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Monday, February 6th, 2017

Australia Officially Moved 1.8 Meters

As of January 2017, Australia’s coordinates officially moved 1.8 meters northeast, following the launch of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). The first update to Australia’s coordinate system in two decades, GDA2020 is a step toward...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

Expansion of South China Sea Imaging Capabilities

East View Geospatial has expanded its analytic services in the South China Sea for foundation data and satellite imagery. East View now holds authoritative geospatial foundation data from affected states in the South China Sea.  East View...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

CloudSpatial Beta Releases ESRI Geoservices REST Implementation

Announcing the Beta release of CloudSpatial GIS Server - an ESRI Geoservices REST Implementation. CloudSpatial is a drop in replacement for ArcGIS Server that works with all ESRI API's and ArcGIS Desktop. CloudSpatial was created as an...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate GeoPackage 1.2 Standard

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate GeoPackage 1.2 standard. GeoPackage is an open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for transferring geospatial information. It is suitable for use across many domains, from...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

MDA Announces Release of NATURALVUE 2.0

Gaithersburg, MD - MDA Information Systems LLC (MDA), a provider of geospatial and advanced information solutions to government and commercial customers, announces the release of NATURALVUE® 2.0 - the only global, commercially available, cloud-free, seamless mosaic using...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

Continental Mapping Announces Hiring of Pete Briere as General Manager – Civil Works

(Sun Prairie, WI) — Continental Mapping is pleased to bring Pete Briere into our senior management team as General Manager of our Civil Works Division.  Pete has 20 years of experience in the geospatial industry ranging across...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

ENVITIA Launches MapLink Pro 10.0

ENVITIA is proud to announce the release of the next generation of MapLink Pro centred around the theme of speed.  Speed in visualisation of dynamic data, speed in the manipulation of complex spatial data and speed to...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

DigitalGlobe Completes Testing and Calibration of WorldView-4 and Begins Serving the Satellite’s First Direct Access Customer

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, today announced that the WorldView-4 satellite successfully completed in-orbit testing and calibration and began serving its first direct...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

Planet to Acquire Terra Bella from Google

WASHINGTON — Commercial remote sensing company Planet announced Feb. 3 it was acquiring rival Terra Bella from Google for an undisclosed sum, bringing together what the companies believe are complementary capabilities to image the Earth from space....

Monday, February 6th, 2017

Australia has Officially Moved 1.8 Metres

As of January 2017, Australia’s coordinates have officially moved 1.8 metres northeast, following the launch of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). The first update to Australia’s coordinate system in two decades, GDA2020 is a step...