Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 2, 2014—Quantum Spatial Senior Vice President and Alaska Region Manager Tony Follett has retired after 40 years with the company. During his tenure he was involved in all facets of the business with a particular focus on photogrammetry,...
GCS to Develop Big Data Business around IBM Watson
MISSOULA, MONT., Jan. 7, 2014—GCS, a geoanalytics company, has hired Rob Kinnear as Director of Strategic Partnerships. Among Kinnear’s primary responsibilities will be the development of new markets for custom Big Data solutions built on top of the IBM Watson...
PennDOT Integrates ArcGIS for Modernized Field Data Collection
Redlands, Calif., Jan. 7, 2014—Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently completed a project to manage its road asset and bridge inventory data with Esri technology. The successful implementation received special acknowledgment from Pennsylvania...
Salt Lake City Lights up the Night
Viewed at night from the vantage point of the International Space Station, the regular north-south and east-west layout of street grids typical of western U.S. cities is clearly visible in this astronaut photograph of Salt Lake City. The color and density of the city lights provide clues to the character of the urban fabric.
DigitalGlobe Announces Top Satellite Image of 2013
A GeoEye-1 image of Mount Vesuvius was named the top satellite image of 2013.
BARREL Balloons Work with Satellites
The NASA-funded Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) project is unique, as it relies not on one gigantic balloon, but on many smaller ones”20 in total.
Observing the Arctic Thaw
In several months the Arctic will begin to thaw. Perhaps nowhere on Earth is the transformation between seasons so extreme as in the Arctic, especially in the spring.
DARPA Developing New Spy Satellite Concept
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has plans to develop an ultimate spy satellite capable of viewing 40 percent of Earth's surface at once”without glass optics.
Unmanned Aircraft Observations May Save Elephants
After 17 elephants were killed by a speeding train in West Bengal, India, the nation's railways and environment ministries are considering deploying unmanned aircraft systems to help prevent such tragedies. After 17 elephants were killed by a speeding train in West Bengal, India, the nation's railways and environment ministries are considering deploying unmanned aircraft systems to help prevent such tragedies.
GE and ikeGPS Improve Utility Worker Efficiency with Mobile MapSight Device
ATLANTA, Dec. 19, 2013—Improving field utility worker efficiency and building on its advanced utility asset measurement offering, GE’s Digital Energy business (NYSE: GE) has announced it is branding ikeGPS’ innovative field measurement product as MapSight. This...
