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Monday, February 6th, 2017

ILMF 2017: YellowScan Launches YellowScan LiveStation, Real-Time in-Flight LiDAR Station, a Must for Long Endurance and Critical LiDAR flights

Yellowscan is very pleased to announce the launch of the YellowScan LiveStation, enabling Surveyors to monitor in real time the validity and quality of the data being collected, to ensure that the survey is going smoothly: Live...

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

Putting Disease on the Map

Redlands, California—The new edition of Cartographies of Disease: Maps, Mapping, and Medicine from Esri traces the long history of how maps have been used to help unlock the mysteries behind the cause and spread of diseases such...

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

USGIF Accepting Nominations for 2017 Awards Program

The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional work of the global geospatial intelligence tradecraft’s brightest minds and most innovative organizations. The program shines a spotlight on outstanding geospatial intelligence achievements in five categories: academia, community support,...

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

Oncor Upgrades to Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure’s GIS and Network Modelling Solution

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Oncor Electric Delivery Company (Oncor) has selected Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure to deliver geospatial data across the company's operations. Hexagon's geographic information system (GIS) and network modelling solution will coordinate with other business systems to...

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

Rwanda Forges Forward in Drone Mapping Use

After Rwanda made waves in the news early last year for allegedly being the first country to approve drone delivery, people payed attention. The country, with its rolling hills and one of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa...

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

“Satellite Data” War Is Heating up in Southeast Asia

By AsiaToday reporter Jina Koh - The “satellite data” war is heating up in Southeast Asia. It’s because they desperately need satellite data to prepare for natural disasters, internet infrastructure construction and more. Read More at Huffington...

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

Leica Geosystems Wins Prestigious PRISM Award and Geospatial World Innovation Award

Heerbrugg, Switzerland; 2 February 2017 – Leica Geosystems, a global leader of measurement and reality capture technology, today announced it has won both the 2017 PRISM Award for Photonics Innovation and the 2017 Geospatial World Innovation Award....

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

TCarta Marine and Proteus Geo Announce Merger to Provide Comprehensive Bathymetry and Marine Mapping Solutions

DENVER, Colorado, USA – TCarta Marine LLC of Denver, Colo., has merged with Proteus Geo of Oxford, UK, to create a global mapping company that provides bathymetric and marine data sets from the shallow coastal zone out...

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

Siemens and Bentley Systems Agree to Jointly Offer Planning and Design Solutions for Utilities

SAN DIEGO - Building on the strategic alliance between Siemens and Bentley Systems that was made public in November 2016, Siemens’ Energy Management Division and Bentley Systems have announced an agreement to jointly develop solutions to accelerate...

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

New Report Analyzes Myanmar Geology

Getech recently released an in-depth report aimed at providing insight into the geology of Myanmar and the surrounding regions. Exploration teams who have access to this report are expected to benefit from understanding the tectonic and geological...