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Monday, June 26th, 2017

Structural Integrity Chooses TerraGo Magic to Build Customized Field Data Collection App

TerraGo announced today that Structural Integrity, a global leader in engineering services and solutions for structural evaluation and repair, chose TerraGo Magic to build a field data collection and collaboration app for field inspectors, engineers and other personnel to improve the efficiency of inspection workflows, field reporting and data management. “When dig sites are identified,

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

New 2017 Country Packages for the USA, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and UK & Ireland

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – Caliper is excited to announce the release of new 2017 Country Packages for its Maptitude mapping software. Maptitude Country Packages bring the power and flexibility of our Maptitude product suite to a global audience and enable our customers to make geo-location based decisions internationally. The 2017 Country Packages include 4th quarter 2016 map

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

New Interactive Maps for Entire United States

Sperling’s BestPlaces has released a series of interactive choropleth maps on a dozen categories of information for each State, County, City, and Zip Code. From Cost of Living information to Commute Times, the interactive maps enable people to explore and learn about places all over the United States. Choropleth representation is a thematic mapping technique where geographic

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

Pix4D and Parrot Back 6 Top Researchers to Help them Answer key #ClimateChange Questions Using Drone Mapping

In December 2016, Pix4D and Parrot announced we would award a climate innovation grant to help foster innovation around the impact of global climate change.  We received over 250 proposals from researchers across a range of disciplines. We selected six projects, chosen on novelty, scientific merit, and team experience. We also considered advanced degrees, formal

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

FARO Releases Revolutionary FARO Zone 3D for Public Safety Professionals

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 applications, announces the availability of the FARO Zone 3D software. This revolutionary platform, through its advanced smart tools, is the first of its kind to

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

RingVoz Announces the Launch of Truway, an Advanced GPS Tracking and Monitoring System

Miramar, FL – RingVoz announces the launch of Truway, an advanced GPS Tracking and Monitoring System that helps keep track of the routes drivers are taking, the amount of fuel they’re using, and many other factors that can be used to determine driver’s patterns. This easy to install system also lets drivers know when it is time for fleet maintenance. The Truway system

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

Ixion Initiative Team Signs Contract With NASA to Study the Conversion of Rocket Upper Stages Into Space Habitats

PALO ALTO, Calif. — The Ixion Initiative Team, which includes NanoRacks, LLC (“NanoRacks”), Space Systems Loral (“SSL”), and United Launch Alliance (“ULA”), has signed and executed a previously announced agreement with NASA to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study evaluating the conversion of rocket upper stages into commercial habitats. Funded by the second phase of the

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

Wealden District Council Updates Retired GIS with Cadcorp Cloud-Hosted Solution

The adoption by local authorities for Cadcorp corporate GIS continues to grow as Wealden District Council (WDC) selects Cadcorp’s Software as a Service (SaaS).   GIS and spatial analysis systems at WDC had become unsupported and there was an urgent need to replace them. WDC considered that for future proofing, a central spatial repository with

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

French Industrial Giant to Open Office in South Australia

FRENCH software giant Dassault Systemes says it has plans to open an Adelaide office and is looking for skilled workers to staff it. The company’s vice-president of business transformation, sales, strategy and innovation, Pierre Marchadier, told InDaily that Dassault saw many opportunities in South Australia’s need for economic transformation. South Australia is on Dassault’s radar

Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

Map of the Month: GfK Purchasing Power for Consumer Electronics, ICT, and Photography, France 2016

GfK’s Map of the Month for June illustrates the 2016 regional distribution of purchasing power for consumer electronics and related products at the level of France’s departments (data source: GfK Purchasing Power for Retail Product Lines, France 2016). Companies that sell these products can use these insights to align their sales and marketing strategies with