Applying consistent quality control methods throughout a LiDAR project can save time, reduce costs and ensure a better project. By Sonja Ellefson, a LiDAR analyst at Quantum Spatial (www.quantumspatial.com), Sheboygan, Wis. As light detection and ranging (LiDAR)...
Sochi is a summer resort town with a warm, humid, subtropical climate. But the cold alpine climate of the Caucasus Mountains lies just a short distance inland. Nature helped the Olympic hosts in 2014 with cold weather and some natural snow during the weeks prior to the games.
When a fire broke out at a Branford, Conn. quarry on Jan. 30, 2014, Fire Chief Jack Ahern knew it was more complex than most incidents”the quarry housed explosives for a blasting company.
Global satellite data show a 30-year uptrend of sea-surface temperature has slowed during the last 15 years”not the end of global warming, but a shuffle in the climate system's energy flow.
Why does Amazon rainforest vegetation appear even greener and healthier in satellite images during dry periods and drought? NASA scientists have the answer after nearly a decade of debate.
The European Space Agency is delicately coaxing its trio of Swarm satellites into their respective orbits so they can start delivering the best-ever survey of Earth's magnetic field.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 10, 2014—The Sanborn Map Company announces a key upgrade to its world-class 3-D geospatial product line with the addition of the Atlanta, Boston, Miami and Seattle metropolitan areas. Sanborn’s massive collection of highly accurate...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 15, 2014—General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GAASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems, today announced that MQ-1 Predator® and Predator B/MQ-9...
Hallowell, Maine, Feb. 4, 2014—Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the release of the Global Mapper Software Development Kit (SDK) version 15.1. This minor release features read/write support for MS SQL Server Spatial databases, as...
SEATTLE, Feb. 4, 2014—LizardTech®, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the launch of Express Server® 9 software. Express Server is the leading image-delivery software for compressed raster imagery, including...
