NEW YORK, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Following last year's much heralded launch of the Pond5 DJI premium footage collection^[1], global content marketplace Pond5^[2] and DJI^[3], the world's leading manufacturer of civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, have expanded the in-demand offering to include a wealth of high-quality aerial footage from professional drone pilots around the world.

The updated collection now includes footage from top international drone filmmakers, adding to the work of US-based and FAA-certified aerial cinematographers featured in the collection's launch. Additionally, Pond5 has debuted a new "Aerial" search filter on the site, giving buyers fast and easy access to the world's best aerial footage — including the expanded Pond5 DJI collection — with the simple check of a box.

"When we launched this program with DJI, we had appropriately high hopes, but the response we received still exceeded our expectations," said Pond5 CEO Jason Teichman. "There's a big time and money investment that goes into achieving the level of experience required to create the kind of professional-quality drone footage that buyers demand. Helping these contributors see a...

New Elastic Stack features and solutions expand Elastic’s data management capabilities and make it easier for users to consume and express their real-time data

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 26, 2019 — Elastic N.V. (NYSE: ESTC^[1]), the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack, announced the general availability of version 6.7 of the Elastic Stack. This release delivers two new solutions: Maps, for advanced, layered visualization of geospatial data on a map in Kibana, and Uptime, a new way to monitor system and service uptime with Elasticsearch and Kibana. Elasticsearch 6.7 also introduces the production-ready versions of many features, including cross-cluster replication, index lifecycle management, Elasticsearch SQL (including ODBC and JDBC clients), Canvas, and Functionbeat. Elastic Stack version 6.7 is available on Elasticsearch Service on Elastic Cloud^[2], or users can download^[3] it for self-managed workloads.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190326005906/en/^[4]

Elastic Maps Brings New Layers to Geospatial Analytics in Kibana

Geo is an important part of search, whether you’re looking at logs to...

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France – March 26, 2019 – PlanetObserver, provider of value-added geospatial data for civil and military solutions, today announced a new partnership with Airbus Defence and Space, a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services, to distribute their portfolio of very high resolution imagery and elevation products and services in Europe.

In addition to its own range of global medium resolution imagery and elevation products, PlanetObserver now offers very high resolution Pléiades and SPOT imagery along with WorldDEM elevation data, just to name a few, and the new OneAtlas Data services for smarter decision making.

The Earth Observation market is aspiring for increasingly more high and very high resolution data.  This trend is strongly driven by defence and intelligence applications followed by civil markets, including urban planning, agriculture, energy and natural resources. With Airbus Defence and Space geospatial data on board and its 30-year expertise in the geospatial industry, PlanetObserver can offer the proper solutions and services to all customers across those different industries.

Providing insights and not only data to customers is another key trend. PlanetObserver services are backed up by the OneAtlas Platform that combines premium imagery and industry-leading expertise to...

ALPHARETTA, Ga., March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InterDev, an Atlanta-area provider of information technology, security and geographic information systems (GIS) services, today announced it has been honored by Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia for its sponsorship and service in 2017 and 2018. To reinforce its continuing commitment to the organization, InterDev will again sponsor a home build in fall 2019.

As a sponsor, InterDev contributes $5,000 each year and sends out a team of employees to build homes for families in need. During their 2018 build, InterDev participated in the "First Nail" event and completed the framing of the Dilly family home.

"We're very appreciative of corporations like InterDev who partner and build homes for our local families," said Sabrina Kirkland, Director of Community Engagement of Home Repair for Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia. "We look forward to working with InterDev in 2019 to build another home for a hardworking family."

Habitat for Humanity-North Central Georgia is a not-for-profit, independently run and operated affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Through the help and financial support of sponsors like InterDev, the non-profit saves thousands of dollars...

NEW YORK, March 26, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —  S&P Dow Jones Indices today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for January 2019 shows that the rate of home price increases across the U.S. has continued to slow. More than 27 years of history for these data series is available, and can be accessed in full by going to www.homeprice.spdji.com^[1]. Additional content on the housing market can also be found on S&P Dow Jones Indices' housing blog: www.housingviews.com^[2]. 

YEAR-OVER-YEAR 

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 4.3% annual gain in January, down from 4.6% in the previous month. The 10-City Composite annual increase came in at 3.2%, down from 3.7% in the previous month. The 20-City Composite posted a 3.6% year-over-year gain, down from 4.1% in the previous month.

