On June 5, 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team transmitted the last command to the Landsat 5 satellite, effectively terminating the mission 29 years, 3 months and 4 days after its launch by NASA from Vandenberg Air Force Base on March 1, 1984. The Landsat program is a joint effort between USGS and NASA.                                     

Landsat 5 had orbited...

Fredericton, NB, Canada – June 17, 2013 – CARIS is pleased to announce its 15th International User Group Conference, CARIS 2014, will be held in Brest, France from June 2 – 5, 2014.

The four-day user group conference will be the world’s largest gathering of CARIS users, providing an invaluable opportunity for new and existing users to congregate. The theme of the conference will...

Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies is presenting their upcoming 10.5 releases at the Riegl UC in Vienna.

“As Orbit GT, we’re keen on supporting any and all mobile mapping systems available on the market“, says Peter Bonne, VP Business Development and Senior Product Manager at Orbit GT. “Presenting our portfolio to the Reigl audience is a great opportunity to get in touch and listen to the...

- Initial implementations valued at over $16M in 2013 -

MANILA, Philippines, June 19, 2013 - From the 12th Southeast Asian Survey Congress in Manila, Intermap Technologies today announces the official launch of its Orion Platform™, the industry's first Software-Driven Spatial Data Platform. The Orion Platform is designed to allow governmental entities to manage a country's entire...

Supergeo Technologies, the leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, partners with RASA Surveying to cooperatively promote SuperGIS software and solutions in the Philippines, helping organizations make crucial and correct decisions using GIS technologies to achieve their operational goals.

 

Headquartered in Quezon City, Metro Manila, RASA Surveying...

Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) will be exhibiting at the Optech, Imaging and LiDAR Solutions Conference (ILSC) in Toronto, Canada from June 25th to 27th. Come visit Blue Marble at booth number 7 for a complete overview of new features in Global Mapper v14.2. Blue Marble's geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used...

Farsi GeoTech, the oldest and biggest map provider in Saudi Arabia, has contributed feature data to the World Topographic Map through Esri's Community Maps Program. This contribution improves the quality and quantity of coverage for Saudi Arabia in Esri's World Topographic Map, one of several free basemap services Esri provides through ArcGIS Online.

Farsi GeoTech's addition to the...

Cyber security for critical infrastructures has become an issue of primary importance to nation states. Policy is playing an increasingly important role alongside the deployment of technical measures. The cornerstone of implementing a viable digital society relies heavily on the concept of ensuring trust in the underlying infrastructure. Energy, telecoms, healthcare, and transport...

DLZ Corporation of Columbus, Ohio, has deployed an automated method of mapping sidewalk and curb ramp accessibility as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The digital mapping technique utilizes a GPS-enabled Apple iPad 2 tablet and the GeoJot+ mobile data collection system from GeoSpatial Experts of Thornton, Colo.

An engineering, architecture and surveying firm with...

Toronto, Canada, June 18, 2013 — Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the imminent release of the Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper™ (Survey Grade), which replaces the Lynx M1 as the flagship model of Optech’s mobile product line. Lynx SG1, a 600-kHz dual sensor head system, raises the bar for...

Richmond, Va. – June 17, 2013 Timmons Group was selected by the City of Naperville, Illinois to provide consulting services for the implementation of Azteca Cityworks Server AMS and maintenance management software.

The City of Naperville is just west of Chicago and home to approximately 145,000 citizens. Ranked as one of the top communities in the United States, Naperville is a...

SpaceCurve Raises $10M Series B Financing Brings Unmatched Performance to Big Data Applications and Services

SEATTLE — June 18, 2013 — SpaceCurve, the creator of a new big data platform designed to meet the increasing volume, velocity and variety demands of data in real time, today announced it has raised a $10M Series B round of financing. The round is led by Triage Ventures with...