Des Plaines, Ill., June 17, 2014—The entire GIS community is asked to help develop an important profile of GIS professional activities and compensation by participating in the 2014 URISA GIS Salary Survey. URISA conducts a periodic comprehensive Salary Survey for...
VisionMap and Acute3D Announce Sale of 3-D Modeling Solution
Ramat Gan, Israel, June 16, 2014—VisionMap Ltd and Acute3D announced today the first sale of their joint 3D modeling solution to the Tianjin institute of Survey & Mapping. The bundle solution combines VisionMap’s A3 Airborne Digital Mapping System and...
U.S. Army Awards Contract to Raven Industries for Vista Smart Sensor Radar Systems
ARLINGTON, Va., June 18, 2014—Vista Research, a subsidiary of Raven Aerostar (Nasdaq:RAVN), has been awarded an operations and maintenance contract for the upgrade and replacement of currently-fielded radar systems in support of the U.S. Army's Persistent Ground...
Lighting up Moscow from Above and Below
A thin green line of the aurora borealis (northern lights) crosses the top of this night-time photograph taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station. The moon appears as a white disc just above the aurora. Airglow appears as a blue-white cusp along the Earth's limb. Moscow makes a splash of yellow light and is easily recognized by the radial pattern of its highways.
ESA Satellites Unveil Earth's Latest Magnetic Changes
The first set of high-resolution results from the European Space Agency's three-satellite Swarm constellation reveals the most recent changes in the magnetic field that protects our planet.
Chilean Glaciers Losing Ground
Chile's Northern Patagonian ice field is one of the world's largest temperate ice fields, but photos from space show its glaciers appear to be losing a significant amount of mass.
Satellites Can Detect Shifting Land, Save Lives
As shown by the March 2014 Oso, Wash., mudslide that killed 41 people, subsidence, rockfalls and landslides can cause devastating human and economic consequences. But satellites can help.
Oregon Will Monitor Wildfires with New Drone
The Oregon Forestry Department is building a helicopter unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to get into small, smoky places that are inaccessible or too dangerous for humans.
OGC Seeks Comment on Charter for New netCDF Standards Working Group
June 11, 2014—A new netCDF Standards Working Group (SWG) is being chartered to further extend the existing netCDF standard with extension modules for additional data models, encodings, and conventions. Initiators of the new SWG seek comments from the public on the...
OGC Seeks Comments on Candidate OGC Web Map Tile Service Simple Profile
June 12, 2014—The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC™) membership seeks public comment on the candidate OGC Web Map Tile Service Simple Profile of the OGC Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) Interface Standard. Current OGC WMTS Interface Standard implementations return...
