Drones: FAA/DOT Announce Final Small UAS Rules

It’s been a long time coming but the Department of Transportation and the FAA have announced that they have finalized the first operational rules for small UAS (drones).  You can find a high level pdf and the full 600+ document below but here are a few highlights. Rules take effect in late August They are…

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GSI Acquires Trimble’s Energy Transmission Solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that it has sold its Trimble Energy Transmission Solutions (TETS) business to GeoSpatial Innovations, Inc. (GSI), a leading engineering software provider to electric and natural gas utilities in North America. TETS transmission and distribution software includes TL-Pro Design Studio for engineering overhead power line systems and Corridor…

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GE’s Americas Software Summit 2016 Recap

This March the GE Americas Software Summit was at the Loews Pacific Resort at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. I normally don’t do a lot of research on the venues for these conference before I get there. As the shuttle van was pulling up I was surprised to see that we were right in Universal Studios –…

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STEM, Where Are All The Girls At?

Did you know that GeoSpatial Innovations (GSI) is a women owned business? GSI is proud to be a women owned software company. In addition to the owners, women are throughout the organization in design, engineering, management, and technology positions. According to the U.S. census, in 1970, women represented only 3 percent of engineers, 14 percent…

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