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Thursday, March 1st, 2018

Esri’s CityEngine Used to Create Oscar-Nominated Effects in “Blade Runner 2049”

March 1, 2018—Esri Canada today announced that Framestore, a visual arts studio with a presence in Montréal, Québec, has received a nomination for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Designers at Framestore used Esri’s CityEngine application to recreate portions of the City of Las Vegas, Nevada as seen in the movie “Blade Runner

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Leica Geosystems Introduces New Laser Distance Meters

(Heerbrugg, Switzerland) – Leica Geosystems, industry leader in measurement technology, announced today the new Leica DISTO™ X3 and X4, the latest distance metres for construction sites. The new laser distance meters withstands drop tests from a height of 2 metres, are dust- and water-protected (IP 65) and therefore suitable for rugged job site conditions. Thanks

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Kratos Delivers Virtual Machine-Based Satellite Ground Communications Architecture for Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)

SAN DIEGO – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its subsidiary, Kratos RT Logic, delivered a virtual machine software satellite ground communications solution that commands the payload of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) SATCOM satellites.  Boeing’s Global SATCOM Configuration Control Element (GSCCE) Evolution program chose

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Twenty Districts Responsible for One-Fourth of Germany’s Stationary Retail Turnover

Bruchsal – GfK’s latest prognosis of regional retail turnover in 2018 shows promising conditions for retail locations not just in Germany’s most populous metropolises, but also in several mid-sized cities. GfK’s study “GfK Retail Turnover 2018” forecasts a 2018 turnover volume of €419.7 bil. for Germany’s stationary retail trade. This equates to a slight nominal

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Ball Aerospace Teams with BAE Systems to Provide Advanced Network Communications for the U.S. Navy

BOULDER, Colo. – Ball Aerospace will deliver multi-beam phased array antenna systems as part of a contract win by BAE Systems for the U.S. Navy Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) System. The NTCDL system enables multiple simultaneous, high-bandwidth communications links, which greatly enhance current mission capability and ship protection, allowing for a future sensor

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Code for Africa and Radiant.Earth Aim to Grow Data Journalism in Africa

Code for Africa, the continent’s largest federation of civic technology and data journalism labs, and Radiant.Earth, a non-profit advocating for open geospatial data for positive global impact, announced their partnership to harness open Earth imagery and tools for improved decision-making as well as better insight and transparency. Their combined efforts will focus on research for

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

South African Nautical Charts Now Available from EVG

MINNEAPOLIS – February 27, 2018 – East View Geospatial (EVG) is pleased to announce that it has expanded its nautical chart offerings via an agreement with the South African Navy Hydrographic Office (SANHO). This agreement makes EVG an official distributor of SANHO’s original paper charts – the only paper distributor located within the USA. The South

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

gvSIG 2.4, New Version of gvSIG Open Source GIS is Now Available

gvSIG Desktop 2.4, the new version of the open source Geographic  Information System, is now available. You can access both the gvSIG Desktop 2.4 installable and portable versions from the download section of the project website , with distributions available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. This new version is released with a lot

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

GEO Jobe to share “The Power of GIS, Simplified” at the 2018 Esri Partner Conference and DevSummit

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – GEO Jobe is pleased to announce the team will be attending and exhibiting once again at the 2018 Esri Partner Conference (March 3-5) and the Esri DevSummit (March 6-9) at the Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, CA. The GEO Jobe team will be represented by executives and developers from the company’s

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Envitia Appoints Nabil Lodey as CEO

Envitia Group PLC, the leading provider of geospatial technology and solutions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nabil Lodey as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect. Nabil has over 20 years of leading innovative organisations, most recently in the Internet of Things (IoT) software market. John Massey, the founder and Chairman of Envitia,