Grounded flights due to the coronavirus pandemic is resulting in far fewer aircraft weather observations and less access to repair remote weather stations.
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Iris Automation announces Casia 360, the first onboard detect-and-avoid system for drones with 360-degree capability
The Casia system allows an Unmanned Aircraft System to see and react to the aviation environment around the aircraft. Casia 360 detects other aircraft in all directions, uses computer-vision algorithms to classify them, makes intelligent decisions about the threat they may pose to the drone, then triggers an alert to the pilot in command and automated maneuvers to safely avoid collisions.
Casia is a combination of both hardware and software that is lightweight, low power and small in size. The low SWaP system is composed of two onboard controllers and five long-range optical cameras providing a 360-degree field of view. The software is packaged in a self-contained embedded supercomputer that works with the machine vision cameras onboard.
"Casia 360 allows a drone to have a complete sense of its surroundings so it can avoid potential collisions from any direction," said Iris Automation CEO Alexander Harmsen. "We developed this...
New Capital Brings 2020 Fundraising Total to $47M.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Spatial Networks, the creator of Fulcrum[1], a leading data collection, workflow automation and analytics platform for field operations, today announced that the company has closed additional funding from CIBC Innovation Banking. The funding closely follows the Company Series A round, led by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. and Kennet Partners Ltd. that was announced in January 2020. The new funding brings the total amount raised in 2020 to $47M.
The funding will primarily be used to scale the company's sales and marketing capabilities, accelerate its product development roadmap, and further expand the Fulcrum platform into international markets.
"The funding from CIBC Innovation Banking serves as another proof point for the strong demand for low-code applications that streamline data collection and deliver AI-based workflow automation for mobile workforces," said Jim Grady, CEO, Spatial Networks. "With nearly $50M raised in three months, Spatial Networks is uniquely positioned to lead the market in 2020 and beyond."
"We are proud to be working with an innovative company that is transforming the way field workers gather information," said Mark McQueen, President and Executive Managing Director, CIBC Innovation Banking....
Intelligent Insurer Names Maptycs as an InsurTech Company Making Tangible and Positive Difference in the Insurance Industry
NEW YORK, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, Maptycs ( http://www.maptycs.com[1]), an insurtech company that uses geospatial visualization and advanced analytics technology to help insurance professionals better assess property risk exposure, map assets against natural perils, and monitor severe weather events in real-time, announced it had been selected by Intelligent Insurer as a Hot 100 company. Announced in late 2019, the 100 insurtech firms were chosen based on each company's ability to make a tangible and positive difference to aspects of the risk transfer industry globally, according to Intelligent Insurer.
"We are thrilled to have been included in the Hot 100 InsurTech list," said Jacqueline Legrand, Founder and CEO of Maptycs. "As the world continues to face greater levels of risk including pandemics like the novel coronavirus, technologies built on big data analytics like Maptycs are crucial in helping insurance companies gain actionable insights. The explosion in volume of external risk data now enables businesses to monitor and mitigate the impacts of large-scale events as they unfold, and more effectively assess the effectiveness of their response efforts in real-time. As an example, several Maptycs clients currently use our cloud-based Geographic Information System to track COVID-19...
Woolpert was recognized for the company's achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, helping joint customers deploy and optimize their location-based services.
DAYTON, Ohio, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Woolpert today announced that it has received the 2019 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year Award for Location-Based Services.
Woolpert[1] was recognized for the company's achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, helping joint customers deploy and optimize their location-based services, developing an online customer assistance system and cloud information portal, more than doubling its staff to support customer needs and supporting all location-based data efforts with its extended geospatial team.
The firm, which has been a Google Cloud Partner since 2015, was awarded this honor and the Google Cloud Partner Award for Customer Success in Google Maps Platform in 2018. Woolpert Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer Jon Downey said Woolpert is honored to work with Google Cloud and provide a heightened level of products and services to the teams' joint customers.
"We thought this would be a natural partnership, joining the world leader in customer-facing location-based services with one of the first global geospatial mapping firms, but it has far exceeded our expectations," Downey said. "It has given us the ability to create products and provide support specific to...
