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Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Boundless Participates in Release of GeoNode 2.4

New York, NY and New Orleans, LA – December 15, 2015 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, today highlighted the latest release of GeoNode 2.4. A web-based platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI), GeoNode is a free and open source project with

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Geographic Calculator 2016 Now Available with Significant Upgrades in Design and Performance

Hallowell, Maine – December 15, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the release of the Geographic Calculator 2016. This major upgrade to the industry’s preeminent geodetic toolkit offers a redesigned and intuitive interface tailored to optimize workflow and improve productivity. Noteworthy new functionality includes an all-new Start Page providing easy access

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

XXIII ISPRS Congress – Extended Deadline for Paper Submission!

December 15, 2015 — The deadline for Abstracts has been extended up to 7th January, 2016. Submission for Youth Forum is also open till 7th January, 2016. Use ISPRS template available for download here.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

Deal Sealed for New Sentinel-1 Satellites

December 15, 2015 — ESA has ensured the continuation of the Sentinel-1 Earth observation satellite series for Europe’s Copernicus environmental programme by ordering two more satellites.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

UN-GGIM: Europe is to Lead Work to Determine Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes

December 15, 2015 — The mandate to develop this work, which is critical for supporting sustainability, disaster response, land management, and environmental resilience, was given to UN-GGIM: Europe during the 5th Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM). It comes as UN-GGIM: Europe adopts its work plan for

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

AGU Recognizes Esri Contributions to Science

Redlands, California—December 15, 2015 — Dawn Wright, chief scientist at Esri, will deliver a named honors lecture at the 2015 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 14–18, at the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California. The AGU Earth and Space Science Informatics Focus Group designated Wright to represent Esri in delivering the Leptoukh Lecture.

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

1Spatial Helps London Fire Brigade Achieve 95% Faster Processing of Route Queries with FME

Cambridge, UK, December 15, 2015 —1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, enabled London Fire Brigade (LFB) to create faster, automated routes queries, which reduced processing time from 40 working hours to just two. 

Tuesday, December 15th, 2015

3D Laser Mapping Expand Presence With New UK Headquaters

December 15, 2015 — 3D laser Mapping, global providers of 3D mapping and monitoring solutions have moved their UK headquarters to new offices, keeping up with the continual expansion of the company. This is the third move since the company began, in 1999.

Monday, December 14th, 2015

Septentrio Introduces Next Generation GNSS Reference Receiver PolaRx5

Leuven, Belgium and Torrance, CA – December 14, 2015 — Septentrio, a leading provider of accurate and reliable GNSS receivers announces today the launch of its next generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for precise scientific and geodetic applications – the PolaRx5. This new receiver in the PolaRx product line is developed specifically to

Monday, December 14th, 2015

Are You Dreaming of a White Christmas?

December 14, 2015 — For those of you dreaming of a white Christmas, this map depicts which places have the best chance of being a winter wonderland according to weather history. The “Historical Probability of a White Christmas” map shows the climatological probability of at least 1 inch of snow being on the ground on