GREENBELT, MD (July 9th, 2019) – Orbit Logic has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop the MinAu System - an advanced multi-vehicle mission planning, scheduling, and response system for the maritime environment. MinAu addresses current and future mission needs by employing teams of autonomous, cooperative, agent-based vehicles of differing types. Through collaboration strategies, these teams can be highly effective in maximizing mission effectiveness in dynamic environments (where conditions may not be known until the team is deployed). MinAu accomplishes this flexibility through a combination of comprehensive up-front mission planning and onboard autonomous response capabilities. The solution has been adapted from Orbit Logic’s high-heritage COTS space mission planning software.

Our STTR team includes the University of Colorado Boulder’s (CU’s) Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles (RECUV) and the University of California San Diego’s (UCSD’s) MUlti-Agent RObotics (MURO) lab.

MinAu Architecture: System-Level Process Flow and Data Exchange

Phase I efforts resulted in an initial prototype of the MinAu solution that demonstrated its effectiveness through several relevant multi-vehicle collaborative mission scenarios played out in simulation.

During Phase II of the STTR, the team will be collaborating with the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific Command to integrate MinAu with vehicles in NIWC’s Heterogeneous Autonomous Mobile...

New release delivers one platform to manage drone operations, capture all media types, and analyze data

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2019 — (PRNewswire) — DroneDeploy, the leading drone software company, announced today a major expansion across its products, making it a single platform for all drone operations. The launch includes automated drone fleet management, enhanced workflow integrations, a low-altitude inspection mode, and advanced analytic capabilities.

"Today's product launch is a reflection of the demand from our customers for a complete enterprise-grade drone operating system," said DroneDeploy Chief Executive Officer and co-founder Mike Winn. "We have customers with fleets of 100+ drones looking for a single enterprise platform for their entire drone program, and we believe this launch will reshape how they manage their drone operations and data."

DroneDeploy's new product release includes:...

• Drone Operations Management: Record all flight activity automatically, in one platform, providing full visibility of your entire drone program, including highlighted flight settings, maximum altitude, and speed.
• Workflow Integrations: Customers can now sync DroneDeploy with their preferred document storage or project management applications, including Autodesk, Procore, Bluebeam, Plangrid, and OneDrive.
• Inspection with Manual Flight: Customers can now fly in manual mode, allowing the flexibility to explore however they wish, including low-altitude inspections and custom photos and

Scalable and Flexible Access to Professional GNSS Positioning-as-a-Service

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 9, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —  Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB^[1]) announced today its Trimble^® Catalyst^™ software-defined Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for Android™ phones and tablets is now available with a usage-based service plan—Trimble Catalyst On Demand. The new service plan is focused on satisfying the requirements of a growing number of industries and organizations who recognize the benefits of using high-accuracy GNSS technology in the field, but need a more flexible payment model.

Trimble Catalyst On Demand provides scalable access to RTK-quality GNSS positioning using an affordable pay-per-use hourly pricing model in addition to the current Catalyst monthly plans. The new service also enables automated domain-level email address access, which streamlines license allocation for organizations with a large number of users. Account owners purchase access to the service in the form of On Demand time bundles. By keeping the account balance topped up, Catalyst remains ready to use at a moment's notice, for any number of nominated users in the account. This flexibility eliminates the need to predict project requirements weeks or months in advance.

"Catalyst On Demand is the same popular Trimble Catalyst positioning-as-a-service solution, but has been...

Fredericton, NB, Canada — July 9, 2019 â”� Teledyne CARIS, a Teledyne Technologies company [NYSE: TDY], is pleased to announce the release of its Hydrographic Production Database^[1]™ (HPD) 4.0. This new version of HPD is designed to support Hydrographic Offices around the world as they embrace the new S-100 Universal Hydrographic Data Model^[2] and explore its many possibilities. Users of HPD 4.0 will be able to augment their existing production environment to support both the S-101 and S-57 Electronic Navigational Chart (ENC) production from the same source database. Rich, customizable mappings allow for a full transition of data to the new data model to achieve ultimate versatility without redundancy.

“HPD 4.0 delivers instant and long term benefits,” says Peter Schwarzberg, Director, Teledyne CARIS EMEA. “This new version is taking HPD to the next level of possibilities and is delivering a holistic solution for today and for the future. With the use of new dynamic automation tools and workflows for increasing efficiency, HPD 4.0 advances existing capabilities of S-57, paper charts and publications, as well as new S-100 products and services.”

Also featured in version 4.0 is the ability to connect to the industry leading bathymetry compilation toolkit, CARIS Bathy DataBASE^[3]™ (BDB). A new add-on module allows users the...

SAN DIEGO, California, July 9, 2019 — (PRNewswire) — SAP SE^[1] (NYSE: SAP^[2]) today announced that Esri^[3], the global leader in location intelligence, now supports SAP® Cloud Platform, SAP HANA® service^[4]. This announcement marks the first-ever database as a service that is fully supported by Esri ArcGIS technology. Organizations can now run SAP HANA as the underlying multimodel database service for the ArcGIS system of record and take advantage of increased performance, lower total cost of ownership and easier integration of enterprise data with spatial data either on premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid deployment. This announcement was made at the Esri User Conference^[5] being held July 8–12 in San Diego.