Building upon years of successful international experience, ANRA's best in class UTM software technology is ready to deploy at airports and sensitive airspace locations around the world.
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In response to the evolving global regulatory framework and a growing demand for intelligent, safe and secure airspace management capabilities for autonomous systems, ANRA Technologies[1], a leader in UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities, today announced the release of SmartSkies(TM). A scalable and highly adaptable family of software services that enables coordination, SmartSkies(TM) provides execution and management of drone operations in controlled and uncontrolled airspace. SmartSkies(TM) CTR[2] specifically addresses airspace management for Airport Control Zones and other sensitive airspace.
"We are proud to announce an addition to our family with the launch of SmartSkies(TM) CTR," said Amit Ganjoo, CEO and Founder of ANRA Technologies. "ANRA is addressing an immediate need with our cutting edge technology that meets today's regulatory requirements. Now is the time to start implementing these capabilities for Airport Controlled Zones and other sensitive areas."
Automated Airport Controlled Zone Access
SmartSkies(TM) allows drone pilots to obtain approval for drone operations within controlled or sensitive airspace using a simple mobile application or web portal. It provides real-time, automated processing of airspace authorizations based on criteria...
BestPlaces.net, a small firm in Portland Oregon, has released several data sets to help health professionals and policy makers gain insights into how severely COVID-19 might impact counties, metro areas and states.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BestPlaces.net, a small firm in Portland Oregon, has released several data sets to help health professionals and policymakers gain insights into how severely COVID-19 might impact counties, metro areas, and states. BestPlaces has amassed an unparalleled collection of data on every city, town, state, metro area, county, and zip code in the U.S. and is sharing their work to fight the Coronavirus.
In creating the Coronavirus Risk Assessment Toolkit (CRAT), the data team at BestPlaces assembled statistics for a variety of health resources and risk factors that can be used in forecasting models, geographic information systems (GIS) or spreadsheets. The CRAT seamlessly covers the entire United States, with comparable data on all 51 states, 383 metropolitan areas, 3143 counties, and a special table focused on rural counties.
Anyone can view the data set online[1] and copy the data for their own analysis.
Here are the metrics of the Toolkit, which have been identified by the health community as key resources or risk factors affecting the impact of...
DAYTON, Ohio, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Woolpert[1] and Esri[2] have partnered to develop a free, user-friendly application to help airports enter, track and submit reimbursable expenses to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The FEMA Reimbursement Toolkit[3] is accessible via desktop, tablet or mobile device. It will support all FEMA-related reimbursements, including COVID-19 costs, to repay 75 cents on the dollar for approved expenditures.
The application provides support and guidance in the completion of necessary reimbursement forms and includes an ArcGIS dashboard to provide descriptions, dates, locations, labor hours, materials used, equipment used, vendors, invoices, receipts, pictures, signatures, contractors if applicable, etc., as needed. The app calculates the value of each task and the reimbursement amount to be received, while aggregating, documenting and saving submissions for each airport. It also can serve the needs of municipalities and other business partners.
"This type of technology application will help airports recover desperately needed resources," said Jeff Mulder, A.A.E, Woolpert senior consultant. "From my experience as an airport director, dealing with everything from irregular operations to industry-changing events, robust data collection is required to help with recovery and to ensure lessons are learned moving forward."
Woolpert Geospatial Program Director Ed Copeland said the...
CartoVista shares an informative coronavirus map of North America to inform people on the effects of COVID-19 at the local level
Canada's cases of coronavirus have now reached five digits, and the United States has officially surpassed the 200 thousand mark. As numbers increase and people look for more sources of information, CartoVista[1] is sharing this coronavirus map[2] to highlight essential statistics in communities around North America. This map includes:
The map is updated twice a day and allows users to explore data through interactive tables and graphs that help focus on specific locations or topics of interest. As the crisis continues, and the number of cases around the world rises, CartoVista is seeking to help people stay informed and make wise choices. This initiative was launched to remind people to #StayHome and #StaySafe during these trying times.
For more information on this map and how...
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