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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Qualcomm Invests to Solve One of Drone Industry’s Biggest Challenges

September 23, 2015 —Murky FAA regulations could be limiting commercial adoption of drones, but the real challenge may be limited battery life.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

New Chief Finance Officer and HR Director Join Ordnance Survey

September 23, 2015 — Ordnance Survey is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to its Senior Executive Management team. Clive Mosey joins OS as Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Will Davies joins the mapping agency as HR Director (HRD).

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

IC Measure: Free Software for On-Screen Measurement and Image Capture

September 23, 2015 — The Imaging Source, international manufacturer of machine vision cameras and software, has just introduced its new software for on-screen measurement and image capture, IC Measure.

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

Global Mapper V17 Released with New Multi-View Interface and Enhanced Cartographic Layout Tools

Hallowell, Maine, September 23, 2015 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the availability of Global Mapper version 17. This major release offers numerous new and improved geospatial tools, functional upgrades, and performance improvements throughout all areas of the application.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Geographic Information Systems Core to Utilities’ Enterprise IT Strategies, According to New IDC MarketScape

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., — In a new IDC MarketScape report, IDC Energy Insights found that with the advances in data management, Web, mobile, and integration technologies, utilities are renewing their interest in geographic information systems (GIS) software as a means to leverage geographic information for business execution rather than just asset design.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Copernicus – What Happened

September 22, 2015 — Using satellites to predict plant and crop diseases is just one of the fresh ideas produced over a week-long camp dedicated to creating mobile apps using Earth observation data.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Forestry Applications for Teledyne Optech Airborne Lidar at SilviLaser 2015

September 22, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that our academic partners will give exciting presentations on the use of Teledyne Optech lidar systems for forestry applications at the SilviLaser 2015 conference running from September 28th to 30th in La Grande Motte, France.

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

East View Geospatial Acquires Rights to Senegalese Maps and Data

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA, September 22, 2015 — East View Geospatial (EVG) has obtained the rights to Senegal’s nationally produced maps and data, through a partnership agreement with Senegal’s National Mapping Agency (NMA); Agence Nationale de l’Aménagement du Territoire (ANAT).

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Details of General Atomics’ Major Announcement to Take Place at the 2015 UAS Summit

Grand Forks, ND, September 22, 2015 — UAS Magazine  is hosting the 9th annual UAS Summit, the upper Midwest’s premier unmanned aircraft systems event produced by UAS Magazine, in collaboration with the Red River Valley Research Corridor. The 2015 agenda is focused on both small and large unmanned aircraft systems – featuring industry and military

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015

Thermal Camera Maker Flir is Betting on Drones with New Product

September 22, 2015 — Inspecting solar panels, fighting fires and helping farmers manage crops: these are all jobs that thermal imaging camera producer Flir FLIR, -0.18% Systems Inc. envisions could be done by drones — with the help of its new, professional-grade camera.