machine learning and software engineers and user-experience (UX) designers, to create a platform

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

Wirral Council Migrates Existing Corporate GIS to Cadcorp

Wirral Council joins Warrington, Sefton and Halton Borough Councils in selecting Cadcorp for intranet and internet web mapping capabilities.   At Wirral Council, geographical information is shared with the public through self-service and with 40 teams across the Local Authority. Cadcorp will supply the Council with its off-the-shelf web mapping product, Web Map Layers. This

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

RoboBusiness Europe and TUS Expo Announce Rotterdam as 2018 Host City

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands — RoboBusiness Europe and TUS Expo, which have established themselves as the premier robotics and unmanned systems events in Europe, plan to build on the success of the 1st International Robotics Week in next year’s events. Robo Business Media has announced that it has chosen the city of Rotterdam as the location

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Map of the Month: Forecasted Stationary Retail Turnover, Europe 2017

Europe’s largest and most developed economies offer fruitful conditions for retailers, but they can also be fiercely competitive, and in some cases, are near saturation. Results from GfK’s recently released European Retail Study bear this out: As a general rule, the greatest growth in brick-and-mortar retail turnover for 2017 is forecasted for mid-sized European markets,

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Norway Successfully Launches Microsatellites Built by Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory

The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced today the successful launch of two Norwegian microsatellites developed and built by SFL for the Norwegian Space Centre with support from the Norwegian Coastal Authority, Space Norway, and the European Space Agency. The Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the satellites into orbit launched from Baikonur at 06:36:49 UTC Friday 14 July

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Emoji Map by Europa Technologies Wins Most Unique Award at Esri UC

Esri UC 2017 – Most Unique Award – The Emoji Map of San DiegoAn emoji map of San Diego has won the “Most Unique” map award at the Esri User Conference 2017. Featuring 48,400 emoji, the original map from Europa Technologies was a popular exhibit at the major GIS event which this year drew almost

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

DigitalGlobe to Announce Second Quarter Financial Results on July 20, 2017

WESTMINSTER, Colo.-DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution Earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, will announce its second quarter 2017 financial results after the close of regular market trading on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Due to the Company’s pending combination with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, the Company will not conduct an

Tuesday, July 18th, 2017

Rolta Selected for a Prestigious Geospatial Digital Transformation Program in Middle East

Rolta today announced that it has been selected to provide a transformational Geospatial solution worth $10.8 million for one of the largest countries in the Middle East. This solution will be an integral element for supporting a prestigious national level Digital Transformation program to fulfil their ambitious vision spanning the next 15-years. Governments and their

Monday, July 17th, 2017

Esri and Microsoft Partner to Accelerate Conservation

Land-cover mapping is a critical part of conservation planning, but current methods for collecting detailed geographic data are highly labor-intensive. Advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) can help, but they’re not yet widely accessible to those on the front lines of conservation and mapping. To improve this situation, Esri is collaborating with Microsoft to

Monday, July 17th, 2017

GSDI Small Grant Program Awards Announced

The GSDI Association’s call for proposals for the Small Grants Program 2017 stimulated 31 proposals from 27 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North and South America, covering a wide range of SDI and GI/GIS related project work. Each of the award winners will receive cash support for their proposed projects of US$ 2,500. Some of