The size of Mobile Mapping Market was anticipated to be $14 billion in 2020 and is predicted to reach $40 billion in 2024 per a report from Global Market Insights.

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WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 16, 2020 — All Traffic Data Services, LLC^[1] (“ATD”), a traffic data collection and analysis firm, announced today that it has acquired Key Data Network, Inc. (“KDN”). KDN is an Oregon-based provider of traffic data collection and analysis services for civil engineering firms and government transportation authorities in Oregon, Washington, and Texas.

Effective immediately, Conley Bergh, founder of KDN, will assume the role of Regional Manager for the Pacific Northwest at ATD, where he will be responsible for overseeing operations in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California.

Conley said, “We are excited to join the ATD team and look forward to bringing our clients greater resources and broader geographic reach both within the Pacific Northwest and beyond. ATD’s broad array of service capabilities, including GIS systems management and crash diagram creation, will enable us to deliver a full-service transportation asset management solution to our clients as well.”

Eric Boivin, CEO of ATD, said, “We could not be more pleased to have KDN join the ATD platform as we look to grow our presence in the Pacific Northwest. Conley brings a wealth of experience in the traffic data collection sector, having spent over 15 years in the industry. More importantly, Conley and his team share All...

Contestants Use Esri Technology to Tell Their Stories and Win Cash, Tech Donations

REDLANDS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — January 15, 2020 — Esri^[1], the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the winners of the 2019 ArcGIS StoryMapper of the Year Contest, in which contestants were invited to submit their best and most innovative story maps for a chance to win various prizes, including a cash donation for their chosen cause, school, or nonprofit organization.

Guest judges for the 2019 contest included Alex Tait, geographer at National Geographic; Michael Goodchild, emeritus professor of geography at University of California, Santa Barbara; and James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic and former presidential speechwriter. The winners were announced January 15, 2020, on Esri's website.

"The quality of the maps recognized in this competition is obvious and impressive," said Fallows. "But even more encouraging is the range of uses that individuals and groups around the world have found for story maps. Bringing history to life; highlighting current and emerging problems; protecting endangered resources; empowering communities for a better future—in these and many other ways, the mapmakers we are honoring today all illustrate mapping-technology's power and benefits."

The first place winner is Stanford University, which will use the $5,000 grand prize to...

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, Jan. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TomTom ( TOM2^[1]), the location technology specialist, has been chosen by Subaru to be the maps and navigation supplier for its all-new 2020 Subaru Outback and Legacy models.

TomTom is supplying Subaru’s all-new infotainment platform with TomTom Maps^[2], as well as navigation software and a new navigation user interface, allowing drivers to plan their journeys with ease, and enjoy a comfortable and safer drive. DENSO, the leading supplier of advanced automotive technology, is the Tier 1 system provider.

Antoine Saucier, Managing Director, TomTom Automotive, comments: “We’re delighted that Subaru has chosen to continue working with TomTom, demonstrating our commitment to continuous innovation and uncompromising quality, and offering Subaru drivers a fantastic navigation experience.”

About TomTom

TomTom is the leading independent location technology specialist, shaping mobility with highly accurate maps, navigation software, real-time traffic information and services.

To achieve our vision of a safer world, free of congestion and emissions, we create innovative technologies that keep the world moving. By combining our extensive experience with leading business and technology partners, we power connected vehicles, smart mobility and, ultimately, autonomous driving.

Headquartered in Amsterdam with offices in 30 countries, TomTom’s technologies are trusted by hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

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SWG will work towards the next generation of OGC’s Catalogue service, which will align with the current architecture of the Web and the Spatial Data on the Web Best Practices

16 January 2020: The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) today announced the formation of the ‘OGC API - Records’ Standards Working Group (SWG).

The purpose of this Standards Working Group is to develop a new version of the  OGC Catalogue Service^[1] standard for the World Wide Web.

The current versions of the catalogue standards (i.e. CAT 2.0, CAT 3.0) — developed in the early 2000s — are implemented in a manner that has contributed significantly to building distributed catalogue systems but this legacy no longer fits with current web search and discovery practices.

The next version (OGC API - Records) will remedy this shortcoming and bring OGC catalogue standards into closer alignment with both modern Web usage and the practices laid out in the Spatial Data on the Web Best Practices^[2] document jointly developed by OGC and  W3C^[3].

