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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016

Global market for Remote Sensing Products Expected to Reach $13.8 Billion by 2021

NEW YORK – This Research study provides an overview of the remote sensing industry and 2016 to 2021 national-level forecasts for nine application-oriented markets. Use this report to: Gain information about the remote sensing industry, with descriptions of important applications including weather forecasting, intelligence gathering, climate change, and public health. Understand how recent technological changes

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016

EuroGeographics and Kadaster, The Netherlands Renew Agreement to Provide Secretariat for UN-GGIM: Europe

EuroGeographics has renewed its Service Level Agreement with The Netherlands’ Cadastre, Land Registry and Mapping Agency (Kadaster) to provide secretariat services for UN-GGIM: Europe.   The membership association for the European National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities, which has UN-GGIM: Europe observer status, has supported the Executive Committee in delivering its objectives since 2015

Monday, November 21st, 2016

Exprodat & MapAction Take On Matthew

Exprodat, the oil and gas ArcGIS platform specialist, Esri Gold Partner and Getech group company, has always made it part of the company ethos to support their staff in pursuing extra-curricular activities and several have volunteered to work for the charity MapAction in disaster zones around the world. A critical component of any effective response

Monday, November 21st, 2016

Investments in Open Earth Observation Data Set to Grow

Geneva – A global trend towards  open data, i.e. data that anyone can access, use and share without restriction is steadily replacing a previous tendency by governments to charge for Earth observations, especially satellite imagery. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) was established more than 10 years ago to provide access to and sharing of

Monday, November 21st, 2016

uAvionix Partners with PrecisionHawk to Add On-Board ADS-B to LATAS Enabled Drones

PALO ALTO, Calif. – uAvionix and PrecisionHawk today announced a plan to jointly develop the next generation of LATAS hardware. The integration of the uAvionix Ping ADS-B product line will allow for drones equipped with LATAS to receive alerts of nearby manned aircraft equipped with ADS-B technology. Additionally, the team will explore how a combination ADS-B

Friday, November 18th, 2016

Fugro Signs Multi-Year Survey Contract With U.S. Government

Fugro was recently awarded a five-year survey contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Task orders under this indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) type contract will support the Architect and Engineering Survey and Mapping Support Services for the Military, Civil and Federal Agencies of the Corps team, Mobile District. Using a variety

Friday, November 18th, 2016

Topcon Accepts Wichmann Innovations Award for Falcon 8

LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands – Topcon Positioning Group announces it has won the Wichmann Innovations Award in the competition’s hardware category. Topcon representatives accepted the award for the Topcon Falcon 8 (powered by Ascending Technologies, a part of Intel®) rotary-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system). The Wichmann Award is bestowed annually at

Friday, November 18th, 2016

Pitney Bowes Geospatial API Providing Location Intelligence for Data Analytics Now Available as a SaaS Subscription Offering on AWS Marketplace

STAMFORD, Conn. – Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company providing innovative products and solutions to power commerce, today announced that the Pitney Bowes Geospatial API is now available with direct SaaS subscriptions on AWS Marketplace. The Pitney Bowes Geospatial API provides highly accurate geocoding and reverse geocoding for data analytics. Uses include creating address

Friday, November 18th, 2016

Digital Map Products Makes Executive Addition to Support Company Growth, Introduces Tom Patterson as Chief Financial Officer

IRVINE, CA – Digital Map Products (DMP), a leading provider of location technology and data solutions, today announced the addition of Tom Patterson as Chief Financial Officer. Patterson is an experienced financial, operational and strategic executive leader with over 20 years of experience in helping high-growth private and public software companies scale. Following the recent

Friday, November 18th, 2016

Airbus Defence and Space Launches “Stack Insight”

Airbus Defence and Space has launched “Stack Insight”, a uniquely accurate satellite-based change detection and volume calculation service. This service is specifically developed for mining and civil engineering applications. Stack Insight eliminates much of the cost and all the risk associated with on-site surveying. The service can be used to remotely calculate extracted volumes, including