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Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Some $180m Needed to Create Next Belarusian-Russian Satellite

About $180 million will be required to create a Belarusian-Russian satellite for the remote sensing of Earth, BelTA learned from Piotr Vityaz, Head of the Office of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Read More at...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

New Bill Aims to Modernize Federal Geospatial Data Collection

Congressman Bruce Westerman introduced the Bipartisan Geospatial Data Act July 27. The bill, co-sponsored by Congressman Seth Moulton, would prevent duplicative data purchases by federal agencies and modernize the collection of data. It would save an untold...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

ISRO Puts ‘Interstellar’ Spacecraft Into Orbit That Can Take Us To Another Star Someday

ISRO, on June 23 had launched the PSLV C38 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota. The launch vehicle mainly carried the 712 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation, but it also had 30 more...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

Bangladesh to Digitally Map Entire Garment Sector in Effort to Ensure Responsible Sourcing

In the continued effort to improve conditions in its garment sector, Bangladesh has undertaken an initiative to digitally map all of its apparel factories. Read More at Sourcing Journal

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

GEO Jobe GIS Consulting Welcomes Eric Goforth as Sr. Front-End Engineer

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - GEO Jobe, Esri business partner and a leading GIS software and geospatial solutions provider and developers of Admin Tools, Mapfolio, and the GEOpowered cloud for ArcGIS, is pleased to welcome Eric Goforth to the...

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

SLCC ‘Rocks It’ With $334K National Science Foundation Geoscience Grant

Salt Lake Community College received a $334,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) aimed at increasing the number and diversity of geology majors and improving their transfer rates. The grant pays SLCC geology majors, known as...

Monday, July 31st, 2017

Microdrones Successfully Completes 10 New BVLOS Test Flights Using Its Standard Solution

ALMA, Quebec - On July 13 and 14, Microdrones completed an exciting series of test flights that extended further than the operator could see – or, as it is referred to in the aviation industry, beyond the visual...

Monday, July 31st, 2017

Icaros and TeAx Announce Integrated Drone Mapping Solution for Radiometric Thermal Capture Sensors

FAIRFAX, Virginia, USA / WILNSDORF, Germany – Icaros Inc., a leading provider of aerial imaging software, is pleased to announce that version 5.1 of OneButton™ Standard and Professional image processing software for unmanned aerial systems (drones) contains...

Monday, July 31st, 2017

BP Honored for Special Achievement in GIS at 2017 Esri International User Conference

REDLANDS, Calif. - BP received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Petroleum Industry Award at the 2017 Esri International User Conference for demonstrating a consistent vision, technical leadership, business action and community outreach on a global stage....

Monday, July 31st, 2017

DroneMapper Chooses Global Mapper for UAV Imagery Processing

Hallowell, Maine - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that Colorado-based DroneMapper has selected Global Mapper to perform the bulk of its data processing workflows. The company employs the software’s intuitive 2D and 3D visualization...