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Monday, February 16th, 2015

1Spatial announces successful renewal as a G-Cloud supplier and extends offerings on the Digital Marketplace

Cambridge, Feb.16, 2015—1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, is pleased to announce its successful renewal, as a supplier, to The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud framework.

Monday, February 16th, 2015

SPAR International Exhibit Floor 85% Sold with Record Number of New Exhibitors Signed On

Portland, Me., Feb.16, 2015—SPAR Point Group today announced that the SPAR International exhibit floor is over 85% sold, with a record number of new exhibitors signed on for 2015. To date, over 55 leading 3D hardware manufacturers, software suppliers and service providers have signed on to exhibit at the 12th annual event, 16 of which

Monday, February 16th, 2015

Dewberry Selects LP360 for LIDAR Workflows

Huntsville, AL – Feb. 16, 2015– QCoherent Software is pleased to announce that Dewberry has purchased multiple copies of LP360 for use in a variety of LIDAR workflows. Amar Nayegandhi, Associate Vice President and Director of Remote Sensing, oversees LIDAR data processing for Dewberry. Mr. Nayegandhi stated that he had chosen LP360 after evaluating multiple

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

US Senator Introduces New UAS Legislature

Feb., 12, 2015—Senator Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., recently introduced the Safe Skies for Unmanned Aircraft Act of 2015, to support research and the development of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at facilities similar to Grand Forks, North Dakota’s UAS Test Site.

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Earthstar Geographics Releases Arctic Ocean 15-Meter Satellite Imagery Mosaic

Feb. 12, 2015—In response to the rapidly increasing demand for high quality geodata of the Arctic Ocean, Earthstar Geographics LLC (San Diego, CA, USA) has compiled a detailed satellite imagery mosaic of the entire region and released it in map projections optimized for visualizing the northern polar areas. TerraColor satellite imagery, long used by organizations

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Xactware Introduces Remote Sensing Lab

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 12, 2015 — Today, at its sixth annual user conference, Xactware announced the Xactware Remote Sensing Lab, a collaborative industry group dedicated to developing remote sensing technologies specifically for the property industry. Xactware is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business.

Thursday, April 10th, 2014

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 25th Anniversary: Continuing the Crucial Role of NOAA Satellites

By now many of us know the important role of polar-orbiting satellites in providing advanced warning for severe weather, but how about their role during non-weather disasters? Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, when shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef in

Tuesday, April 1st, 2014

Bluesky Launches Green Map of Britain

Aerial mapping company Bluesky has created a brand new map of Britain showing the health of the nation’s forests, fields and parks. Created using special Colour Infrared (CIR) sensors mounted on an aircraft, the Bluesky map compares the ‘green-ness’ of vegetation thereby providing an indicator of health, vitality and even maturity. With vegetation under threat

Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

New Virtual NAPSG Center Supplies Mapping Resources, Expertise to Public Safety Agencies Nationwide

Esri and the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation announced the creation of a new cloud-based, virtual center that will supply public safety and homeland security agencies with valuable tools, resources, and training. The center will connect NAPSG’s public safety community using the Esri ArcGIS Online platform. It will provide responders and commanders

Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

MicroStrategy & Esri Maps, Unleashing the Power of Geospatial Analytics

Please join us for an in-depth webcast that will cover Esri’s partnership with MicroStrategy to bring map-driven analytics to MicroStrategy systems to maximize BI investment. Location-based analytics enables enterprises to gain additional insights into their customers, market opportunities, and growth drivers. By adding geospatial analytics to existing Business Intelligence deployments, companies can empower users to