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Friday, October 30th, 2015

Contracting With and Between UAS Operators White Paper Published by Global Aerospace, Inc. and Dentons

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Oct. 30, 2015 — Numerous businesses today are choosing to outsource their drone operations to professional operators. This is one of the significant observations in a new white paper, “Contracting With and Between UAS Operators” published this week by Global Aerospace, a leading international aviation and aerospace insurance provider, and Dentons, an international

Friday, October 30th, 2015

Global Aerial Imaging Market(Energy, Geospatial Technology, Natural Resources Management, Construction, and Defense) Analysis and Forecast by 2020

Albany, NY, October 30, 2015 —   This research report titles “Aerial Imaging (Energy, Geospatial technology, Natural resources management, Construction, and Defense) Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2014 – 2020” provides analytical insights on the ‘global aerial imagery market’ for various parameters including end-use industry, and application of aerial

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

what3words Delivers 3 Word Addresses to Esri ArcGIS Platform

October 29, 2015 — what3words announced today that it will be providing its innovative 3 word address and location reference system to the ArcGIS platform. what3words is an Emerging Business Partner in the Esri Startup Program, a three-year program designed to empower small companies to solve big problems with the use of geospatial technology.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

Huerta Announces UAS Registration Task Force Members

October 29, 2015 — Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta today announced the membership of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force. Earl Lawrence, Director of the FAA’s UAS Integration Office, and Dave Vos of Google X will co-chair the group.  

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

DigitalGlobe Expands Partnership with Mapbox to Provide Access to 30 cm Imagery Basemaps

WESTMINSTER, Colo., October 29, 2015 —DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced an expanded partnership agreement with Mapbox that will make 30 cm imagery basemaps of hundreds of cities and areas of interest around the world available to users of the Mapbox platform.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

First Dates

October 29, 2015 — So, the Climate.gov editors wanted me to write about first dates. Well, I spilled spaghetti sauce all over myself and got a speeding ticket. Then we saw The Princess Bride.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

Bit Stew Systems Expands Data-Driven Automation in IIoT through New Partnership with Esri

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29, 2015 —Today at Utility Analytics Week, Bit Stew Systems, a leader in Software Defined Operations for the Industrial Internet, announced a new partnership extending the power of Bit Stew’s MIx Core™ platform and MIx Director Suite™ by integrating with Esri.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

Gap Wireless Distributing Sentera LLC Drones and Image Management Solution to Canadian Telecom Providers

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Oct. 289 2015 — Gap Wireless, a leading Canadian company distributing products and services for the mobile broadband and Test & Measurement markets, today announced it has added Sentera LLC UAVs (drones) and big data management software solutions to its extensive product inventory. Sentera’s recently introduced OnTop™ Platform for desktop and mobile applications

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

David Willetts Joins SSTL’s Board as a Non-Executive Director

October 29, 2015 — David Willetts, former UK Minister for Science and Universities, has joined the Board at Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) as a non-Executive Director.

Thursday, October 29th, 2015

eeGeo Launches Global 3D Mapping Platform to Visualise Location-Based Services and Interiors

Dundee & London, UK, October 29, 2015 — eeGeo, the UK-based 3D mapping company, today launched its geospatial meta-mapping platform which enables organisations to build interactive mobile applications to deliver content and location-based information. The eeGeo platform enables businesses across a range of sectors to easily visualise complex data sets on a geospatially accurate representation of the