The Crew Earth Observations team at NASA's Johnson Space Center sends daily ground targets to astronauts on the International Space Station to photograph. But sometimes the striking displays visible from orbit inspire the crew to take imagery on their own.
Despite early technical problems, the U.S. Navy reports its MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial system successfully tracked pirates and provided surveillance over Libya.
When NASA's Terra satellite snapped this image of the Lion Fire on July 28, the fire was approximately 15 percent contained and growing.
Woolpert says its Cessna plane equipped with a Leica LiDAR system and a large-format digital camera is the first such aircraft to be based in Texas.
Astrium signed a contract with Hong Kong's Spatial Technology Limited to provide precise surface movement monitoring information for the construction of a 3.5-km tunnel on Hong Kong Island.
A natural-color satellite image shows the summit of Kilauea Volcano, near the southern coast of the Big Island of Hawaii.
NASA's Aqua satellite shows fires burning in the Murgenella Wildlife Sanctuary, which is adjacent to Kakadu National Park.
Norcross, Ga., July 27, 2011—The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is a longtime user of survey equipment from Leica Geosystems, and recently enhanced survey crew capacities by purchasing ten Leica Viva TS15 Robotic Imaging Total Stations, four Viva CS15...
Graz, Austria, July 26, 2011—Microsoft UltraCam reseller GeoToolBox Ibérica S.L. (GTBi), based in Madrid, Spain, won an international tender with the Instituto Geográfico de Venezuela Simón Bolivar (IGVSB). The awarded contract includes an UltraCamXp digital...
Residents west of Boulder, Colo., had to evacuate last September during the Fourmile Canyon fire. As they returned to their homes, the U.S. Geological Survey cautioned that the scorched surroundings now had become ripe for flooding. The floods”and another evacuation”came on July 13, 2011.