The SWG comes as part of a broader movement by OGC to modernize its spatial web APIs to conform to current practices...

Aerial mapper Aerometrex has released two new services for its flagship metropolitan mapping service following a successful stock exchange debut.

Based in Adelaide, South Australia,  the newly listed company (ASX: AMX)^[1] has built 3D modelling into its MetroMap subscription service as well as launching its own high-flying camera to capture the images.

Aerometrex Managing Director Mark Deuter^[2] said proceeds from the company’s recent oversubscribed A$25m initial public offering will be used to expand the capture programs as well as sales and marketing efforts to capitalise on strong demand for the service.

The new Aerometrex MetroCam delivers 5cm imagery at the same flying height used to generate 7.5cm aerial imagery.

MetroMap is an online aerial imagery subscription service with highly accurate geospatial data viewed through a web browser interface, to which Aerometrex has added 3D models.

“MetroMap 3D is a convenient and user-friendly way to consume our 3D datasets,” Deuter said.

“The tools even allow users to measure vertical faces of buildings or other 3D features.”

Deuter said the new software allows users to quickly switch between 2D and 3D in the same web browser window and offered 3D vector...

British location intelligence business Europa Technologies is celebrating its 30 th anniversary. Formed in 1990, the company has enjoyed solid growth while developing its impressive portfolio of products and services using the fusion of geography and data science. Record sales were achieved in the financial year closing 2019.

Founder and Director Warren Vick, said: “There have been some incredible changes over the past three decades, including the birth of the mainstream Internet, Google and mobile phone networks. It has been an honour to have guided Europa Technologies through these exciting times and I look forward to both the challenges and opportunities ahead. I would like to sincerely thank our customers, partners and team for making the past 30 years such a success.”

Europa Technologies established itself in the GIS marketplace with a range of global map data products. Today, these continue to be the industry’s reference standard and are used by a variety of organisations around the world. The global data is used by the ubiquitous Google Maps and Google Earth platforms.

Ten years ago, Europa Technologies launched its viaEuropa platform which now has a proven track record in delivering high quality maps as a service using OGC- compliant standards.

Working closely with its...

Dublin, Jan. 15, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Agricultural Robots Market by Offering, Type (UAVs, Milking Robots, Driverless Tractors, Automated Harvesting Systems), Farming Environment, Farm Produce, Application (Harvest Management, Field Farming), Geography - Global Forecast to 2025"^[1] report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The global agricultural robots market is estimated to reach USD 20.6 billion by 2025 from USD 5 billion in 2019; growing at a CAGR of 22.8% from 2020 to 2025. In terms of volume, the shipment is expected to reach 561,849 units by 2025 from 127,298 units in 2019; growing at a CAGR of 23.3% during the forecast period.

A shortage of new farmers, as indicated by the rising average age of farmers is driving the further use of automated agricultural equipment as well as the development of new agricultural robots. Development is taking place in all aspects of agriculture, such as imaging, navigation, planting, weeding, and harvesting.

Large farms are also collaborating with companies developing agricultural technology to drive down costs and to maintain their cost advantage in the market. Increasing the requirement for food globally will also require increasing productivity, which can only be achieved...

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, Jan. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Juniper Systems Limited^[1] are excited to announce the release of the Mesa^® 3 Rugged Tablet^[2]. Building on the success of the Mesa 2, the Mesa 3 is the next evolution in rugged handheld computing and data collection.

Offering performance increases across the board, the Mesa 3 is backed by Juniper Systems’ world-class support and durability promise. The Mesa 3 is now available and shipping worldwide.

‘The Mesa 2 was a new form factor for us, and was our first, full Windows 10 device’, said Jeff Delatore, Mesa product manager. ‘We’ve continued that same form factor, but what’s inside sets the Mesa 3 apart’.

The new quad-core Intel^® Pentium^® processor in the Mesa 3 offers the speed and flexibility that field engineers and specialists need to run processor-intensive applications. It also delivers a huge increase in system memory (RAM), doubling to 8 GB from the Mesa 2. This provides greater capacity, speed, and data storage for demanding tasks, large spreadsheets, and multiple programs running concurrently. The Microsoft^® Windows 10 operating system provides organisations and professionals access to the data, maps, mapping systems, and office software libraries needed to successfully complete their work. The computer...