Russian Volcano Action Intensifies

Russian Volcano Action Intensifies

Located on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, Klyuchevskaya (also spelled Kliuchevskoi) is one of the world's most active volcanoes. Erupting since Aug. 15, 2013, the volcano’s intensity surged in October.

Energy Producers Gear up for Sentinels

Energy Producers Gear up for Sentinels

The oil and gas industry is eyeing the use of Earth observation satellites as it explores new frontiers. The European Space Agency's upcoming Sentinel suite of satellites will facilitate these new endeavors.

Satellites Confirm Smaller Ozone Hole

Satellites Confirm Smaller Ozone Hole

The ozone hole over Antarctica was slightly smaller in 2013 than the average for recent decades, according to data from NASA's Aura satellite and the NASA-NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

Flying a UAS Isn't As Easy As It Looks

Flying a UAS Isn't As Easy As It Looks

The recent crash of a ConocoPhillips unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in Arctic airspace underscores the fact that flying a UAS can be more complicated than it appears.

Life Reclaims Mount St. Helens

Life Reclaims Mount St. Helens

Comparing current satellite images with images from nearly 30 years ago show a striking example of how life literally can rise from the ashes and re-colonize a patch of land.

Astrium Unveils First WorldDEMâ„¢ Sample Data

Toulouse, France, Oct. 17, 2013—Astrium, world’s second-ranking space company, released the first WorldDEM™ sample data sets for evaluation purposes, enabling potential customers to begin testing data for varied applications including line-of-sight analysis, 3D...

Blue Marble Releases Fully Managed Version of GeoCalc SDK

Hallowell, Maine, Oct. 16, 2013—Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the release of a fully managed .NET version of the GeoCalc 6.6 software development kit (SDK). Now .NET developers can get all of the accuracy and power of the GeoCalc...