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  • Galileo at Your Service


    On the eve of the Galileo 7 and 8 launch, the European Space Agency has created a short video to explain the value of the satellite constellation to its citizens. With the Galileo System, Europe will provide a full range of services and applications across many different areas for Europe and beyond.

  • Counting Down to Galileo

    Galileo 7 and 8 launch on March 27. The Galileo satellite navigation system remains on track after successful in-orbit validation and the salvage for navigational testing of two satellites launched into an incorrect orbit. The mini-constellation of satellites in orbit plus their associated ground segment has allowed in-depth testing of the overall Galileo system, and the performance was good. Now with the launch of the latest pair of satellites, ESA and the European Commission are progressing with the deployment phase of the program.

  • Galileo Boosters Prepped for March 27 Launch

    Two more full operational capability (FOC) Galileo satellites are scheduled for launch March 27. This video shows the four first-stage boosters of the Soyuz launcher being assembled in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Assembly takes place on a horizontal basis, in the Russian manner. The video shows four thrusters assembled around the main body. After takeoff, the engines burn for 120 seconds and then are dropped. The thrust is transferred to the main body by a ball joint located above the propeller of the cone-shaped structure.

  • what3words Uses 3 Words as Coordinates to Identify Location

    what3words explains its coordinates system based on words while at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington, D.C. what3words splits Earth’s surface into 57 trillion 3-meter by 3-meter squares, and gives each square a unique combination of three words — replicated in eight languages — that identifies the area.

  • Pufferfish Spherical Display Integrates Esri ArcGIS Runtime

    Pufferfish, a multitouch digital display technology company, displays its PufferSphere product at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington, D.C. PufferSphere is spherical, 360-degree display system made for multinational corporations, public and private institutions. It is innovating the understanding of trends, phenomena and correlations in global data.

  • CycloMedia Talks HD-Cycloramas, New App, Esri Partnership

    Paul Smith gives us updates from CycloMedia at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington D.C. CycloMedia launched an HD-Cyclorama with 360-degree, 100-megapixel panoramic images — a resolution 10 times higher than the previous generation Cycloramas. Smith also announced a partnership with Esri for street imagery and introduced its Streetsmart app.

  • ClearTerra’s Locate XT GIS Software Extracts, Outputs Spatial Data

    ClearTerra‘s Jeff Wilson gives a snapshot of the company’s Locate XT software while at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington D.C. The LocateXT software extracts unstructured textual documents into structured spatial output for GIS and spatial viewing platforms, including Esri ArcGIS and Google Earth.

  • Canon Demonstrates the Océ ColorWave 650

    Anthony Gage from Canon Solutions America details the Océ ColorWave 650 at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington, D.C. The machine can print up to 1,300 square feet per hour in both black and white and color. It can hold up to six media rolls, and prints come out dry and cut to size.

  • FireWhat Inc. Offers Real-Time Wildfire Management

    A FireWhat Inc. representative talks about its wildfire management techniques at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington D.C. FireWhat is a GIS and Technology company that provides custom tools to map and track assets in and out of the field.

  • PenBay Solutions Debuts InVision 2.0

    PenBay Solutions, a developer of GIS-based facility management and public safety software, is introducing InVision 2.0 at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington, D.C.

    Built on the Esri ArcGIS platform, PenBay Solutions has developed the InVision software suite to cohesively address a full range of facility management needs, from strategic portfolio planning and management, to day-to-day operations, maintenance, and safety and security. InVision helps users solve both tactical and strategic challenges throughout the facility lifecycle driving measurable results in portfolio performance, facility management and risk mitigation, according to the company.

    IV2-Inspector-Tablet-300pxInVision 2.0 focuses on new and expanded capabilities for mobile viewing and editing workflows, analysis and reporting, and data authoring and interoperability.

    The new InVision Mobile Viewer is an HTML5/JavaScript viewer that is designed to work with most mobile devices. Users can leverage the InVision Mobile Viewer to securely deliver a variety of facilities data to other InVision users via smart phones and tablets. The viewer allows users to search across the portfolio, moving between the indoors and outdoors, displaying different views of information that may be linked to or related to features of interest on the map. Some common uses of the InVision Mobile Viewer include:

    • helping a campus community find points of interest, buildings, spaces, etc. across the portfolio;
    • securely viewing space assignments to better understand the allocation of spaces to individuals and departments;
    • managing the location of assets and access information linked to those assets in the field; and
    • securely sharing emergency plans out in the field.

    invision_home_250The InVision Mobile Inspector — also an HTML /JavaScript web application — is designed to help users inventory and inspect assets throughout the facility portfolio. InVision Mobile Inspector allows users to go out in the field and inventory all manner of items, create inspection records associated to those items, capture photos to attach to the items and upload files to attach to the items.

    InVision 2.0 also features InVision CADs, Data Interoperability Workbenches, InVision Home and FISDM Support.

    “Collectively, InVision 2.0’s new capabilities deliver more value so our customers can better manage their most critical facilities-related business challenges,” said Stu Rich, CTO for PenBay Solutions. “2.0 is also setting the table for another round of incredible new features and solutions that we plan to release later this year.”

    The new technology will be featured in the company’s booth, #325, and at the facility management conference track in room 102B at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Feb. 10.

  • Pufferfish Spherical Display System Integrates Esri ArcGIS Runtime

    Pufferfish, a multitouch digital display technology company, displays its PufferSphere product at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington, D.C. PufferSphere is spherical, 360-degree display system made for multinational corporations, public and private institutions. It is innovating the understanding of trends, phenomena and correlations in global data.

  • Remote GeoSystems LineVision Software Maps Geospatial Video

    Art Kalinski, GeoIntelligence Insider editor, reports on Remote GeoSystems‘ geospatial DVR at the 2015 Esri Federal GIS Conference, held Feb. 9-10 in Washington, D.C. LineVision Esri ArcGIS is a stand-alone desktop software that leverages Esri GIS technology to map, analyze and package geospatial full motion video, photos, annotations, documents, SHP files and raster imagery from the geospatial DVR.