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The firm will provide data and technology to support nautical charting, navigation, territorial limits and coastal resources across the …

DAYTON, Ohio, July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Woolpert^[1] has been selected as a prime consultant for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Shoreline Mapping Support Services contract. The firm and its partners will provide updated charting data and analytics of the national shoreline for use in nautical charts, to support maritime navigation, to define territorial limits and to manage coastal resources. The five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract will support NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS), National Geodetic Survey (NGS) and Remote Sensing Division (RSD). The contract has a ceiling of $40 million.

The Shoreline Mapping Support Services contract is being administered by NOAA's NGS. Previous awards under this contract included lidar collection, aerial imagery acquisition, shoreline compilation, GRAV-D and disaster relief. Woolpert specializes in the collection and processing of high-resolution topographic and bathymetric lidar and imagery, acoustic hydrographic services and marine survey.

Woolpert also is under contract^[2] with NOAA's Office of Coastal Management to acquire geospatial data of U.S. coastal regions and the Great Lakes, and Woolpert is part of a team contracted^[3] to provide Professional and Technical (ProTech) Services Oceans Domain...

Expects Full Year 2020 Financial Results to Materially Exceed Previously Issued Revenue, EBITDA and EPS Guidance Ranges

Strong 2021 and 2022 Guidance Underscores Confidence in Strategic Initiatives

IRVINE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 7, 2020 — CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX^[1]), a leading global provider of property information, insight, analytics and data-enabled solutions, today announced increased financial guidance for the full year 2020 and provided 2021 and 2022 financial guidance, as summarized below.

CoreLogic expects full year 2020 financial results to materially exceed previously issued revenue, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS guidance ranges, driven principally by continued market share gains and operating leverage.

Updated FY 2020 Financial Guidance:

$ in millions except adjusted EPS	Previous Guidance	Updated Guidance
Revenue	$1,690 - $1,730	$1,840 - $1,880
Adjusted EBITDA(1)	$500 - $525	$565 - $585
Adjusted EPS(2)	$2.80 - $3.00	$3.40 - $3.60...

Economist and UN SDSN President Jeffrey Sachs and National Geographic Society Chief Education Officer Dr. Vicki Phillips Will Discuss the Future of Global Geospatial Technology Engagement and Education

REDLANDS, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 7, 2020 — Esri^[1], the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that the 40th annual Esri User Conference will be the largest virtual gathering of GIS professionals. Normally held in San Diego, California, the conference will be presented in a completely virtual format and take place July 13–16, 2020. The Esri User Conference brings together technology innovators, executives, educators, scientists, and GIS users seeking to solve challenges in their organizations and throughout the world, using the most powerful mapping and analytics platform on the planet.

This year's conference theme, GIS—Interconnecting Our World, explores how geospatial technology can integrate everything and engage everyone to overcome unprecedented global challenges. Esri founder and president Jack Dangermond will open the conference—which this year will see the Plenary Session span across three days—with his observations on how GIS, the world's nervous system, has never been more interconnected than it is today.

"Through the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has unfolded over the first half of the year, we have seen just how interconnected the systems of the world are," said Dangermond. "GIS...

• CoreLogic HPI reports a 4.8% increase compared to May 2019, as demand continued to prop up home price growth
• CoreLogic Market Risk Indicator predicts 125 metro areas have at least a 75% probability of price decline by May 2021
• HPI Forecast shows the U.S. index will tumble 6.6% from May 2020 to May 2021, with all states expected to experience a decline

IRVINE, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 7, 2020 — CoreLogic^® (NYSE: CLGX^[1]), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI^™) and HPI Forecast^™ for May 2020. Nationally, home prices increased by 4.8%, compared with May 2019. Home prices increased 0.7% in May 2020 compared with April of this year.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200707005298/en/^[2]

Strong home purchase demand in the first quarter of 2020, coupled with tightening supply, has helped prop up home prices through the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. However, the anticipated impacts...

SAN DIEGO, Calif., July 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genasys Inc. (NASDAQ: GNSS), the global leader in critical communications systems and solutions, today announced that it has become an official partner of Esri, the global leader in location intelligence.
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"Partnering with Esri enhances our unified, multi-channel public safety platform by enabling more effective and accurate geofencing when notifying people in, or entering into, crisis-affected areas,” said Richard S. Danforth, CEO of Genasys. “Geospatial data created by current and prospective customers can now be seamlessly integrated and transferred into the Genasys platform.

"By leveraging Esri’s immense public library of map layers, we improve situational awareness for more precise alerting,” Mr. Danforth added. “Data can also be pushed to the public so people can see areas affected by wildfires, flooding, power outages, pandemic outbreaks and other critical events, and monitor them in real time."

Genasys’ unified, multi-channel critical communications platform provides situational awareness, transparent communications and advanced GIS capabilities using geographic analysis and algorithms that combine data sources with location and movement information. Advanced visualization, geographic permissions, influence areas, buffers and other tools support the critical decision-making process of emergency managers during crisis situations.

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Esri, the global market leader in geographic information...

NEODESHA, Kan., July 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- J. Michael Drozd, new Chief Executive Officer of AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc.^[1] (NYSE American: UAVS), an industry leading provider of unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced aerial imagery, data collection and analytics solutions, today issued a letter to the Company’s shareholders commenting on the Company’s vision, defined growth strategy and key developments which have occurred since he assumed the helm of AgEagle on May 18, 2020. Drozd stated:

“I’d like to begin by sharing how pleased and privileged I am to have been selected by the Board to help lead AgEagle through its next critical phase of innovation and evolution. Since my first day on the job, I have immersed myself in meeting with our talented team; fully understanding the depth and capabilities of our software development and manufacturing operations; carefully evaluating our core strengths and many market opportunities; and attaining meaningful clarity into the dynamic, high growth company we are actively engaged in building. This has been and will undoubtedly remain an exciting and ongoing process. 

“After an extensive evaluation process, I firmly believe that AgEagle has what it takes to become one of the leading, most trusted commercial drone technology, services and solutions providers globally.  To achieve that aim, we are committing to a highly focused growth...

Cambridge, ON – July 6, 2020 – exactEarth Ltd. (TSX:XCT) (“exactEarth” or the “Company”), a leading provider of Satellite-AIS data services announces an expanded alliance agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) with one of its existing channel partners (the “Partner”). All financial figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.

The Amended Agreement extends the current agreement between the companies by three-and-a-half years through to December 2023. exactEarth estimates that this Amended Agreement will generate additional incremental revenues of approximately $7.0 million, or $2.0 million per year on an annualized basis. Under the terms of the Amended Agreement, the Partner is able to deploy exactEarth’s exactView^TM RT advanced real-time Satellite-AIS data services into their full range of advanced maritime analytics products, derived services and international data customers. The agreement also provides both Parties with expanded reseller rights which enable further sales potential over the term of the agreement.

“We are pleased to significantly expand our relationship with this Partner, who is a leading information and data analytics provider,” said Peter Mabson, President & CEO of exactEarth. “Expanding and building on key channel partner relationships is an important part of our growth strategy which we believe will help us increase our market leadership and achieve our key financial objectives such as continued revenue growth, positive Adjusted EBITDA and positive cash...