Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Thrilled to be meeting safely and in-person again, 200 GIS professionals recently convened* in Baltimore, Maryland for GIS-Pro 2021. “Thanks URISA, for putting on the 2021 GIS-Pro conference. I did not realize how disconnected I felt from our community, profession and technology until this week attending GIS-Pro in Baltimore. It was so great seeing my fellow
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
This morning at our Explore 2021 user conference, we announced two major new products: Pelican, a next-generation fleet of satellites for very high resolution imagery that will begin launching next year and be operational in 2023, and Fusion with SAR, a cutting-edge data enhancement to our existing Fusion Monitoring product. When fully operational, the Pelican
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
HELSINKI– ICEYE, the global leader in persistent monitoring of the Earth with radar satellite imaging, today announced the signature of an agreement to become a Contributing Mission to the Copernicus Programme, the largest satellite Earth observation programme in the world. Copernicus services will now receive access to ICEYE’s synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imagery that can be
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
Vantis, North Dakota’s Statewide Unmanned Aircraft Systems Network, has selected a long-term systems integrator to build out this groundbreaking UAS, or drone, infrastructure across the state. Thales, a global technology leader, was one of three aviation giants providing engineering and integration services being evaluated to enable BVLOS UAS flights on Vantis. A state selection committee
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
An industry first, HERE Advanced Real-Time Traffic provides detailed information about turn lane congestion on arterial roads and speeds on roads with high-occupancy vehicle lanes Hamburg, ITS World Congress 2021 – HERE Technologies, the leading location data and technology platform, today announced the launch of its new HERE Advanced Real-Time Traffic service. It introduces new
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
LONG BEACH, Calif.-Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (“Rocket Lab” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading launch provider and space systems company, has today announced it has scheduled two dedicated launches in November for Spaceflight Inc.’s customer, real-time geospatial and global monitoring company BlackSky (NYSE: BKSY). A two-week launch window for Rocket Lab’s 22nd Electron launch will open
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
SAN JOSE, Calif.- Cepton Technologies, Inc., an innovative provider of smart lidar solutions, announced today its membership in the Qualcomm® Smart Cities Accelerator Program. The Qualcomm Smart Cities Accelerator Program brings technologies and companies together to collaborate, innovate, and accelerate the rollout of smart cities and smart connected spaces globally. Cepton believes its presence in this ecosystem
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
PRINGFIELD, Va. – The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) just launched the Demonstration Phase (Phase 4a) of its MagQuest Challenge to develop novel data collection approaches for the World Magnetic Model. The WMM ultimately ensures the accuracy of navigation because it corrects for differences in magnetic forces at a user’s location. The model is used by thousands of systems
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. – As the food and agricultural sector, like many industries, becomes progressively more reliant on data and digital technologies, the development of a highly-trained data-savvy workforce is critical. To meet that need, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has received $500,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
Navigating changes and challenges in surveying industry to enable sailing amidst the new normal HONG KONG SAR – The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) Building Surveying Division hosted the HKIS Building Surveyors Conference 2021 at The Mira Hong Kong today. Themed “Sailing Amidst the New Normal“, the Conference gathered over 300 professionals from various
