Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
LAS VEGAS – More than 100 of the world’s top UAS vendors have signed on to showcase their solutions at the 2019 Commercial UAV Expo Americas, far more than any other commercial drone event in North America. These exhibitors will be displaying cutting-edge airframes, components, software and services as well as end-to-end solutions focused on
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
Cesium and Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) are thrilled to announce the launch of Cesium, a newly independent company and the first spinout company from AGI. The new venture kicks off with a $5 million Series A investment from Falcon Global Capital to fuel the growth of Cesium’s platform enabling software developers and data providers to
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
Europa Technologies has won two awards at the Esri User Conference 2019 in San Diego, California. Both awards were given to a map called “Streets of Gold” which was exhibited at the event’s Map Gallery. The first award received was one of three Cartography Special Interest Group (CartoSIG) Excellence Awards. The second was the prestigious
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
— The American Geographical Society (AGS) has been awarded a grant by Omidyar Network to launch a world-wide conversation on the ethics of geospatial technologies. Designated “EthicalGEO,” this initiative calls on thinkers from all over the world, and all walks of life, to put forward their best ideas about the ethical
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
By combining Building Information Modelling (BIM) with geospatial technologies, Ordnance Survey (OS) is breaking down barriers in Singapore. OS has spent two years in the South East Asian nation championing the use of BIM data and its potential to transform urban planning. Britain’s mapping agency lent its expertise to a project with the University of
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
SAN DIEGO, Esri User Conference – Esri Canada congratulates Alamos Gold for receiving a 2019 Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award. This winner was chosen from thousands of Esri customer organizations worldwide for their effective enterprise implementation of geographic information system (GIS) technology to deliver better services. Alamos Gold manages mineral datasets worldwide, with
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
Four Independent Commissioners will join the Board of the Geospatial Commission alongside its Chair, Sir Andrew Dilnot, and Deputy Chair, Nigel Clifford. Dame Kate Barker, Kru Desai, Edwina Dunn and Steve Unger have been appointed by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Rt Hon David Lidington CBE MP, in consultation with the Chair
Monday, July 15th, 2019
Spun out of the University of South Australia in 2015, Myriota last year raised $15 million through a Series A funding round, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures among the contributors. The Statement of Strategic Intent follows a similar agreement penned between international aerospace company Boeing and the Australian Space Agency in April. Deputy head of the
Monday, July 15th, 2019
RIEGL, an internationally successful manufacturer of LiDAR scanners for surveying applications headquartered in Horn, Austria, is investing heavily in the expansion of production and office space. The continued, worldwide demand for the high-performance sensors allows the company to grow and expand further. RIEGL, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year, is now meeting the rapidly
Monday, July 15th, 2019
The Company’s proprietary and pilot-operated multi-sensor platform will be used to penetrate dense tree canopy and reveal hidden features for infrastructure planning The Company’s patented IRISTM technology will fuse data from a wide variety of sensors, delivering a contiguous and seamless high-resolution model of the environment Derivative applications to advance government objectives will include topographic
