Woolpert has received the 2019 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year award for location-based services. Woolpert 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…
News from the U.S. Air Force, 50th Space Wing Despite the worldwide COVID response, the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base continues to execute its critical operations, while ensuring the proper steps are taken to maintain airmen’s health…
Esri has created and released a suite of resources to help businesses like commercial organizations, government agencies and utilities maintain operational continuity during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Esri, these resources are designed to help organizations understand the current status…
Image: Iris Automation MVT Geo-solutions, in partnership with Iris Automation, has been granted the first beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) by Transport Canada using only onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) systems. The approval was granted based on the utilization of…
“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry. This month, we focus on UAVs. Screenshot: Quaternium video Non-stop flight in Valencia On Feb. 3,…
Photo: Gannet77/E+/Getty Images Draganfly Inc., a leading North American-based commercial drone company, is partnering with Windfall Geotek to develop drone-based solutions for landmine detection. Windfall Geotek is a Quebec-based technology services company and a leader in the use of artificial…
Smart speakers such as the Amazon Alexa or Google Home haven’t mastered determining user location in the home. Solving this problem was the focus of a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research team’s recently published paper. The team — led…
The compact Atlans X3 INS. (Photo: iXBlue) iXblue has launched a new range of FOG-based inertial navigation system (INS) dedicated to land and air mobile mapping applications, the Atlans Series. iXBlue is high-tech company specializing in the design and manufacturing…
Image: wildpixel/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a messaging service with partners WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people safe from coronavirus. The messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO…
