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Tuesday, November 29th, 2016

Esri Announces Additional Presenters for Geodesign Summit 2017

Redlands, California—November 29, 2016—Global smart mapping leader Esri today announced that 10 additional speakers have joined the eighth annual Geodesign Summit, to be held January 24–26, 2017, in Redlands, California. The Geodesign Summit is a forum that...

Tuesday, November 29th, 2016

SimActive Enables Processing in the Cloud

Montreal, Canada, November 29th, 2016 – SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that processing in the cloud is now officially supported by Correlator3D™.  Users can subscribe to an online computing service,...

Monday, November 28th, 2016

Indian Space Center Using Drones for Multiple Initiatives

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NE-SAC) is using unmanned aerial system (UAS), or drone, technology for large-scale mapping and real-time assessment and monitoring activities for various applications. NE-SAC designed and assembled...

Monday, November 28th, 2016

what3words Adopted by Six National Mapping Agencies

London – what3words, the multi-award winning location reference system, has today announced that six national mapping agencies have adopted 3-word addresses. Used to input and share locations within national online geoportals, what3words is making it simpler for...

Monday, November 28th, 2016

SIG: Redefining The Stance Of Geoinformatics In India!

India is one of the quickest developing economies and the commitment of Geoinformatics towards development has been massive. Regardless of having increased worldwide acknowledgment at an early stage, Geoinformatics is slowly picking up prominence in the Indian...

Monday, November 28th, 2016

China Made Pakistan’s First Remote Sensing Satellite Launch in 2018

KARACHI: China will construct and launch two remote sensing satellites one each for Venezuela and Pakistan in the coming two years, an industry insider said. Read More at Business Recorder

Monday, November 28th, 2016

Research and Markets – Geospatial Imagery Analytics Market – Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts to 2021 – Key Vendors are Hexagon, Geocento & Google

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Geospatial Imagery Analytics Market - Global Forecast to 2021" report to their offering. The geospatial imagery analytics market is estimated to grow from USD 2.77 Billion in 2016...

Friday, November 25th, 2016

Satellite Tracking Centre ISTRAC Turns 40

ISTRAC, which shot into limelight as the nerve centre of the country's Mars and lunar orbiter missions, has turned 40. The command and tracking centre for Earth observation or remote sensing spacecraft started its journey in September...

Friday, November 25th, 2016

Indonesian Company Amilna Selected SuperGIS Desktop 10 to Process Spatial Data

Supergeo Technologies Inc., the global geospatial software and solutions provider, is pleased to announce that the fully functional GIS software- SuperGIS Desktop 10 was selected by Amilna Komputasi Awan to process spatial data. Located in Jakarta, Indonesia,...

Friday, November 25th, 2016

SpaceX to Launch NASA Ocean-Mapping Satellite

NASA has chosen Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX to launch a satellite that will map the earth's surface water and take high-resolution measurements of the ocean. Read More at Biz Journals