Friday, August 21st, 2015
Herndon, Virginia, August 21, 2015 — With members’ feedback in mind, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) launched a new Individual Membership program and simplified its Organizational Membership. USGIF introduced the new structure at the GEOINT 2015 Symposium.
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
August 20, 2015 (Portland, Maine, USA) — The exhibit floor for the 2015 Commercial UAV Expo completely sold out almost two months before the show’s launch, spurring event organizer SPAR Point Group to add space to handle the overwhelming demand. “UAS companies have thrown their support behind Commercial UAV Expo,” said Lisa Murray, Commercial UAV Expo
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Irvine, Calif., August 20, 2015 — Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and NASA have uncovered a remarkably strong link between high wildfire risk in the Amazon basin and the devastating hurricanes that ravage North Atlantic shorelines. The climate scientists’ findings appear in the journal Geophysical Research Letters near the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
LEXINGTON, Ky., August 20, 2015 — A $6 million National Science Foundation grant will allow researchers at the University of Kentucky, Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, and University of Nebraska to develop unmanned aircraft systems, otherwise known as drone systems, to study atmospheric physics for improved precision agriculture and weather forecasting.
Thursday, August 20th, 2015
Cambridge, UK, August 20, 2015 — (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial, the global spatial software firm which manages the world’s largest spatial data, will be a Platinum Sponsor of the BCS – SoC Conference 2015, an event bringing together The British Cartographic Society and the Society of Cartographers, taking place in York, 8-10 September 2015. The company will also be
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Bethesda, Md., August 19, 2015 — The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) certification program announces the launch of a Professional and Technologist LIDAR Certification, the Certified Mapping Scientists, Lidar (CMS, Lidar) and the Certified Lidar Technologist (CLT).
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
August 19, 2015 — Newly released US Topo maps for Wyoming now feature more trails using data provided by the U.S. Forest Service such as the recreational trails in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I., AUGUST 19, 2015 — Textron Systems, a business of Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), announced today the promotion of Daryl Madden to senior vice president and general manager of its Geospatial Solutions business. He reports directly to Textron Systems President and CEO Ellen Lord and serves as a member of the Textron Systems Executive Leadership
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
August 19, 2015 — Supergeo, the total GIS software solution provider, announces that SPIE, France, chooses SuperPad, the mapping application designed for Windows Mobile, to empower its streetlights and other utilities survey works.
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Hallowell, Maine, August 19, 2015 —Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at the FutureView 2015 Conference and Technology Summit hosted by Pictometry International Corp. in Nashville, TN from August 19-21.
