Data from ocean-observing satellites indicate that El Niño conditions appear to be developing in the equatorial Pacific similar to those of May 1997, a year of the most potent El Niño events of the 20th century.
Drone Aids North Sea Oil and Gas Exploration
Geologists are using an eight-rotor, camera-equipped octocopter drone to identify oil-bearing rocks and record the rock faces in minute detail to help extract more resources from the North Sea.
Atlantic Upgrades Ortho Production Software to SimActive
Huntsville, Ala., May 8, 2014—Atlantic, a Huntsville-based company specializing in remote sensing, surveying and consulting services, has recently upgraded their ortho production software to SimActive. SimActive’s Correlator3D™ software is a patented end-to-end...
Earth Observations App Contest Kicks Off
Redlands, Calif., May 8, 2014—The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has launched GEO Appathon 2014. GIS giant Esri is supporting the event by offering developers free ArcGIS for Developers accounts. Hackers and developers may use these rich toolsets and the Esri...
Euroconsult Releases Detailed Roadmap to the Multibillion Dollar Global Military Satellite Communications Industry
PARIS, MONTREAL, WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 6, 2014—A new research report by Euroconsult, the leading global consulting firm specializing in space markets, provides a comprehensive analysis of the how and why of the military's usage of satellite communications, which saw...
Geospatial Corp. Unveils Latest Version of Cloud-Based GIS Platform
PITTSBURGH, May 5, 2014—Geospatial Corporation (OTC Pink: “GSPHâ€) has unveiled the Company’s newest version of GeoUnderground, our proprietary “Cloud-Based†GIS platform custom designed around the Google Maps API and Google Maps Engine. Mark A. Smith,...
Quantum Spatial Expands Historic Photo Archive
Anchorage, Alaska, May 7, 2014—Quantum Spatial, Inc. (QSI) in Anchorage is pleased to announce the expansion of our historic photography archive. In addition to the extensive assemblage of photographs from Alaska, we recently transferred the AeroMetric/Walker film...
Reference Technologies Announces Hummingbird Line of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
LAFAYETTE, Colo., May 8, 2014—Today Reference Technologies announced the release of three models of its Hummingbird® line of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). “After two and a half years of development and testing, the...
RIEGL Presented Geospatial World's Technical Innovation Award for Second Consecutive Year
HORN, Austria, May 9, 2014—The RIEGL LMS-Q780 airborne laser scanner was awarded with the Geospatial World Award in the Geospatial Technology Innovation LiDAR category at the Geospatial World Forum Conference in Switzerland. “We are proud to receive this...
Silent Falcon Unveils UAS Photogrammetric Sensor Package at AUVSI Conference
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., May 12, 2014—Silent Falcon UAS Technologies today unveiled a fully integrated photogrammetric sensor package that flies aboard the solar-electric powered Silent Falcon™ Unmanned Aircraft System. Incorporating the custom Falcon XCAM-A camera...
