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February 6, 2012
Check Out CEO John Copple's Insights in the
EIJ 2012 State of the Industry Report

Sanborn CEO John Copple and other industry leaders' thoughts on the state of the geospatial services industry.
 

January 6, 2012
John Copple, Sanborn CEO: Perspective on the 3D Lay of the Land
Colorado Springs
Business Journal

 

September 29, 2011
John Copple, Sanborn CEO, Receives 2011 NSGIC Outstanding Service Award

 
John Copple, CEO/President of Sanborn, has been a sponsor and supporter of NSGIC for many years... (read more)
 
September 7, 2011
CUNY's Sean Ahearn on the Post-9/11 Value of Sanborn LiDAR Technology (Fox News)
 

August 31, 2011
MAPPS Launches State Chapter in Colorado

 
August 22, 2011
Click Here for a brief story in the Samoa News about the Sanborn Mobile Mapping Team's work on a tsunami modeling project in American Samoa...
 
August 17, 2011
The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. adds Learon Dalby to its Business Development Team
 

August 1, 2011
Click Here to View
a GIS Cafe Interview
with John Copple at the
ESRI International User
Conference


  Click to view the video!
 
June 22, 2011
Sanborn Announces the
Launch of Building Model
(BM) Services to the
Windows Azure™
Marketplace DataMarket
 

April 25, 2011
Click to check out an information-rich PDF presentation on the Benefits of Base Mapping
By Dan Widner---GIS Coordinator, VITA, and John Copple---CEO, The Sanborn Map Company, Inc.

 
 
March 26, 2011
From The Columbia Daily Tribune: Boone County Maps to Get a Fresh Look
Columbia, Missouri--In 19 locations around Boone County, “X” marks the spot. The 12-feet-by-12-feet aerial markers, made of strips of white ripstop nylon and secured to the ground with stakes, are in place to aid Sanborn Map Co.’s aerial photography that will create updated maps of Boone, Cole and Callaway counties. Continued...
 
January 31, 2011
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Announces a Multi-State Southeastern U.S. Mobile Mapping Demo Tour
Colorado Springs, Colorado - The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., will
kick off a multi-state southeastern U.S. mobile mapping tour starting February 15, in Richmond, VA. The tour, which features the advanced technology and demonstration of the Optech Lynx Mobile Mapping
System, will also be showcased in Raleigh, NC, February 16-18; Columbia, SC, February 23-25; Atlanta, GA, February 28; Nashville, TN, March 1-3; Des Moines, Iowa, March 7-8; and, Denver, CO (date TBD)
 
November 30, 2010
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Adds Three New Sales Staff
Colorado Springs, Colorado - Sean Fitzpatrick, and John Tarr have joined The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. as Strategic Account Managers. Mr. Fitzpatrick will manage the Northeast Region and will be working from an office located in Floral Park, NY. He has 26 years of professional business development, geospatial and GIS experience. Most recently, he worked for the New York City Transit Department of Security and Counterterrorism.
 
August 20, 2010
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Welcomes Madani and Agarwal; Kraft Promoted
Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 20, 2010 - The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., a geospatial industry leader, recently welcomed new hires Dr. Mostafa Madani as Chief Technology Officer, Mapping Division, and Sanchit Agarwal, CP, CMS, GISP as Director of Technical Quality, Mapping Division. In addition, Marie Kraft has been promoted to Vice President of Finance.
 
July 6, 2010
CyberCity 3D and Sanborn Partnership on Google Earth Blog
Click above to read about the partnership on Emergency Response Maps between Sanborn and CyberCity 3D.
 
June 25, 2010
Sanborn Mobile Mapping in US Infrastructure Magazine
Click above to read Rick Vincent's article in US Infrastructure's online publication. The article details Sanborn Mobile Mapping products and services (Sanborn article can be found on page 98).
 

May 10, 2010
Sanborn Collects Aerial LiDAR for the City of New York
(New York Times Article)

  In April of 2010, Sanborn collected aerial LiDAR for the City of New York. The data collected will help facilitiate development of up-to-date maps showing areas most prone to flooding, buildings best suited for installation of solar power, neighborhoods most in need of trees, as well as to determine locations of existing wetlands areas within the city.
 
NYT.com Article
April 14, 2010
MapMart Adds Sanborn CitySets and 3DCities Data to Online Product Offering

MapMart, the most extensive online source of mapping and image data sets, today announced that Sanborn CitySets and 3DCities high resolution products are now available on the MapMart website and through the MapMart On-Demand® Toolbar.

March 31, 2010
El Segundo, California (PRWEB)--CyberCity 3D and Sanborn Partner on 3D

CyberCity 3D, Inc. and The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. announce an alliance to provide groundbreaking GeoWeb solutions to a variety of government agencies and geographic information system (GIS) services as well as data products.

 

March 31, 2010
John Copple's in EIJ's 2010 State of the Industry Report

Commentary on the geospatial industry's current state after the economic downturn and what the future may hold.

EIJ State of the Industry Report

March 16, 2010
SEATTLE — (PRNewswire) — Isilon® Systems (Nasdaq: ISLN) today announced that Sanborn—a Geospatial Information Leader—Deploys Isilon Scale-out NAS to Increase Image Processing Speeds by 533 Percent, Accelerating Project Turnaround and New Business Acquisition.


March 9, 2010
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Provides States with Crucial Broadband Mapping Information and Solutions
Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 9, 2010 - Sanborn, an industry leader in geospatial solutions, announced today that it has won three
prime contract awards for state-wide broadband mapping services along with subcontractor awards for similar broadband mapping services in four other states.

