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Monday, July 17th, 2017

First Taiwan-Developed Satellite to Launch on August 25

TAIPEI — FORMOSAT-5 (福爾摩沙衛星五號), the first entirely domestically developed satellite operated by Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO,國家太空中心) was packaged and shipped to the U.S. Saturday for the launch by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket August 25 (Taiwan Time) in California, reports said.  Read More...

Monday, July 17th, 2017

GSDI Small Grant Program Awards Announced

The GSDI Association’s call for proposals for the Small Grants Program 2017 stimulated 31 proposals from 27 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North and South America, covering a wide range of SDI and GI/GIS related project work....

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Learn More About Maptitude for Redistricting at the NCSL Annual Conference

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) - The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Annual Conference will be held August 6-9, 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts (USA). NCSL is the only national organization to represent state legislatures in the United States...

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Esri and NXN Partner to Create Smart Cities Internationally

Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, is partnering with NXN (formerly neXgen), a leading smart city consulting and digital service provider in the Middle East and Africa. Through this collaboration, NXN will augment its Smart City...

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Trimble and Propeller Aero Collaborate to Deliver Professional Quality Unmanned Aircraft System Workflows

SUNNYVALE, Calif.- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it is collaborating with Propeller Aero to distribute its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) analytics platform. Propeller, based in Sydney and Denver, is a leader in the advanced collection, visualization...

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Singapore Land Authority’s New ‘Singapore Advanced Map’ to Set New Benchmark

The Singapore Land Authority’s National 3D Mapping project gains ground with the recent unveiling of the new “Singapore Advanced Map” at the Esri Imaging and Mapping Forum in San Diego, CA. A recognized best practice institution for...

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Bluesky Launches Nationwide Map of Building Heights

Aerial mapping company, Bluesky, has launched the first nationwide map providing accurate height measurement for around 40 million buildings across Britain. Created from a combination of remote sensing surveys, including data from aircraft mounted lasers (LiDAR), the...

Friday, July 14th, 2017

MAPPS Celebrates 35th Anniversary

Reston, VA - July 12, marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of MAPPS, the national association of photogrammetry, mapping, and geospatial firms. It was on July 12, 1982 that a group of visionary firm owners gathered at...

Friday, July 14th, 2017

Ramboll Honoured with International Award for Special Achievement in Use of Geographic Information (GIS)

Ramboll received the Special Achievement Award (SAG) from Esri, the global American company responsible for the GIS system, for Ramboll’s success in developing and promoting the application of GIS (geographic information system) throughout its business. This is...

Friday, July 14th, 2017

SuperSurv 10 Selected for Coastal Protection in Thailand

Supergeo is delighted to announce that the cutting-edge mobile GIS app- SuperSurv 10 has been selected by a government agency that is in charge of protecting marine and coastal resources in Thailand for spatial data collection. The...