Painting the Growing Season in the Maize Triangle 

A colorful radar image from South Africa’s Maize Triangle is providing a new look at one of the country’s most important agricultural regions.

America’s Emerald Isle 

This image centers on Beaver Island, the largest island in Lake Michigan at 13 miles (21 kilometers) long and 6 miles (10 kilometers) wide.

Satellite Radar Reveals Mexico City’s Rapid Subsidence

A radar-derived map reveals the extent of ground subsidence across Mexico City, where some areas are sinking at alarming rates.

Typhoon Sinlaku Makes Landfall in Mariana Islands

A collection of 2.5-minute Target Sector JMA Himawari-9 AHI Visible images showed Super Typhoon Sinlaku as its eye approached Saipan in the Mariana Islands on April 13-14, 2026.

Artemis Mission Sees Earth from the Moon 

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS & TRENDS

Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku

Gravity Waves From Super Typhoon Sinlaku

A nighttime satellite image has revealed atmospheric gravity waves generated by Super Typhoon Sinlaku as it moved across the western Pacific Ocean. The image captures rippling patterns spreading through the upper atmosphere, offering a striking example of how powerful...

Greenland’s Changing Ice 

Greenland’s Changing Ice 

Greenland is the world's largest island, and about 80 percent of its surface is covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, the second largest ice mass on Earth after the Antarctic Ice Sheet.  This image combines three acquisitions taken by Sentinel-1’s radar over the...

Netherlands in Bloom

Netherlands in Bloom

Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on April 21, 2026, this image shows a double bloom in the Netherlands: an array of vibrant colors in the tulip fields as well as the blue-greenish swirls of phytoplankton in the North Sea. In the image we can see the...

Spring Rains Saturate Michigan 

Spring Rains Saturate Michigan 

Above-normal precipitation swelled Michigan’s rivers to major flood stage in March and April 2026, damaging infrastructure and triggering evacuations in multiple counties.

Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands

Fires Tear Through Nebraska Grasslands

On the afternoon of March 12, 2026, a wildland fire ignited in Morrill County, Neb. Within 12 hours, high winds had propelled flames approximately 70 miles (110 kilometers) east-southeast across the prairie.

BUSINESS

Trimble Launches ‘Everywhere You Turn’ Road Trip

The immersive cross-country journey to demonstrate how Trimble technology serves as a backbone of global industry WESTMINSTER, Colo., June 1, 2026 — Trimble today announced its dynamic Everywhere you turn cross-country United States road trip to showcase how Trimble...

Esri Canada named a Municipal Changemaker by Municipal World

Key points Esri Canada was named a Municipal Changemaker by Municipal World for helping municipalities across Canada use GIS and location intelligence to improve decision making. Municipalities use GIS to tackle complex challenges including housing, infrastructure,...

DARPA readies robotic deep-space repair satellite for 2026 launch

How do you maintain spacecraft 22,000 miles away? DARPA wants to find out with the first launch of the dexterous, deep-space robot program as soon as this summer. DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) payload resides in the cryogenic thermal...

HawkEye 360 Enters Into $125 Million Revolving Credit Facility

HawkEye 360, a global provider of signals intelligence data and analytics, announced that it has entered into a $125 million revolving credit facility maturing in May 2031. The revolving credit facility enhances the Company’s liquidity and financial flexibility to...

DataMapWales brings together 3,000 datasets

What began as an environmental tool 10 years ago has blossomed into an extensive nationwide data service. DataMapWales is a Welsh Government portal that brings together 3,000 datasets, 600 of which are publicly available. The data ranges from building...

PRODUCTS

Surveying total station with dual displays

SingularXYZ has added the STS1 total station to its range, bringing, the company says, a combination of precise measurement capabilities with intuitive software. The STS1 provides 2″ angular accuracy with mm-level distance measurement, making it highly suitable or...

Septentrio extends its GNSS module family with mosaic-G5 P6

All-in-one GPS/GNSS receiver with minimal SWaP sets a new performance benchmark for survey and industrial automation applications.  Septentrio, part of Hexagon, a provider ofhigh-precision GNSS positioning solutions, announces the launch of the mosaic-G5 P6...

XGrids launches Lixel K2 and LixelStudio 4.0

Anew handheld reality capture instrument from XGrids, the Lixel K2, made its debut at 3DISE in Prague in early May. Together with the release of LixelStudio 4.0, the company is striving to set a new benchmark for engineering-grade point cloud data. Weighing...

Septentrio extends its GNSS module family with mosaic-G5 P6

All-in-one GPS/GNSS receiver with minimal SWaP sets a new performance benchmark for survey and industrial automation applications.  Leuven, Belgium – May 11, 2026 - Septentrio, part of Hexagon, a leader in high-precision GNSS¹ positioning solutions,...

PEOPLE AND EVENTS

Geospatial Excellence Celebrated with AGI Awards at GEO Business

London, 4 June 2026 – The Association for Geographic Information, the membership group for organisations and individuals working in the geospatial sector, is delighted to announce its 2026 annual award winners. Presented at the GEO Business event in London...

Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2027

Leading geospatial and mapping event selects industry leaders to help deliver critical insights to geospatial professionals Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 4, 2026 – Organizers of Geo Week, the premier conference and tradeshow that brings together geospatial and...

Sydney is bidding for the 2030 ISPRS Congress

A bid is being made to host the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing’s Congress in Sydney in 2030. The effort is being spearheaded by well-known local geospatial experts Petra Helmholz and Sisi Zlatanova, with the Locus Alliance, headed by...

National EISSI Awards season kicks off

The 2026 Excellence in Surveying & Spatial Information Awards season has begun. Having been restricted to NSW for more than 25 years, the geographic spread of the awards has been expanding across the nation over the past 12 months, with South Australia included...

Toronto set to host global geospatial sciences congress this July

From 4-11 July, the XXV ISPRS Congress and 47th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS) will bring together scientists, technologists and industry decision-makers from around the world in Toronto. This will be one of the most significant gatherings in the...

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