Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
— The American Geographical Society (AGS) has been awarded a grant by Omidyar Network to launch a world-wide conversation on the ethics of geospatial technologies. Designated “EthicalGEO,” this initiative calls on thinkers from...
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
By combining Building Information Modelling (BIM) with geospatial technologies, Ordnance Survey (OS) is breaking down barriers in Singapore. OS has spent two years in the South East Asian nation championing the use of BIM data and its...
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
SAN DIEGO, Esri User Conference – Esri Canada congratulates Alamos Gold for receiving a 2019 Esri Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award. This winner was chosen from thousands of Esri customer organizations worldwide for their effective enterprise...
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
Four Independent Commissioners will join the Board of the Geospatial Commission alongside its Chair, Sir Andrew Dilnot, and Deputy Chair, Nigel Clifford. Dame Kate Barker, Kru Desai, Edwina Dunn and Steve Unger have been appointed by the...
Monday, July 15th, 2019
Spun out of the University of South Australia in 2015, Myriota last year raised $15 million through a Series A funding round, with Boeing HorizonX Ventures among the contributors. The Statement of Strategic Intent follows a similar...
Monday, July 15th, 2019
India’s ambitious second lunar mission, Chandrayaan 2, suffered a jolt in the early hours of July 15 with a technical snag forcing the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to call off the launch for the time being....
Monday, July 15th, 2019
Doha: The Ministry of the Interior, represented by the National Command Center (NCC), received the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award from the prestigious American company in the field of Geographic Information System, ESRI, winning over more...
Monday, July 15th, 2019
A European Vega launcher failed Wednesday night around two minutes after liftoff from French Guiana and fell into the Atlantic Ocean, destroying an Airbus-built surveillance satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Read More at SpaceFlight
Monday, July 15th, 2019
RIEGL, an internationally successful manufacturer of LiDAR scanners for surveying applications headquartered in Horn, Austria, is investing heavily in the expansion of production and office space. The continued, worldwide demand for the high-performance sensors allows the company...
Monday, July 15th, 2019
Russia has successfully launched a new telescope into space, marking a major milestone for the country’s space science program — and potentially paving the way for the mapping of the cosmos at a level of detail never before...