"Our partnership with Esri brings over 20 years of co-innovation to our broad joint customer base," said SAP senior vice president of SAP HANA and Analytics, Gerrit Kazmaier. "Through our latest co-innovation efforts, the SAP HANA service is the first and only database as a service serving as the foundation of the enterprise geodatabase with ArcGIS. With Esri ArcGIS powered by SAP HANA now supporting on-premise, cloud and hybrid environments, custo­mers can choose their preferred deployment option to gain substantial performance and scale improvements, while connecting to a much...

AGI spins off Cesium as an independent company to fuel the growth of its 3D geospatial platform

PHILADELPHIA, July 9, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —  Cesium and Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI) are thrilled to announce the launch of Cesium, a newly independent company and the first spinout company from AGI. The new venture kicks off with a $5 million Series A investment from Falcon Global Capital to fuel the growth of Cesium's platform enabling software developers and data providers to build dynamic, interactive 3D geospatial applications.

From cameras and LIDAR on satellites, aircrafts, drones, cars, and IoT devices to AI-generated semantics to open data policies to crowdsourcing, 3D geospatial data is more easily available, at a higher resolution, and more frequently refreshed than ever before. Now this data needs to be made accessible, shareable, and ultimately usable - which is where Cesium comes in.

"The sheer volume of real world 3D data being collected is creating opportunities in almost every field," said Cesium CEO Patrick Cozzi, creator of Cesium and a recognized expert in 3D graphics and geospatial technologies. "This spinout and investment will allow us to accelerate the entire industry by building the platform that will...

DUBUQUE, Iowa — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 8, 2019 — Cartegraph, a leader in operations management software^[1] and services, is partnering with PenBay Solutions, LLC^[2] to provide municipalities, higher education institutions, military bases and large corporations an easier way to maintain their facilities and grounds. From sports venues to sidewalks, laboratories to landscaping, the companies’ integrated High-Performance Campus Operations solution provides universities, governments and commercial organizations a paper-free way to inventory infrastructure, manage work orders, track resources and make data-driven decisions.

“This solution will be critical for the future of our higher education partners, in particular. As the enrollment pool shrinks and operating budgets decline, 4,000 institutions are fighting to keep their doors open. Best guesses aren’t going to cut it anymore,” said Bill Barron, CEO of PenBay Solutions. “Campus facilities and grounds are critical to attracting and retaining students, faculty, grants and donors. That’s why we’re teaming up with Cartegraph to help schools prioritize mission-critical maintenance, increase efficiency and spend smarter.”

With the new, mobile High-Performance Campus Operations technology, critical maintenance activities no longer get lost in the shuffle. Maintenance workers efficiently inspect asset conditions, receive work assignments and track resources—like labor, equipment and materials—from their smartphone or iPad. Back at the office, administrative staff tap into real-time dashboards and a two-way ArcGIS integration...

GIS Innovators in Smart Cities and Open Data Recognized at Annual User Conference

REDLANDS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 8, 2019 — Esri^[1], the global leader in geographic information systems (GIS), today announced the recipients of the prestigious President’s Award and Enterprise GIS Award, which were presented during today’s plenary at the 39^th Esri User Conference in San Diego, California.

“This year’s awardees are demonstrating how GIS can be a key tool for governmental organizations to build safer, smarter, and more engaged communities,” said Jack Dangermond, Esri founder and president. “Whether it’s a project to detect and address health issues in the homeless population or creating open data portals to foster citizen engagement and enabling smarter planning for the future, these organizations have shown the good that geospatial technology can be put to in the public sphere.”

Award recipients demonstrated innovative use of GIS to answer challenges and inspire change within their organizations. Award winners included the following:...

• President’s Award—City of San Diego, California was recognized with the highest honor given to an organization for both its traditional and innovative use of GIS to make maps, collect data, and change business practices. The City was an early adopter of ArcGIS Pro, and currently has almost

Lake Mary, Fla., July 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CentralSquare, a leader in public sector software, announced today that it will participate at the Esri User Conference 2019 being held July 8-12, 2019, in San Diego, CA. Presenting from conference booths 1819 and 1919, CentralSquare will showcase its cloud-based and analytics-embedded Public Administration Suites Enterprise and Professional, including Community Development and Asset Management, Powered by Lucity.

“We’re proud to have been among the first in the industry to offer our entire public administration suite in the cloud,” said Tom Amburgey, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Public Administration at CentralSquare. “We’re looking forward to attending the Esri User Conference 2019 and connecting with local government agencies who are looking for the best-in-class time to value that CentralSquare solutions offer. We’re excited to be showcasing our proven solutions complemented by our unmatched customer engagement model, all with the goal of giving local government agencies the most advanced tools to create better experiences for their citizens.”

Trusted by communities across the United States and Canada, CentralSquare’s products deliver a consistent, fully scalable experience through smart integrations that span across multiple applications both in the cloud and onsite. For example, CentralSquare Public Administration Suite Pro –...