Las Vegas, Phoenix and Minneapolis reported the highest year-over-year gains among the 20 cities. In January, Las Vegas led the way with a 10.5% year-over-year price increase, followed by Phoenix with a 7.5% increase and Minneapolis with a 5.1%...

The unique spatial big data platform that enables companies to access dynamic contextual data visualisation and programmatic analytics appoints new non-executive board member and announces additional investment

CAMBRIDGE, England — (BUSINESS WIRE) — March 26, 2019 — GeoSpock®^[1] – the extreme-scale spatial big data integration company that provides analytics, builds insight, and enables predictions across space and time – today announced the appointment of Pontus Noren to a Non-Executive role on its Board of Directors, as well as a £2 million investment from Parkwalk Advisors.

Having recently closed a £10 million funding round, the additional £2 million from Parkwalk Advisors will provide continued support for GeoSpock’s international expansion and build on the company’s rapidly developing client accounts. This additional strategic support brings the company’s total amount raised to date to £21.25 million. Following this financial success, GeoSpock has undertaken a number of strategic decisions. This includes new appointments to its senior leadership team and advisory board, as well as the development of projects in targeted avenues to aid continued growth of the company.

Having worked in the IT industry for over 20 years, Noren brings a wealth of experience within the technology...

Partnership to deliver on-premises solution, Mapbox Atlas, as a managed service offering to federal, state and local governments

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2019 — (PRNewswire) — Mapbox^[1] and  New Light Technologies, Inc. (NLT)^[3][2] today announced a strategic partnership to deliver Mapbox's on-premises solution, Mapbox Atlas, as a managed service offering to federal, state, and local governments. As demand grows for live, cloud-based location software to be more accessible, secure, and scalable with modern enterprise architectures, organizations are increasingly looking for innovative software and implementation teams that can meet these expanding requirements. This new partnership will help organizations move swiftly and efficiently to the cloud, while enabling modern and secure live location services.

Benefits of the Mapbox Atlas Managed Service Offering (MSO):

• Secure managed hosting of Mapbox Atlas and full suite of data & development tools
• Single tenant / dedicated compute hardware with all data remaining in the U.S.
• Elastic architecture that seamlessly scales to each customer's needs
• Runs on AWS GovCloud and MS Azure for Government
• FedRAMP aligned infrastructure (future FedRAMP accreditation planned)
• Easy sign-up process and simple pricing model not based on named users

Both companies share a commitment to delivering the best value products and...

New round brings Innoviz's total funding to $214 million, with a second closing of this round expected in the coming months.

ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel, March 26, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —   Innoviz Technologies^[1], a leading provider of high-performance, solid-state LiDAR sensors and perception software, announced today that it has raised $132 million in Series C funding. The round is marked by the entrance of new major investors China Merchants Capital^[2] (SINO-BLR Industrial Investment Fund, L.P.), Shenzhen Capital Group^[3] and New Alliance Capital^[4]; and Israeli institutional investors Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services^[5] and Phoenix Insurance Company^[6]. Given demand from additional investors, the Series C round will remain open for a second closing to be announced in the coming months.

This significant raise will support Innoviz's commercialization of its leading InnovizPro and InnovizOne solid-state LiDAR solutions and address growing demand for cutting-edge autonomous vehicles (AV) technologies worldwide. View a live demonstration of Innoviz's solid-state LiDAR solution in action here^[7]. The company is focusing expansion efforts in key automotive markets including the U.S., Europe, Japan...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, 2019 — (PRNewswire) —  Ouster, a leading provider of high-resolution lidar sensors used for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and mapping today announced significant business momentum including a roster of over 400 customers and the addition of over $60 million in funding. The company also announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility currently producing hundreds of sensors per month and capable of producing thousands of lidar sensors per month, and the appointment of Susan Heystee to its board of directors.

The announcements demonstrate that the company's multi-beam flash lidar technology^[1] has significant adoption and momentum in the competitive lidar market.

400+ customers in 15 industries

Ouster's technology is finding its way into virtually every industry where high performance lidar has been used - in addition to some new ones.

While each industry has unique requirements, Ouster has shown that its sensors can be used for many applications. Ouster now counts over 400 customers representing industries from autonomous vehicles to industrial robotics, agriculture, mapping, defense, and drones.

With its all-semiconductor approach to lidar, the company's 3D sensors are smaller, lighter, more durable, and less expensive than other solutions....