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Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Trimble Launches New Airborne LiDAR Systems

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced two new additions to its airborne LiDAR portfolio. The Trimble® AX60i and AX80 are highly capable, versatile systems that meet the demands of aerial survey operators for corridor and wide area mapping projects. The new airborne systems, together with flight planning and analysis software tools, have been designed to provide rapid

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Esri Encourages GIS Community to Join CodeAcross 2014

Esri is a proud sponsor of Code for America’s third annual CodeAcross, which will be held February 21–23. This year’s theme, Beyond Transparency, focuses on making open data actionable. Esri is calling on volunteers domestic and international to share their knowledge and expertise during this event to advance open government initiatives.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Linking U.S. and Canadian Border Waters

Clearer views of waters along the U.S. and Canadian border are now possible with new seamless digital maps. These maps make it easier to solve complex water issues that require a thorough understanding of drainage systems on both sides of the International Boundary.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Optech CZMIL HydroFusion Wins 2014 MAPPS Geospatial Award for Technology Innovation

Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems and productivity-enhancing workflow software, is pleased to announce that the Optech CZMIL HydroFusion software solution has won the 2014 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Award for Technology Innovation.

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

NASA Purchases Leica Geosystems Instrumentation for Space Launch System (SLS) Program

When NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) fires up its RS-25 engines for the first launch in 2017, the integrity of the SLS liquid hydrogen tank will be crucial to success. This core stage will be more than 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet, and will store the cryogenic liquid hydrogen and

Friday, February 14th, 2014

1Spatial Announces Immediate Availability of Geocortex Essentials 4.0 in the UK & Ireland

When using ArcGIS® web mapping, Geocortex Essentials helps you do more, faster, at less cost and risk, with better results. On servers and in the cloud, Geocortex Essentials 4 helps you accomplish even more with Esri’s ArcGIS platform.

Friday, February 14th, 2014

National Scenic Trails Added to Washington State Maps

Newly released US Topo maps  for Washington now feature segments of the Pacific Crest and Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trails. Several of the 1,446 new US Topo quadrangles for the state now display parts of the Trails along with other improved layers.

Thursday, February 13th, 2014

UltraCam Eagle Purchased by Italian Company IRS SRL

Italian Remote Sensing srl (IRS) has contracted to purchase an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial photogrammetric camera system with an 80mm lens from Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary.

Thursday, February 13th, 2014

Bluesky Announces Commercial Trials of Airborne Air Quality Mapper

Aerial mapping company Bluesky is launching a service to map air quality across towns and cities. Having successfully completed a project to map air pollution in the city of Leicester Bluesky is seeking new sites in the UK to trial its ground breaking survey technology. Using a world first spectrometer, developed by scientists at the

Thursday, February 13th, 2014

Quantum Spatial Leads Winners in MAPPS Geospatial Product and Services Excellence Awards

Coordinating geospatial projects is no small task, but add 5,000 miles across an ocean, almost continuous cloud cover and difficult terrain and the logistical challenges increase exponentially. By overcoming these challenges, Photo Science Inc., a Quantum Spatial Company (Sheboygan, WI), was recognized for its professionalism and technological ingenuity as the Grand Award recipient of the