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Friday, January 6th, 2017

GDU Revolutionizes Drone Industry with Universal Flying Platform Gimbal Line

LAS VEGAS — GDU, the leading consumer drone manufacturer focusing on power and portability, today officially launched a new line of interchangeable camera gimbals for different needs and specific uses. Not only was GDU (then named ProDrone)...

Friday, January 6th, 2017

Quanergy and Civil Maps Announce Integrated Solution to Power Advanced Real-Time Localization and Mapping for Self-Driving Vehicles

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Quanergy Systems, Inc., the leading provider of LiDAR sensors and smart sensing solutions, today announced a new integrated solution with Civil Maps, an autonomous vehicle software company providing cognition for cars. Quanergy’s innovative LiDAR...

Friday, January 6th, 2017

MapQuest Relaunches Popular Multi-Stop Route Planner

DENVER —   MapQuest ( mapquest), a pioneer in the digital mapping category, recently announced the relaunch of its popular Route Planner, a patented technology that simplifies the process of creating, optimizing and manipulating complex routes with multiple...

Friday, January 6th, 2017

GDU Launches the Open Platform Partner Program for New Drone Development

LAS VEGAS —  GDU, the leading consumer drone manufacturer focusing on power and portability, today officially announced that the company launched the Open Platform Partner Program to encourage participation with partners for new and exciting modular accessories...

Friday, January 6th, 2017

2017-2018 URISA Vanguard Cabinet Members Announced

Des Plaines, IL - URISA is pleased to announce the newest members of its Vanguard Cabinet. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a URISA initiative (which debuted in 2011) to engage young GIS practitioners, increase their numbers in the organization,...

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

China Launches Two Remote-Sensing Satellites, Orbits May Not Last Months

On Dec. 28, 2016, China launched a pair of high-resolution remote-sensing satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in Shanxi Province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The satellites, SuperView-1 01/02, were launched on a Long March 2D...

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

China-Launched Earth-Imaging Satellites Reach Below-Planned Orbits Due to Rocket Failure

Two recently launched Chinese commercial Earth-imaging satellites are currently orbiting below their intended altitude due to a suspected rocket mishap and might re-enter the atmosphere within months, Spaceflight Now reported Wednesday. Read Now at Executive GOV

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

Avenza MAPublisher Now Features ArcGIS Online Integration within Adobe Illustrator

Toronto, ON - Avenza Systems Inc., producers of the Avenza Maps app for mobile devices and geospatial plug-ins for Adobe Creative Cloud, including Geographic Imager® for Adobe Photoshop®, is pleased to announce the highly anticipated integration of...

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

Woolpert Contracted to Collect Orthoimagery for Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Woolpert has been contracted to acquire high-resolution orthoimagery for the entire state of Ohio, which is roughly 41,276 square miles, by the Ohio Geographically Referenced Information Program (OGRIP). This project is the third iteration...

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

Maproom Plugs in CyberCity 3D Cities to 3ds Max

El Segundo, CA - Maproom, a powerful plug-in invented by Netherlands-based software developer Klaas Nienhuis, now enables users to create streamlined 3D city models quickly and easily in Autodesk’s 3ds Max®.  Nienhuis developed Maproom to make it...