Madison, Ala., April 16, 2014—The U.S. Geological Survey is embarking on the most ambitious 3D Mapping program ever undertaken within the United States. The national 3D elevation program (3DEP) is designed to provide the first high resolution elevation data...
Innovative Sensor Fusion Applications for Optech ILRIS to be Showcased at EGU 2014
Toronto, April 22, 2014—Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems and productivity-enhancing workflow software, is pleased to announce that it will be at the European Geosciences Union General...
NGA's Bryan Goltry Honored with Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award
Tampa, Fla., April 15, 2014—This morning at the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation’s (USGIF) GEOINT 2013* Symposium, the 2013 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award in Geospatial Intelligence was presented to Bryan Goltry, an analyst at the National...
PCI Announces Webinar on Object Based Image Analysis with Geomatica and eCognition
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, April 22, 2014—PCI Geomatics announced it will hold a live webinar on Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA) with Geomatica and eCognition on April 29 at 2:00 PM EDT. Very High Resolution (VHR) imagery is increasingly available at a lower...
RIEGL LIDAR 2015 International User Conference Announced
Horn, Austria, April 15, 2014—After the exceptional success of RIEGL LIDAR 2013, which took place in Vienna Austria, RIEGL announces its next International User Conference, RIEGL LIDAR 2015, to be held in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China. “To meet the growing demand...
USGIF Chairman Stu Shea Steps Down After 10 Years of Service
Tampa, Fla., April 15, 2014—After founding the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) in 2004, serving as its first president and chief executive officer, and presiding as the Chairman of the Board for 10 years, Stu Shea this morning announced...
USGIF Names Roberta Bobbi Lenczowski as the 2013 Arthur C. Lundahl – Thomas C. Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Tampa, Fla., April 17, 2014—This morning, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced Roberta “Bobbi†Lenczowski as the recipient of the USGIF Arthur C. Lundahl–Thomas C. Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award. She received her award this...
Autodesk Announces ReCap Connect Partnership Program
San Francisco, April 15, 2014—With its new ReCap Connect Partnership Program, Autodesk will open up Autodesk ReCap – its reality capture platform – to third party developers and partners, allowing them to extend ReCap’s functionality. “Autodesk has a long...
FAA Announces First UAS Test Site Operational
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2014—The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the first of six test sites chosen to perform unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research is operational more than two-and-a -half months...
Leica Geosystems to Open HDS Laser Scanner Service Center in Atlanta
NORCROSS, GA, April 16, 2014—Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that it will open a state-of-the-art laser scanner service center in May that will allow the company to service all current models of Leica ScanStation laser scanners in North America, including the...
