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Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

Supergeo Cooperates with GNSS Solution Provider CHC Navigation

October 27, 2015 — The global GIS total solution provider, Supergeo Technologies Inc., is now building a bridge with the fast-growing GNSS/GPS solution provider, CHC Navigation. SuperSurv, the mobile GIS product of SuperGIS, was selected as the value-added software that could be pre-installed for CHC users.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

Bathymetric Solutions from Teledyne Optech on Display at OI China

October 26, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that Senior Scientist Dr. Viktor Feygels will make a presentation on performing lidar bathymetry in difficult water conditions with the Optech CZMIL Nova at the Oceanology International China (OI China) 2015 Conference and Exhibition, which takes place in Shanghai on November 3-5.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

United States and European Union Sign Cooperation Arrangement on Copernicus Earth Observation Data

October 26, 2015 — The United States and the European Commission signed the “Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement” which will facilitate data sharing from the Copernicus constellation of Sentinel Earth Observation satellites among a broad spectrum of users on both sides of the Atlantic. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space and Health Jonathan Margolis

Monday, October 26th, 2015

DigitalGlobe Appoints Dr. Roger Mason, Jr. to Board of Directors

WESTMINSTER, Colo., October 26, 2015 — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced the appointment of L. Roger Mason Jr., Ph.D., to the DigitalGlobe Board of Directors, effective October 21, 2015.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

BlackArch Partners Advises BlackBridge Corp. on Sale to Planet Labs Inc.

CHARLOTTE, NC, October 26, 2015 — BlackArch Partners (“BlackArch”) is pleased to announce the sale of BlackBridge Corp. (“BlackBridge” or the “Company”) to Planet Labs Inc. (“Planet”).  BlackBridge, headquartered in Lethbridge, Canada, with operations in Berlin, Germany, is a vertically integrated global provider of products and services across the geospatial imaging value chain. 

Monday, October 26th, 2015

Celebrating 15 years

October 26, 2015 — The International Charter Space and Major Disasters celebrates 15 years of free access to the best-available satellite images.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

LizardTech to Exhibit at Texas GIS Forum

SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 26, 2015 — LizardTech®, the creator of MrSID® and provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced today it will exhibit at the Texas GIS Forum in booth number 114 Oct. 26-29, 2015 at the Commons Learning Center at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin, TX.

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

OGC Calls for Participation in Major Interoperability Testbed (Testbed 12)

October 23, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has issued a Request for Quotations/Call for Participation (RFQ/CFP) in the OGC Testbed 12 Interoperability Testbed.

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

MediaMapper Mobile App Displayed at IGAPP

FORT COLLINS, CO, October 23, 2015 — Red Hen Systems, LLC, announced that Bruce Donaldson, the Company’s Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Manager participated on a panel at the Innovative GEOINT Application Provider Program (IGAPP) in St. Louis on October 20, 2015. Donaldson gave a presentation about MediaMapper Mobile, an Android app with extensive utility for

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

Ashcloud Apocalypse Uses Threat of a Mega Volcano to Teach Disaster-Risk Mapping to Students

October 23, 2015 — Giant cracks appear in the streets of London. Lava shoots from the fissures. Cars topple near Big Ben. Fires break out. “First signs of a mega eruption,” announces a promotional video for Ashcloud Apocalypse, an online disaster-risk mapping exercise that thousands of students in the United Kingdom and around the world