Anchorage, Alaska, April 9, 2014—Ordnance Survey, Great Britain has selected DAT/EM Systems International® as their primary photogrammetric mapping software provider. The Summit Evolution™ software will be used for GIS and land base feature capture and editing...
Esri Geospatial Technology Speeds Analysis for US Army
Redlands, Calif., April 7, 2014—Esri has provided a recently revised set of customized templates to the US Army for its Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A). These easy-to-use templates come with maps, analytic capabilities, and other visualization...
NGA Joins GitHub, Offers Code to Help Disaster Response
SPRINGFIELD, Va., April 10, 2014—The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency this week joined GitHub, a popular social network that allows programmers to collaborate and share computer code between users.  The network allows developers to modify, distribute and...
PCI Geomatics Delivers High-Speed and Automated Historical Airphoto Processing System to Nationwide Environmental Title Research
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, April 10, 2014—PCI Geomatics has successfully delivered its high-speed and automated Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) system to Nationwide Environmental Title Research (NETR). “The HAP system has really reduced our project...
Psomas Chooses Optech Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper for Highway Surveying
Toronto, April 14, 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 delivery of a Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper™ to Psomas. One of the...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Deploys RIEGL LMS-Q1560
Orlando, Fla., April 7, 2014—RIEGL USA is proud to announce that NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) recently deployed its RIEGL LMS-Q1560 airborne laser scanner system! NASA JPL is utilizing the RIEGL LMS-Q1560 to more completely and accurately measure snowpack...
Sewall and CAI Technologies Announce New Cooperative Agreement
OLD TOWN, Maine, and LITTLETON, N.H., April 8, 2014—James W. Sewall Company of Old Town, Maine, and Cartographic Associates, Inc. (dba CAI Technologies) of Littleton, New Hampshire, have announced a new cooperative agreement whereby clients will benefit from the...
Geospatial Data Play Key Roles in Next-Generation Aviation Map Production
Aviation maps and navigation products have gone digital in both two and three dimensions. A current trend in the development of such mapping products is the integration of information that can enhance situational awareness for pilots in the air and on the ground. By...
Unlocking Radar's Full Potential
More individuals and organizations are harnessing the power of radar mapping data. By Rob Mott, vice president of Geospatial Solutions, Intergraph Government Solutions (www.intergraphgovsolutions.com), Madison, Ala. Radar has become one of the most versatile remote...
How to Interpret a False-Color Satellite Image
How can a forest be red and a cloud blue? It depends on the processes used to transform satellite measurements into images. In our photo-saturated world, it’s natural to think of the images on NASA’s Earth Observatory website as snapshots from space. But most...
