Many Earth observation satellite sensors are tuned to be sensitive to specific parts or bands of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes.
Océ PlotWave 340/360 Large Format Printing System with Multi-Touch Panel Integrates Technical Users with the Cloud
Melville, N.Y., July 15, 2013—Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A, announced today the launch of its new Océ PlotWave® 340 and Océ PlotWave® 360 monochrome printing systems. The Océ PlotWave® 340/360 offers a new standard in...
TerraSim Releases MaterialMAP 1.1
Pittsburgh, July 15, 2013—TerraSim is pleased to announce the latest release of its source data preparation product, MaterialMAP from TerraSim®. MaterialMAP classifies imagery into surface material maps to support mobility simulation in a variety of constructive...
Microsoft Announces UltraCam Osprey Web Seminar
Graz, Austria, July 25, 2013—With the Microsoft UltraCam Osprey we announced a whole new breed of camera, combining a high performing photogrammetric nadir camera with oblique capture capability, offering a more versatile dataset than other oblique systems on the...
URISA Focuses on Public Participation GIS in July 29 Webinar
Des Plaines, Ill., July 16, 2013—On Monday, July 29, URISA will present an educational webinar on “Public Participation GIS: Using GIS to Support Community Decision Makingâ€. This 90 minute webinar will explore the use of GIS in community decision making,...
Atlantic Secures Key Environmental Services Designation from GSA
Huntsville, Ala., July 15, 2013—Atlantic, a Huntsville-based company specializing in remote sensing, surveying and consulting services, has been awarded a General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 899 for Environmental Services. The Environmental Services...
Merrick & Company's Geospatial Solutions Team Achieves ISO Certification
Greenwood Village, Colo., July 16, 2013—Merrick & Company’s (www.merrick.com)  Geospatial Solutions (GSS) team is pleased to announce that it has achieved certification for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 Quality Management...
Proteus Wins Contract for Land/Marine Classification Mapping of Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, UAE, and BRISTOL, UK, July 18, 2013—Proteus, a provider of satellite-derived mapping and classification services, has been contracted by Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) to deliver fine-scale terrestrial and marine land use/land cover (LULC) and...
Algae Blankets Yellow Sea and Beaches
In June and early July 2013, beaches and bays along the east coast of China's Shandong Province were coated in thick mats of green algae, or seaweed, that washed in from the Yellow Sea.
Planet Labs to Launch Nanosatellite Constellation
Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based space and analytics company, says its 28-satellite constellation will offer frequent, low-cost images of any point on the globe.
