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Friday, February 19th, 2016

Vexcel Holdings GmbH, Graz, acquires Microsoft’s UltraCam Business Unit

Graz, Austria, February 19, 2016 – Vexcel Imaging GmbH, Microsoft’s UltraCam Business Unit, is undergoing an ownership change planned for early March 2016. After ten years contributing to Microsoft as a subsidiary, next month Vexcel Imaging GmbH will again become an independent company upon its expected acquisition by a private investor group. The new owner

Friday, February 19th, 2016

International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) 2016 Kicks Off Monday February 22

February 18, 2016 (Portland, Maine) — International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) kicks off Monday, February 22 at the Hyatt Regency Denver Colorado Convention Center. The conference and exhibition, which will take place February 22-24, will showcase the latest airborne, terrestrial, and underwater LiDAR as well as emerging remote-sensing and data collection tools and technologies. Conference attendees

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems (Austria) and Aeroscout (Switzerland) are Excited to Announce a Strategic Partnership Between Companies

RIEGL and Aeroscout have worked closely for many years. As a pioneer in the UAV LiDAR field, Aeroscout has integrated RIEGL scanners into many of their systems. In 2016, RIEGL and Aeroscout strengthened their long-standing business relationship by entering into a strategic partnership, which both companies expect to benefit their technological exchange and input for

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

Hexagon Acquires SigmaSpace Corporation, a Leading 3D Mapping Company

Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, today announced the acquisition of SigmaSpace Corporation, a provider of next-generation technologies used to rapidly deliver high-quality 3D maps of the Earth. Today, accurate and geo-referenced 3D visualisations have become an absolute necessity in real-world

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

New ‘laspublish’ Creates Web Portals for 3D Viewing and Downloading of LiDAR

Just in time for ILMF 2016, the makers of the open LASzip LiDAR compressor annouce the latest addition to their LiDAR processing software LAStools. The new ‘laspublish‘ from rapidlasso GmbH creates stand-alone Web Portals for interactive 3D viewing of LiDAR points and for selective downloading of LAZ or LAS files. The new tool is based

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

Juniper Unmanned, Pulse Aerospace and YellowScan to Showcase UAS LiDAR Capabilities

Golden, Colorado – February 18, 2016 – Juniper Unmanned, Inc. is pleased to announce its collaboration with Pulse Aerospace and YellowScan to showcase LiDAR data acquisition capabilities from an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver, Colorado. The quality and affordability of the YellowScan Ultralight sensor onboard the Pulse

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

RIEGL is Attending and Presenting at Esri FedGIS!

RIEGL will be attending the 2016 Esri FedGIS Conference! The 2016 Esri FedGIS Conference will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C. from February 24 to February 25, 2016. Join more than 3,500 federal professionals to explore ground-breaking ways government uses geospatial technology to solve the world’s greatest challenges. GIS

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

LizardTech White Paper Reveals 12 Hidden Gems in GeoExpress Software

SEATTLE, Wash. — Feb. 18, 2016 — LizardTech®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, has published a white paper showing users how to access 12 little-known geospatial data manipulation tools inside its popular GeoExpress® software. The white paper is free to download here. “LizardTech customers know GeoExpress as our flagship

Thursday, February 18th, 2016

Federal Small Business Specialty Debuts at FedGIS

Redlands, California—February 18, 2016—The Esri Partner Network has launched the Esri Federal Small Business Specialty to give the small business community a new way to develop ArcGIS software-based offerings for federal government clients. Participants in the specialty will be exhibiting in the Small Business Pavilion at the Esri Federal GIS (FedGIS) Conference EXPO on February 24 and

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016

LuxCarta to Launch New Global Brand at Mobile World Congress

Sophia Antipolis, France – February 17, 2016 – LuxCarta, parent of leading geodata production companies ComputaMaps and GEOIMAGE, announced today it is moving to a single global brand. The company’s digital maps and SpacEyes3D visualization software will be promoted and marketed through seven global offices under the LuxCarta brand. The new look will be unveiled