December 16, 2009
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Announces Acquisition of Optech's LYNX™ Mobile Mapper Technology
Colorado Springs, Colorado, December 16, 2009 - Sanborn, a leading provider of geospatial solutions announces the purchase and implementation announces of Optech’s next-generation LYNX Mobile Mapper technology.

December 7, 2009
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Using Optech’s State-of-the-Art Lynx Mobile Mapper™
Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced LiDAR survey instruments, is pleased to announce in a press release today Sanborn’s acquisition of Optech’s next-generation Lynx Mobile Mapper.

December 7, 2009
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Completes Environmental Program
John Copple, CEO of Sanborn, announced today the completion of an environmental program utilizing LiDAR and digital imagery of an eighty mile corridor on the Osage River.

November 9, 2009
Sanborn Selected as IT Solutions Top Finalist
Sanborn was selected as a top finalist in the category of Planning, Designing and Building a Strategic Storage Infrastructure for "Best Practices in Storage" Awards Program by ComputerWorld’s Storage Networking World (SNW). The category “recognizes organizations that have created a well-developed blueprint for deployment success, including strategic storage vision, risk management and cost/benefit justification."

Sanborn’s multi-tiered storage infrastructure solution integrated several legacy systems allowing users to efficiently access numerous and complex geospatial datasets. Sanborn’s solution effectively enables production and customer interfaces from multiple office and international locations.

October 21, 2009
PRESS RELEASE--Sanborn Offers Over Half Million 3D Buildings

October 9, 2009
Sanborn Published in GeoWorld: "Modeling and Visualizations Assess Wildfire Threats, Risks and Economic Exposure"
David Buckley, Business Manager for the Sanborn Solutions Division, co-authors an article that illustrates the impacts of wildfire using the Sanborn Wildland Fire Risk Assessment System.

June 10, 2009
Sanborn To Present Technology Solutions at the 2009 ESRI User’s Conference in San Diego

May 29, 2009
Sanborn Invites States to Participate in Buy-Up Program for 2009

May 13, 2009
Boone County Missouri GIS Selects Sanborn (pdf)

May 5, 2009
State of Virginia Selects Sanborn for Statewide Program for Second Time (pdf)

May 1, 2009
Sanborn featured in Professional Surveyor Magazine (pdf)

July 9, 2008
Sanborn announced today that the St. Louis office will test an Applanix mobile mapping system for three months beginning July 2008 (pdf)



Recent Industry News
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Upcoming Conferences and Events
February 8-10, 2012
2012 SCAA Annual Conference
Myrtle Beach, SC
 
February 6-8, 2012
2012 SCARC Annual Conference
Charleston, SC
 
January 23-25, 2012
ILMF LiDAR Mapping Forum
Denver, CO
 
November 16-18, 2011
ESRI Soutwest User Conference - SWUG
Mesa, AZ
 
October 25, 2011
Oklahoma SCAUG Conference
Oklahoma City, OK
 
October 11-13, 2011
2011 KAMPRO Kentucky GIS Conf.
Frankfort, KY
 
October 6-9, 2011
2011 South Florida GIS Expo
West Palm Beach, FL
 
September 26-29, 2011
NSGIC 2011 Annual Conference
Boise, ID
 
September 19, 2011
Virginia GIS Conference
Glen Allen, VA
 
August 31-September 2, 2011
Arkansas GIS Users Forum
Bentonville, AR
 
August 23-24, 2011
2011 Midwest Security & Police Expo.
Peoria, IL
 
July 12-16, 2011
2011 ESRI International Users Conf.
San Diego, CA
 
May 3-6, 2011
NASCIO 2011 Mid-Year Conference
Washington, D.C.
 
May 2-3, 2011
2011 IMAGIN Conference & Expo
Bay City, MI
 
May 1-4, 2011
28th Annual National Flood Conference
New Orleans, LA
 
Apr. 19-21, 2011
Nebraska GIS / LIS Conference
La Vista, NE
 
Apr. 6-8, 2011
2011 TNGIC Annual GIS Conference
Gatlinburg, TN
 
Feb. 7-9, 2011
2011 International LiDAR Mapping Forum
New Orleans, LA
 
Nov. 18-19, 2010
10th Annual MAGIC Conference
Germantown, TN
 
Nov. 17-18, 2010
SHRUG--Getting The Most Out Of GIS
New Orleans, LA
 
Nov. 10-12, 2010
2010 Rural TeleCon Conference
Mesa, AZ
 
Nov. 7-10, 2010
25th Annual Northeast Arc Users Conf.
Providence, RI
 
Oct. 25-28, 2010
2010 NASCIO Annual Conference
Miami, FL
 
Oct. 13-15 2010
2010 Kentucky GIS Conference
Frankfort, KY
 
Sept. 21 2010
13th Annual Oklahoma SCAUG Conf.
Oklahoma City, OK
 
Sept, 19-23 2010
2010 NASF Annual Meeting
Orlando, FL
 
Sept, 12-16 2010
NSGIC 2010 Annual Conference
Minneapolis, MN
 
May 3-4, 2010
IMAGIN 2010 Annual Conference
Lansing, MI
 
Apr. 28-30, 2010
2010 NASCIO Mid Year Conference
Baltimore, MD
 
Mar. 29-31, 2010
2010 AWRA Spring Specialty Conference
Orlando, FL
 
Mar. 7-10, 2010
NSGIC 2010 Mid Year Conference
Annopolis, MD
 
Feb. 23-24, 2010
2010 Indiana GIS Conference
Bllomington, IN
 
Feb 21-23, 2010
2010 NARC National Conference of Regions
Washington, D.C.
 
Feb 10-12, 2010
South Carolina Aviation Association 32nd Annual Conference
Myrtle Beach, SC


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