PLEASANT GROVE, Utah, May 16, 2022 — (PRNewswire) —Fortem Technologies^[1], leaders in airspace security and defense for detecting and defeating dangerous drones, has announced a new, smaller portable counter-UAS system in direct response to the crisis in Ukraine. Working closely with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Fortem provided Ukraine with a number of the Fortem SkyDome man-portable counter-UAS solutions, as well as on site training and support. The solution includes the FortemDroneHunter^[2], which removes drones from the sky autonomously day and night.

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 17, 2022 — (PRNewswire) —DATAMARK^[1], the public safety geographic information systems (GIS) team ofMichael Baker International^[2], announced today that the Ark-Tex Council of Governments (COG), serving Bowie, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, Lamar, Morris, Red River and Titus Counties in Texas, as well as Miller County in Arkansas,  has selected the firm to provide Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) GIS validation services leveraging VEP Validator, the only cloud-native data management solution built for public safety GIS.

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — May 12, 2022 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR^[4]) (TSX: MAXR^[5]), a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, today announced the voting results from its annual meeting of stockholders, held on May 11, 2022.

Holders of a total of 58,491,005 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value (“Common Shares”) representing approximately 79.71% of the Company’s...

(May 11, 2022 – Des Plaines, Illinois USA) URISA’s Vanguard Cabinet^[4] is proud to host the sixth annual Digital Competition to promote the GIS profession and the attendance of students and young and emerging professionals at  GIS-Pro 2022^[5] in Boise, ID (October 2-6, 2022). The competition will be held virtually this summer, and the participants selected...

May 13, 2022 -- Open Maps for Europe has released an Open Cadastral Map prototype which provides large-scale coverage for four countries. 

The data is now available via the  Open Maps interface^[1] and this first iteration includes Poland, The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Spain. 

The map takes INSPIRE open data and allows the user to find out what is available from national sources in one place before obtaining the data from the official provider. The cadastral map comprises four data types: Administrative Units, Cadastral Parcels (and Cadastral Zones), Buildings (and Building Parts) and Addresses.

The Open Maps For Europe project, which is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union, is coordinated by EuroGeographics in partnership with the National Geographic Institute (NGI) Belgium.

Angela Baker, Programme Manager, Data Access and Integration, EuroGeographics  says: “We have used our unique data integration process to produce the Open Cadastral Map prototype using members data, and we expect to add more coverage in the future.”

“The Open Cadastral Map is a service to show the end user what is available from the Cadastral Agencies, it does not replicate the data that our members provide.  Features can be identified via the map interface and can be consumed via the WMS. Links are available to access...

WICHITA, Kan., May 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.^[1] (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry-leading provider of full-stack drone, sensor and software solutions for commercial and government/defense use, today announced new and enhanced technological features and capabilities of Measure Ground Control^[2] , helping to drive greater value from autonomous drone operations for enterprise customers and professional drone service providers spanning a wide range of industries.

Offered as Software-as-a-Service, Measure Ground Control continues to earn the trust and fidelity of its blue chip, industry-diverse customers by providing a single platform to automate flight management systems safely and securely; easily manage drone programs of any scope and scale; and process, analyze and share drone-captured image data and visualization necessary for assessing risks, improving workflow processes and achieving time and cost efficiencies across enterprises of virtually any size. With the aim of empowering AgEagle’s customers to readily extend their reach and human capability through adoption of scalable autonomous drone programs, Measure Ground Control users can:...

• Plan missions via KML files or build a grid or waypoint flight; check airspace for LAANC authorization and confirm local weather conditions are favorable.