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Friday, January 20th, 2017

URISA 2017 Exemplary Systems in Government Awards Process Opens

Des Plaines, IL -  URISA is pleased to announce the Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards process for 2017. Since 1980, URISA's ESIG Awards have recognized extraordinary achievements in the use of geospatial information technology that have...

Friday, January 20th, 2017

GPSengine Announces New Partnership and Support of fifotrack’s Trackers

GPSengine a leading hosted platform service provider in GNSS, Telematics, IoT and Tracking, today announced a new partnership with fifotrack, adding support for the fifotrack range of tracking devices for use with GPSengine’s platform. Based in Shenzhen,...

Friday, January 20th, 2017

OGC Seeks Public Comment on OGC WaterML 2 – Part 3, Surface Hydrology Features Conceptual Model

The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its WaterML 2 - Part 3, Surface Hydrology Features Conceptual Model. The OGC WaterML 2 - Part 3, Surface Hydrology Features Conceptual Model (HY_Features) is...

Friday, January 20th, 2017

TomTom Acquires Autonomos, a Berlin-Based Autonomous Driving Start-Up

AMSTERDAM — TomTom (TOM2) announced that it has acquired Autonomos, a Berlin-based autonomous driving start-up. The acquisition strengthens TomTom’s position in autonomous driving. Autonomos has provided Research & Development consultancy services for automated vehicle assistance systems and...

Friday, January 20th, 2017

AGI and Bentley Systems Announce Cesium Consortium

EXTON, Pa.- Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) and Bentley Systems are pleased to announce Bentley Systems as a co-founder of the new Cesium Consortium. Cesium is an open source, browser-based virtual globe, first developed by AGI in 2011...

Friday, January 20th, 2017

1Spatial & National Trust Streamline Agricultural Grant Process

Cambridge, UK-  (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial is the global leader in managing geospatial data. When the National Trust migrated to ArcGIS recently, 1Spatial supplied Geocortex Essentials as a solution for creating custom applications on top of the ArcGIS platform....

Friday, January 20th, 2017

Abstract Submissions Invited for 10th National GIS in Transit Conference

Des Plaines, IL – The National Center for Transit Research, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association and the Transportation Research Board are jointly sponsoring the 10th National GIS in Transit Conference, September 6-8, 2017, in Washington, DC....

Wednesday, January 18th, 2017

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Releases Staff Report on BeiDou

China’s development and promotion of its BeiDou satellite navigation system not only has tremendous implications for that country’s government and finances, but this alternative to GPS also presents a variety of implications for the United States, according...

Wednesday, January 18th, 2017

Drones to help Build New Metro Corridors in Mumbai

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is planning to use unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, for the construction of the upcoming Metro rail corridors in the city. Aerial surveys for construction of the DN Nagar-Bandra-Mankhurd...

Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

ISRO Encouraging Entrepreneurs to Access Its Petabytes of Geospatial Data

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has gathered approximately 17 petabytes (17 million GB) of geospatial data, with expectations of having more than 50 petabytes in the next five years. To encourage use of this wealth of...