Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
The American Association of Geographers (AAG) will reconvene its Annual Meeting as a virtual conference April 6-10, in response to restrictions on travel and gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting will offer nearly 180 sessions and panels on topics that include climate change, political and social geographies, the role of geographers as actors in
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
Fugro has signed a 5-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide shoreline mapping services in support of the agency’s Coastal Mapping Program. Issued through NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS), this multi-year contract is NGS’s second consecutive award to Fugro for services such as the
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
MILFORD, Pa.– While the coronavirus pandemic has completely halted progress for many industries, ConnexiCore is helping construction companies find ways to leverage drone technology while protecting the safety of their teams. Large commercial construction projects across the country are using drones for real-time site monitoring to maintain safe social distancing. Inspection-related construction tasks such as site
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
UN to Offer Free Access to Smart Mapping Software During Global Pandemic REDLANDS, Calif. — Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that it will partner with the Statistics Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs to offer its mapping and analytics technology for member states to help access
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Spatial Networks, the creator of Fulcrum, a leading data collection, workflow automation and analytics platform for field operations, today announced that the company has closed additional funding from CIBC Innovation Banking. The funding closely follows the Company Series A round, led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. and Kennet Partners Ltd.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
WASHINGTON – In response to the evolving global regulatory framework and a growing demand for intelligent, safe and secure airspace management capabilities for autonomous systems, ANRA Technologies, a leader in UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities, today announced the release of SmartSkies(TM). A scalable and highly adaptable family of software services that enables coordination, SmartSkies(TM) provides
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
Today, Maptycs (http://www.maptycs.com), an insurtech company that uses geospatial visualization and advanced analytics technology to help insurance professionals better assess property risk exposure, map assets against natural perils, and monitor severe weather events in real-time, announced it had been selected by Intelligent Insurer as a Hot 100 company. Announced in late 2019, the 100 insurtech
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO – Iris Automation today announced the launch of Casia 360 – the first onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution with a 360-degree radial field of view to enable commercial Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The Casia system allows an Unmanned Aircraft System to see and react to the
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
The Airbus built BepiColombo mission will make a fly-by past Earth on 10th April 2020 as it continues on its epic journey to Mercury. The joint European Space Agency and Japanese Space Agency spacecraft will swing past Earth at about 13,000 km away, closer than navigation satellites (GPS, Galileo). It will be BepiColombo’s final glimpse
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
PORTLAND, Ore. – BestPlaces.net, a small firm in Portland Oregon, has released several data sets to help health professionals and policymakers gain insights into how severely COVID-19 might impact counties, metro areas, and states. BestPlaces has amassed an unparalleled collection of data on every city, town, state, metro area, county, and zip code in the U.S.
