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Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

East View Launches MapVault – Online Access to Authoritative Raster Maps

MINNEAPOLIS - November 15, 2016 - East View Geospatial (EVG) has launched MapVault™, a web-based subscription service providing access to a global collection of raster mapping. The scope of the collection that EVG offers is a first for...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Boundless Introduces the World’s Only Open GIS Platform for the Enterprise

November 15, 2016 – New York – Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today introduced the world’s first open GIS ecosystem to unlock the business intelligence of location-based data. In response to market demand for more open...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

New GNSS weather data sets from TechDemoSat-1

New weather datasets, which could prove highly valuable for weather forecasting and for longer term climate monitoring, have just been made available from the Space GNSS Receiver-Remote Sensing Instrument (SGR-ReSI) instrument on board TechDemoSat-1, a small technology...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

USGIF to Provide GEOINT 101 Presentation to Elementary School Students

Herndon, Virginia — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) created a “GEOINT 101” presentation to share with 50 fifth grade students at Moorefield Station Elementary School in Ashburn, Va., Nov. 16 in celebration of international GIS...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports Launch of WorldView-4 Commercial Earth Observation Satellite

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), successfully supported the launch of WorldView-4, DigitalGlobe’s newest high-accuracy, high-resolution imaging satellite. The mission was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Map Your World on GIS Day 2016

REDLANDS, Calif.- Smart mapping company Esri today announced the 18th annual GIS Day will take place on November 16, 2016. The day is a celebration of geographic information systems (GIS) technology and unites the geospatial community in...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Acquires The GeoInformation Group

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Verisk Analytics, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, announced the acquisition of The GeoInformation Group, a leader in the field of geographic data solutions based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. "This acquisition expands...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Sanborn Inks Major Mapping Deal With USGS

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.- The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has won a Geospatial Products and Services Contracts (GPSC) award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that allows the agency to negotiate task orders with Sanborn during the next...

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

State to Roll Out Joint Action Plan with Isro

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government is set to roll out a joint action plan with the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) to help various departments utilise space technology and develop geospatial applications.  Read More at Times of India

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016

Seoul to Decide Google’s Request for Map Data Next Week

The South Korean government will make a decision next week whether to allow global giant Google Inc. to export government-supplied map data outside the country, a government official said Sunday. Read More at Korea Herald