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Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Real-World Lynx Accuracy and New LMS 3.0 Features on Display at SPAR

March 26, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will reveal significant new workflow capabilities at the SPAR International Conference taking place March 30 – April 2, 2015 in Houston TX, as well as a paper co-presented with a valued client on the real-world design engineering accuracies obtainable with an Optech mobile lidar.

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Optech Showcasing Latest Coastal Mapping Technology at Coastal GeoTools 2015

March 26, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will exhibit its latest and most powerful marine mapping solutions at the Coastal GeoTools 2015 conference taking place March 30 to April 2 in North Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

FAA Streamlines UAS COAs for Section 333

March 26, 2015 — The Federal Aviation Administration has established an interim policy to speed up airspace authorizations for certain commercial unmanned aircraft (UAS) operators who obtain Section 333 exemptions. The new policy helps bridge the gap between the past process, which evaluated every UAS operation individually, and future operations after we publish a final

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Latin America’s Largest Sanitation Company Chooses ProMark GNSS Receivers

São Paulo, March 26, 2015 — Saneamento Basico do Estado de São Paulo (SABESP), a Brazilian water and sewage collection utility owned by São Paulo state and Latin America’s largest water company by market capitalization, has selected Spectra Precision ProMark 120 and 220 GNSS receivers to assist in gathering the geographic location of all SABESP

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

First Round of Lidar BAA Awards Released

March 25, 2015 — The U.S. Geological Survey National Geospatial Program is pleased to announce the first round of awards resulting from the USGS Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP), initially issued on July 18, 2014. (Solicitation Number: G14PS00574).

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Compact and Cost-Effective Ultrasonic Distance Sensor P49 now Available in the US

March 25, 2015 — Hoffmann – Krippner Inc. is proud to present P49, a cost-effective and compact line of high quality ultrasonic distance sensors from the well-established German manufacturer PIL. P49 is the solution for distance measurement in applications where fast activation is essential.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Hexagon Geospatial and Intergraph Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary of Supporting Geoportal Development for the Czech Republic

NORCROSS, Ga., USA, March 25, 2015 — Hexagon Geospatial and Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) are pleased to announce they are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of supporting the Land Survey Office of the Czech Republic in the development and expansion of the ČÚZK Geoportal.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

Caliper Offers 2015 Census Block Groups Data

NEWTON MA, March 25, 2015 — Caliper is pleased to announce that the 2015 U.S. Census Blocks Groups data layer is now available for the entire United States. The 2015 Block Group data work with the latest versions of Caliper’s Maptitude mapping software and TransCAD transportation planning software.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

SpaceCurve Selected by Via Informatics as its Spatial Data Platform

Seattle, WA, March 25, 2015 — SpaceCurve announced today that Via Informatics, the industry leader in crowd-sourced location analytics and developer of LocationGeniusTM, has selected SpaceCurve to be their spatial data platform. SpaceCurve is the first company to build a platform specifically for spatially organizing and enabling the analysis of large-scale spatial data.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2015

SuperGIS Chosen to Elevate Civil Engineering Education in the Philippines

March 25, 2015 — The Department of Civil Engineering in De La Salle University, Philippines selected SuperGIS Desktop and Analyst Extensions to establish a superior education and research environment to cultivate the first-class personnel for the public infrastructure in the Philippines.