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Thursday, October 27th, 2016

NB 911 Bureau Receives Award of Excellence in GIS

FREDERICTON, Esri Canada User Conference  – Esri Canada today presented the NB 911 Bureau, a branch of the New Brunswick Department of Justice and Public Safety, with an Award of Excellence for its outstanding use of geographic...

Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

Telit Launches New Ultra-Low-Power, High-Sensitivity GNSS Module

NEW DELHI: The global enabler of IoT solutions, Telit has launched its SE873Q5, an ultra-low-power, high-sensitivity GNSS module with very small physical dimensions, completely compatible with its popular SE873 module. Telit says that its new module leverages...

Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

City of Tucker Launches New GIS Platform from InterDev

InterDev, an Atlanta-area provider of information technology, security and geographic information (GIS) services, today announced the City of Tucker has launched its new GIS platform and accompanying CITYMAP web application. The City’s GIS solution is powered by...

Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

OGC Requests Comments on Proposed Quality of Service and Experience DWG

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) requests comments on the charter for a proposed Quality of Service and Experience (QoSE) Domain Working Group (DWG). Spatial data now plays a critical role in the smooth functioning of contemporary society....

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

NOAA Invests $6 Million to Speed Use of New Research and Technologies to Improve Severe Weather Forecasts

NOAA Research today announced $6 million in funding to get scientific and technological advances from the government and academia to NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) more rapidly, improving severe weather and water hazards forecasting. “NOAA has sharpened...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

GeoXphere Launches at Intergeo to Bring Low-Cost Airborne Sensors and Cloud GIS Together

GeoXphere, a new UK-based company has launched this month with the support of airborne hardware manufacturer WaldoAir (USA) and aerial survey and solutions provider Getmapping (UK). The aim is to bring together the revolutionary airborne survey sensor,...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

EuroGeographics Announces New Management Board

EuroGeographics has announced a new Management Board comprising senior representatives from Europe’s National Mapping, Cadastre and Land Registry Authorities. During the Association’s 2016 General Assembly in Budapest, Hungary, members elected Anne Cathrine Frøstrup, Norwegian Mapping Authority; Konstantin...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

Sanborn Completes Kentucky County Aerial Project

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —   The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has completed a project for Boone County GIS (BCGIS), Burlington, Ky., comprising the acquisition and delivery of oblique imagery and orthoimagery for the 256-square-mile county. Geospatial and...

Tuesday, October 25th, 2016

OriginGPS Elevates Drone Navigation with Streamlined Module+Software Integration

AIRPORT CITY, Israel — OriginGPS, one of the leading manufacturers of miniature Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) modules, announced today the launch of three new products built on the flash-based SiRFstar V from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. This...

Monday, October 24th, 2016

Satellite Captures Kathmandu and Greater Nepal Overcoming 2015 Earthquake

The European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel satellite captured this false-color image of part of Nepal, including its capital city, Kathmandu, and the Himalayan foothills. Vegetation appears red, while waterways and buildings appear light green and blue....