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Monday, June 5th, 2017

Fugro Partners with Skyline to Deliver Unique Oblique Imagery and 3D Modelling Environment

Fugro is enhancing its mapping services with the introduction of an integrated software package that creates realistic, yet spatially accurate, high-resolution 3D building models using oblique imagery. The product will benefit emergency responders during critical infrastructure planning, as well as those involved in infrastructure development, utilities and property management. Announcing a strategic partnership with Skyline

Monday, June 5th, 2017

Department of Interior Awards Major Multi-Year Contract to Hexagon US Federal

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 5, 2017 – On behalf of the Department of Interior (DOI), the U.S. Geological Survey awarded Hexagon US Federal, formerly Intergraph Government Solutions, a five-year blanket purchase agreement to provide access to a full suite of geospatial products and solutions. The contract provides for the purchase of Hexagon software and related software

Monday, June 5th, 2017

Boundless Announces the Release of Boundless Suite 4.10

NEW YORK – June 5, 2017 – Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced the release of Boundless Suite 4.10, designed to streamline the creation of maps and applications using the Boundless open GIS ecosystem. Additionally, the company announced a new Boundless software development kit (SDK) and contributions to the community release of GeoServer

Monday, June 5th, 2017

Mapmaker AND Releases First High Definition Autonomous Vehicle Maps

Capelle aan den IJssel, the Netherlands  – Mapmaker AND announces today the availability of High Definition Autonomous Vehicle Maps of Schiedam, the Netherlands for all road classes. This highly accurate model of the road enables manoeuvre planning and localisation which is critical for advanced driving applications (ADAS) and autonomous driving. AND CEO Hugo van der

Monday, June 5th, 2017

Esri Technology Delivers Faster and Safer Operations to Navy Missions with Ocean Data System

REDLANDS, Calif.-Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced that its technology will be used for the first time with US Navy unmanned vehicle systems to improve how information is gathered before ocean and near-shore operations. Sensor data from maritime remote vehicles is uploaded into a command center where this information can be understood

Monday, June 5th, 2017

SkyPixel and DJI Launch the 2017 Aerial Video Contest

SHENZHEN, China – SkyPixel, the world’s most popular aerial photography community run in cooperation with DJI, on Friday kicked off its first aerial video contest of the year. The 2017 SkyPixel Video Contest runs from June 2 to August 2 and welcomes all drone users to submit their vision of the world in video format to any

Monday, June 5th, 2017

Smart Cities – What’s in Store for Our Everyday Lives, Homes and Work?

Berlin/Stuttgart/Karlsruhe: The ongoing debate about smart/digital cities, which has simmered for some time, now is really heating up. A wealth of experience and solid research results have now been accumulated. The topic’s growing importance is reflected in its headline status at this year’s INTERGEO conference in Berlin (26–28 September) and the dedicated exhibition zone SMART

Monday, June 5th, 2017

Airbus: First High Power All-Electric Satellite, EUTELSAT 172B, Launched by Ariane 5

All-electric propulsion for orbit-raising and on-station manoeuvers for the first time on a high power satellite inaugurates significant mass savings on this class of mission Innovative payload technology will dynamically distribute power between spot beams to provide internet connectivity to aircraft over the Pacific Kourou, 02/06/2017 –EUTELSAT 172B, the first high power all-electric telecommunications satellite

Monday, June 5th, 2017

Diffeo Launches Collaborative Knowledge Boards

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Diffeo, the AI-powered research assistant company, announced today that it is launching a powerful new feature — collaborative Knowledge Boards — at GEOINT 2017 in San Antonio, Texas. Diffeo Knowledge Boards enable analysts to uncover connections across the Web and private data sets while working together on the same visual knowledge graph.

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

TerraGo to Showcase Custom App Design Studio and Mobile Reconnaissance, Response and Recovery App at GEOINT 2017

TerraGo, the leading location-based collaboration company, is exhibiting at the GEOINT 2017 Symposium, which takes place June 4-7 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The GEOINT 2017 Symposium is hosted by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and is the largest meeting of intelligence professionals in the nation. “The