Redlands, Calif., July 11, 2013—Esri recognized more than 170 organizations during the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Awards ceremony yesterday at the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego, California. The SAG Awards acknowledge vision,...
Dewberry Selected to Provide Remote Sensing Services for Incident Management and Homeland Security
Fairfax, Va., July 11, 2013—Dewberry, a national consulting firm, was recently selected by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide emergency response remote sensing services throughout the United States and its territories. Services include...
Esri and Vital Signs Launch Partnership
Redlands, Calif./Arlington, Va., July 9, 2013—Vital Signs, a monitoring system for agriculture, ecosystems and human well-being, announced Esri as its first corporate partner today at the annual International User Conference for the geographic information systems...
Merrick & Company's GeoSpatial Team Offers Unmanned Aerial Mapping Services to Mexico
Greenwood Village, Colo., July 9, 2013—Merrick & Company’s (www.merrick.com)  GeoSpatial Solutions (GSS) group is excited to announce that it has purchased an unmanned aerial system (UAS) to support surveying and mapping data collection projects in Mexico and...
PCI Geomatics' GXL System to Process Video and Imagery Collected on the International Space Station
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, July 8, 2013—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, is pleased to announce that it is currently working with Canadian company, UrtheCast Corp., to supply a high volume and...
Zooming in on Quebec's Sediment, Smoke and Stained Ice
Spring and early summer can be dynamic times in Canada, with ice retreating, soil thawing, wildfires and agricultural fires sparking, and rivers swelling.
GMES Copernicus Gets Green Light
Europe's ambitious global environmental monitoring program will now be able to move into operation thanks to the European Parliament's 2014-2020 budget approval.
RADARSAT-2 Maps of Calgary Flooding Available
MDA's Information Systems group released a series of RADARSAT-2 maps available to agencies and organizations involved in responding to the recent flooding in Alberta.
Satellite Maps Largest-Ever Flood Beneath Antarctica
The European Space Agency's CryoSat satellite has found a vast crater in Antarctica's icy surface that may have been left behind when a lake lying under about 3 kilometers of ice suddenly drained.
Aussie Police Embrace Surveillance Drones
South Australian Police will use sophisticated remote-controlled drones to spy on suspects as it takes the war on crime to new heights.
