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

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

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.

Researchers Want to Zap Space Junk

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

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.

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...