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Program Offers Partners Additional Avenue to Grow Business

REDLANDS, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - February 17, 2016 -The Esri Partner Network have launched the Esri Federal Small Business Specialty^[1] to give the small business community to new way to develop ArcGIS software-based offerings for federal government clients. Participants in the specialty will be exhibiting in the Small Business Pavilion at the Esri Federal GIS (FedGIS) Conference EXPO on February 24 and 25, 2016, in Washington, DC.

This specialty gives businesses a unique program that will help them deepen their GIS skills and expertise. In addition to standard Esri Partner Network benefits, it offers the following:

• Business development opportunities
• Training and mentoring
• Marketing, events, and community
• The Small Business Innovation Center

Several small business partners-including GISi; Pro-West & Associates, Inc.; and Spatial Front, Inc. - will be available at the FedGIS Conference to discuss their work with Esri. "We are thrilled to be part of Esri completo program for small businesses, to build on our success as a long-standing Esri partner, and to deliver innovative solutions across the federal government," said Colby Free, federal managing partner, GISi.

The FedGIS Conference EXPO provides an ideal place for small business leaders to exchange ideas and experiences. "We look forward..."

Name single to Replace ComputaMaps & GEOIMAGE

Sophia Antipolis, France - February 17, 2016 - LuxCarta, parent of leading geodata production companies and GEOIMAGE ComputaMaps, announced today it is moving to a single global brand. The company's digital maps and SpacEyes3D visualization software will be promoted and marketed through seven global offices under the LuxCarta brand. The new look will be unveiled at this year's Mobile World Congress, February 22-25, in Barcelona.

"Mobile World Congress is the annual kickoff for our industry and a logical choice for us to roll out our updated identity," said Albéric Maumy, managing director of LuxCarta. "Moving to a single LuxCarta brand makes sense for our market and positions us strongly for the next stage of our growth."

ComputaMaps and GEOIMAGE merged in 2014 and have been operating since then under their respective brands as "LuxCarta companies." LuxCarta stems from the Latin meaning "light on maps." The new LuxCarta will operate under three business lines: LuxCarta Geodata, including the Planner product line for wireless planning & optimization, as well as 3D building models and DxM products for other vertical markets; LuxCarta Software, including SpacEyes3D as well as related LuxCarta Services.

Consolidating to a single global brand allows the company to streamline its marketing efforts and allocate more resources...

Feb 17, 2016 - 4DMapper has announced the Direct Upload API for 3D browser based visualization, sharing and delivering multi format spatial data and metadata. With the API, 4DMapper can now be integrated with any GIS, photogrammetry, image processing, surveying, Lidar and CAD software or any data processing service to publish and deliver processed data in 3D to unlimited number of users.

4DMapper is an open self - service platform which autonomously packages geospatial data into live functional 3D environment and enables users to instantly access, visualize, manage, share, deliver, measure, collaborate and digitize in feature-rich 3D browser based platform with live interaction. This enables even non technical users to access and use a wealth of produced spatial data with any format, anytime, anywhere and on any device without any software or any high end computer requirement.

The platform has a capable online file manager to store and organize unlimited number of files and projects. This value-adds to software companies by enabling them to leverage the value of produced data, providing access to a much wider audience.

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Purchase provides customers with complete solution for oversize, overweight vehicle permitting and routing

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 17, 2016 - (PRNewswire) -  Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has acquired Cambridge Systematics' (OS/OW) oversize/overweight vehicle permitting software. The application will be combined with Hexagon completo permitting routing applications, providing departments of transportation with a single solution to ensure safe and efficient travel of oversize/overweight vehicles through their communities.

The new, fully integrated solution from Hexagon will feature the former Cambridge Systematics' permitting application, Permit_CS, and Hexagon's route planning and restriction management applications. Permit_CS will be renamed and rebranded as a Hexagon product. Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure and Cambridge Systematics have partnered to successfully serve the OS/OW market since 2009, and multiple states^[1] currently use the combined solution. The companies will collaborate to ensure a smooth transition for existing customers.

"By combining Cambridge Systematics' permitting software with Hexagon completo routing applications, we're able to offer an end-to-end oversize/overweight solution to state, county and city departments of transportation," said Steven Cost, president, Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure. "This acquisition demonstrates our commitment to an important transportation market sector." "Our goal is to be the leading provider of OS/OW solutions in North America."

"Permit_CS..."

GISP Map Contest Summary

his year's contest will require an entrant to use the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) to tell a story about change.

Perhaps it will be about habitat loss, or maybe it will be about urban growth - whatever story you choose to tell, it must be supported by analysis of two or more years in NLCD and you must include the numbers in the map. We've seen a lot of pretty maps over the years; Now we want to see some hard-hitting analysis to support the pretty picture.

Who may enter: Anyone is eligible, except those who are going to judge.

Submission Time Frame: March 1 to 31, 201 6 - email submittal

Prizes:

• $1st 250, $2nd 150, $3rd 100, People's Choice $250 and Honorable Mentions.
• Each winner (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and People's Choice) will also have their initial certification fee waived if the application is submitted within one year of the date the winners are announced.  Current GISPs will have their renewal fees waived at their next recertification date.
• Map submittal earns / qualifiés for 1 point under the Contribution to the Profession category.         

Map Contest Rules:...

• Only one entry is allowed per person; you do not have to be

Orlando, FL, February 16, 2016- International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) is a technical conference and exhibition showcasing the latest airborne, terrestrial, and underwater LiDAR, as well as emerging remote-sensing and data collection tools and technologies.

Connect with hundreds of professionals seeking LiDAR and other 3D geospatial data collection technologies to support transport, urban modeling, coastal zone mapping, utility asset management and more.

RIEGL will be exhibiting at Booths 86 and 92. Be sure to come by both of our booths to learn about the latest RIEGL hardware and software and to meet with our team of RIEGL experts.

At Booth 92, we will have the LMS-Q1560 airborne laser scanning system, our RiCOPTER-based unmanned LiDAR solution, and our state-of-the-art VP-1 helipod on display!

The LMS-Q1560 is a dual channel airborne laser scanning system, perfectly suited for a variety of airborne surveying missions. The scanner is a high performance, fully integrated cutting-edge surveying tool. Powerful laser sources, Multiple-Time-Around processing, echo digitization and waveform analysis allows operation at various flight altitudes, which makes it ideally suited for ultra-wide area aerial surveys and complex urban environment aerial surveys.

The RiCOPTER is a high performance unmanned multi-rotor aircraft equipped with RIEGL Completo VUX-SYS airborne laser scanner to...