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Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

SkyWatch Raises Seed Financing of $4M CAD [$3.2M USD] to Bring Satellite Data to the Mass Market

WATERLOO, Ontario - SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. (“SkyWatch”), a Waterloo-based startup, announced today it has raised $4M CAD to continue the development of the world’s largest aggregation and distribution platform for satellite data. Their innovative...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

DroneDeploy Launches New Cloud-Based Drone Software for Roofing Industry

SAN FRANCISCO - DroneDeploy, the leading drone mapping software platform in the world, today announced the launch of a drone solution for the roofing industry that automatically generates accurate and comprehensive roof analytics. For the first time,...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

HP Launches the World’s Most Secure Large Format Printers for GIS Mapping

PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP Inc. today introduced HP DesignJet T1700 printers, next-generation 44-inch solutions for CAD and geographic information system (GIS) workgroups to produce highly accurate documents and maps with powerful processing and a new level...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

SkyPixel Unveils The Best Aerial Photos of 2017

SHENZHEN, China - SkyPixel, the world's most popular aerial photography community run in cooperation with DJI, today announced the winners of its 2017 Photo Story Contest. The contest, which ran from October to December 2017, received over...

Monday, February 5th, 2018

Indonesia’s Geospatial Information Agency Announces Winner of US$ 1 Million Peatland Mapping Prize

The Indonesian Government’s Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) announced the winners of the Indonesian Peat Prize on the World’s Wetlands Day yesterday. Read More at OpenGovAsia

Monday, February 5th, 2018

Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Launches UAE-Made KhalifaSat

DUBAI - Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai, launched the domestically manufactured satellite KhalifaSat on Saturday. Read More at Kuna

Monday, February 5th, 2018

Russia, Japan and China Launch Satellites in Back-to-Back Missions

Three different rockets - one each from Russia, China and Japan - launched satellites into orbit over three days in back-to-back-to-back space missions. Read More at Space.com

Monday, February 5th, 2018

MapmyIndia Unveils Smart Mobility Platform

India: MapmyIndia has unveiled the new, comprehensive MapmyIndia Smart Mobility Platform, designed to address the emerging challenges of the Automotive Industry for both personal and commercial customers. MSMP will be showcased during the Auto Expo 2018 (Feb...

Monday, February 5th, 2018

ISRO to Set Up Knowledge Centre in the Indian City of Thiruvananthapuram

India: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will work with the state govt. of Kerala to set up a knowledge centre in Thiruvananthapuram. The decision was taken following a meeting between ISRO chief Dr. K. Sivan and chief minister Pinarayi...

Thursday, February 1st, 2018

Orbit GT Releases 3D Mapping Content Manager v18

Orbit GT is happy to release the new 3D Mapping Content Manager v18. “The Content Manager is arguably the most unique yet extremely powerful product in our 3D Mapping portfolio,”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT....