Mapping & GIS News & Articles

New Hybrid VTOL Drone Mapping System Undergoes Flight Trials

Wingcopter and UAVenture have announced that they have completed training and run mapping trials with the Wingcopter drone Mapping Package...

Mar 09, 2018
Septentrio GNSS Technology Selected for VTOL Mapping Drone

Septentrio, a manufacturer of GNSS receiver technologies, has announced that it has been selected by Swiss drone manufacturer Wingtra to...

Mar 07, 2018
DroneDeploy Announces Real-Time Mapping Capabilities

DroneDeploy has announced the release of Live Map — a new feature that allows any UAS (unmanned aerial system) operator...

Feb 17, 2018
RIEGL Miniaturized LiDAR Wins MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Award

The RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV miniaturized LiDAR sensor for unmanned laser scanning, has won the 2017 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence...

Feb 01, 2018
Seafloor-Mapping USV Competes for Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE

Kongsberg Maritime has announced that it has supported the GEBCO-NF (General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans-Nippon Foundation) Alumni Team, one...

Nov 28, 2017
DroneDeploy Updates Enterprise Drone Mapping Software

DroneDeploy has announced that it has made major updates to its enterprise drone mapping solution — allowing companies of all...

Oct 31, 2017
Cepton Technologies Introduces 3D LiDAR Sensor for UAV Mapping

Cepton Technologies, a developer of 3D LiDAR sensing solutions, has announced the launch of SORA 200, its new lightweight 3D...

Oct 25, 2017
New Delair Large-Area Mapping Drone Features 3G/4G and Onboard Processing

Delair has announced the introduction of its next-generation professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for survey-grade photogrammetric mapping, the UX11, at...

Oct 25, 2017
New Geospatial Solution Turns Drones into Accurate Mapping Systems

Verity has announced the release of Verity Mapper, a complete drone mapping solution that combines professional geospatial products to enable...

Oct 10, 2017
Pix4D Launches Drone Mapping Software Certification Program

Pix4D has announced that it has launched a certification program for its Pix4dmapper drone mapping photogrammetry software, which will allow...

Sep 30, 2017
Trimble Announces New Base Station for UAV Mapping

Trimble has announced the release of its new GNSS Smart Target Base Station for high-accuracy mapping from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

Sep 28, 2017
New Mapping Drone Features 3G/4G Communications and Onboard Processing

Delair has announced that it will introduce its next-generation professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for survey-grade photogrammetric mapping, the UX11,...

Sep 26, 2017
Icaros and Agrowing Launch Agricultural Drone Multispectral Mapping Solution

Icaros, a provider of aerial imaging software, and Agrowing, a supplier of multispectral sensors and analytics software, have announced an...

Sep 07, 2017
New Drone-Based Mapping Program Designed for Public Safety Applications

CompassDrone, a developer of unmanned aerial solutions for high-quality data collection, has announced a new comprehensive drone-based mapping program designed...

Aug 14, 2017
3DR Integrates Site Scan Mapping Software With DJI Drones

3DR has announced that it has integrated its Site Scan aerial data capture software platform with DJI to make it...

Aug 04, 2017
New Underwater Dynamic Laser Mapping Solution Will Speed Up Surveys

2G Robotics and Sonardyne International have announced that the two companies have entered into a formal collaboration agreement. The two...

Jun 24, 2017
Atmos UAV Unveils Data Gathering UAS for Mapping Applications

Atmos UAV, a start-up originating from the Technical University of Delft, has announced the launch of Marlyn, a lightweight data-gathering...

May 24, 2017
Drone Mapping Supports Search & Rescue Operations During Colombia Landslide

Pix4D has announced that its drone mapping technology has been used to support search & rescue operations in Mocoa, in...

May 22, 2017
Kongsberg Geospatial UAS Situational Awareness Software to be Certified for UTM

Kongsberg Geospatial, a developer of real-time geospatial visualization software, has announced that the company’s IRIS UAS Airspace Situational Awareness application...

May 02, 2017
Kongsberg Geospatial and uAvionix Announce Integrated ADS-B Drone Safety Technology

Kongsberg Geospatial and uAvionix have announced that the two companies will be integrating Kongsberg Geospatial’s IRIS UAS Airspace Situational Awareness...

Mar 27, 2017
Kongsberg Geospatial’s Software Selected for BVLOS Drone Research

Kongsberg Geospatial and the Federal Aviation Administration’s ASSURE UAS Center of Excellence, lead by Mississippi State University, have announced that...

Aug 30, 2016
Harris Geospatial Solutions to Offer Icaros OneButton Software for UAS Image Processing

Icaros Inc., a provider of aerial remote sensing services and software, has announced that Harris Geospatial Solutions, a division of...

May 18, 2016
SelectTech GeoSpatial Launches New Lightweight Fixed-Wing UAS

SelectTech GeoSpatial, a developer of situational awareness solutions, has announced the launch of its new custom configured EP-30000 lightweight fixed-wing...

May 12, 2016
Kongsberg Geospatial Successfully Tests Rescue Drone Technology

Kongsberg Geospatial, a developer of geospatial visualisation software, and the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service have announced the successful conclusion...

Mar 25, 2016
Hexagon Geospatial Announces GeoApp.UAS Data Processing App

Hexagon Geospatial, a provider of geospatial infrmation solutions, has announced the official launch of GeoApp.UAS, the company’s latest app that...

Nov 17, 2015
Transtrex Unveils Geospatial Restriction System for UAVs

Seattle-based Transtrex has released the beta version of a dynamic geospatial restriction system for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), designed to...

Jul 28, 2015
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