Denver, Colorado | February 12, 2025 - At Geo Week, the premier event that champions the coming together of geospatial and mapping professionals, three innovative solutions were chosen as the winners of the Pitch the Press event. The latest products from Mad Nadir Mapping, NOVI, and Tersus GNSS were chosen from 16 presentations that were pitched rapid-fire to a panel of high-profile press representatives at Geo Week. These solutions represent the cutting edge in hardware, components, and services.
In evaluating this year’s competing companies, the Pitch the Press panel of judges focused on contestants who took innovative approaches to solving problems and meeting the needs of the marketplace. For example, the judges were impressed by NOVI’s presentation and their solution’s ability to take the major problem of accessibility around Earth Observation data, and use of edge computing in space to democratize the data. Along similar lines of thinking around democratization, the judges were intrigued by Mad Nadir Mapping’s affordable lidar systems being accessible to a wide swath of potential users, providing data to an accuracy that is acceptable for many use cases. Finally, Tersus’ newest offering, combining GNSS and photogrammetry, was notable to the judges for its innovation as a new class of product on the market to meet a need for the industry.
Pitch the Press is a unique opportunity for exhibitors to present their products to a group of editors and reporters looking for the most unique new technologies on display at Geo Week. Sixteen exhibiting companies opted to share their new product or service during the one-hour event. Each exhibitor gave a two-minute brief to members of the media, followed by a one-minute Q&A.
“This year’s Pitch the Press entries demonstrated a clear focus on accessibility and innovation, tackling industry challenges in ways that make advanced geospatial solutions more attainable,” said Jeremiah Karpowicz, Editorial Director for Geo Week News. “The selected winners reflect a growing emphasis on democratization - whether through affordability, cutting-edge technology, or entirely new approaches to data collection and analysis.”
Pitch the Press provides attendees with a sense of what products can be further explored on the Geo Week exhibit floor, which contains more than 215 exhibitors from around the world. Understanding the opportunities that companies like Mad Nadir Mapping, NOVI, Tersus GNSS are creating is just the beginning of where and how their respective industries will advance.
The “Pitch the Press” judging panel included Jason San Souci, Do You Know Drones Podcast host; Dan Smigrod, We Get Around Network; and Matt Collins, Geo Week News.
About Geo Week
Geo Week, presented by Geo Week News, was created in response to the changing needs of the built world and geospatial professionals and to acknowledge the increasing convergence of technology. Geo Week’s conference program and tradeshow floor feature commercial applications of 3D technologies, innovations, and case studies in the built environment, advanced airborne and terrestrial remote sensing solutions, smart products for a full project team, and more. Geo Week is strengthened by multiple strategic partnerships, including Conference and Event Partners ASPRS and RCN, plus Event Partners ISPRS, MAPPS, USIBD, and WGIC. Geo Week takes place February 10-12, 2025, at the Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO. For more information, visit www.geo-week.com.
