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Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

Surfing for Science

July 29, 2015 —Thanks to a new system developed by scientists in the UK, taking to the waves for a spot of surfing can benefit research into the health of coastal waters, and could help confirm satellite measurements of sea-surface temperature.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

FAA: Wildfires and Drones Don’t Mix

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2015 — Responding to recent incidents in which unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as “drones,” interfered with manned aircraft involved in wildland firefighting operations, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is supporting the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service in their simple message to drone operators:

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

Two ASPRS Awards for “Pit-Free” CHM Algorithm

July 29, 2015 — The paper “Generating Pit-free Canopy Height Models from Airborne LiDAR” co-authored by rapidlasso GmbH and published in the September 2014 issue of PE&RS (the journal of the ASPRS) was awarded twice at the IGTF 2015 – ASPRS Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida last May.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

TerraGo to Demonstrate Advanced GPS and GIS Solutions at InfoAg 2015

Washington, D.C., July 29, 2015 — TerraGo®, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration and enterprise mobility software, will exhibit at the InfoAg Conference which takes place July 28-30 at Union Station in St. Louis.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

2015 SAG Award Winners Announced by Esri Inc

Aylesbury, July 29, 2015 — Network Rail and Public Health England have both been honoured by Esri Inc in its annual Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards, presented at the Esri User Conference in San Diego, California.  

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

SuperGIS Desktop 3.3 Updated with 3D Analyst and Better Maptile Productivity

July 29, 2015 — SuperGIS Desktop 3.3 is now released for GIS users around the world. With the latest SuperGIS Desktop 3.3, Cache Generator is dramatically improved, supporting multiple machine workflows and providing a consummate caching mechanism.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

Featured Keynote Speakers Announced for National GIS in Transit Conference

Des Plaines, IL, July 29, 2015 — URISA, the National Center for Transit Research,  and the Transportation Research Board (TRB) are pleased to announce the featured keynote speakers for the 9th National GIS in Transit Conference, on September 1-3, 2015, in Washington, DC. (Note that Labor Day is Monday, September 7).

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

CMC Acquires Maptek Sentry for Survey and Monitoring at Portia Gold Mine

July 29, 2015 — Consolidated Mining & Civil Pty Ltd (CMC) has acquired a Maptek Sentry monitoring system, primarily for use at Havilah Resources Limited’s Portia gold mine in South Australia.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

SuperField Supports Portuguese GPS Provider with GIS Application

July 29, 2015 — Nautel, Portugal, the navigation and GPS turnkey solution provider, selects SuperField, the GIS data collection application, to provide users with a complete survey task-oriented choice.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015

Velodyne’s 3D LiDAR Sensor Helps EU Joint Research Centre Win Microsoft Competition

MORGAN HILL, Calif., July 29, 2015 — A team of researchers from the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s in-house science service, has outperformed a global mix of 27 teams from academia and industry, achieving the best overall result at a recent Microsoft-sponsored indoor localization competition in Seattle – and 3D, real-time LiDAR sensor technology