RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, March 6, 2014—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces that it has signed an Education Alliance agreement with Arabian Gulf University in Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The...
Photo Science Awarded NOAA Shoreline Mapping Contract
Lexington, Ky., March 4, 2014—Photo Science, a Quantum Spatial company, was recently awarded a multi-million dollar, 5-year, Indefinite Delivery Contract to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with Shoreline Mapping Services. This...
Viewing a Red Amazon Forest
An image of the Amazon acquired from NASA's MESSENGER satellite shows how substituting an infrared sensor for a blue one renders a crisper image of plants and trees from space and offers valuable information about plant health.
NASA Eyes Radar for Sinkhole Prediction
Findings suggest that radar data, if collected routinely from airborne systems or satellites, could in some cases foresee sinkholes before they happen, decreasing danger to people and property.
Ruling: FAA Lacks Authority to Ban Commercial UAS
A ruling by an administrative law judge holds that the Federal Aviation Administration lacks clear-cut authority to ban the commercial use of unmanned aircraft in U.S. continental airspace.
Researchers Want to Zap Space Junk
An Australian team working on a project to zap orbital debris with lasers from Earth says perhaps we're only a couple of decades from a “cascade of collisions” among low-Earth-orbiting satellites.
ESA Satellite Could Track Greenhouse Gases
A recent field campaign shows that a potential new satellite could understand where greenhouse gases come from, how they disperse in the atmosphere and how they affect climate change.
DAT/EM Systems International's Summit Evolution Software Now Processes CartoSat-1 Satellite Imagery
Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 25, 2014—DAT/EM Systems International introduces the capability to process high-resolution CartoSat-1 satellite imagery in its flagship digital photogrammetric workstation, Summit Evolution. Designed for geo-engineering (mapping) applications...
Optech Launches Informative New Website
Toronto, March 3, 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 the launch of our new and improved website. The new website...
RIEGL Announces iPad Point Cloud Viewer: RiALITY
HORN, Austria, Feb. 26, 2014—This new, innovative App, the first of its kind, allows users to experience LiDAR data in a completely new environment. It also allows easier LiDAR data demonstrations through the use of an iPad. RIEGL’s RiALITY App enables users to...
