RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 19, 2014—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, will be hosting its annual International Reseller and Business Partner Meeting in the Toronto region from October...
SPIE Remote Sensing 2014 Program Available
Bellingham, Wash., Aug. 19, 2014—Attend SPIE Remote Sensing 2014, an important European conference focused on giving international researchers and scientists access to the most recent satellite-based imaging systems and the data generated by them, as well as...
URISA Exemplary Systems in Government Award Recipients Announced
Des Plaines, Ill., Aug. 13, 2014—URISA Is pleased to announce the recipients of 2014 Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. Since 1980, URISA's ESIG Awards have recognized extraordinary achievements in the use of geospatial information technology that have...
East View Geospatial Receives DigitalGlobe’s 2013-2014 Best Deal of the Year Award
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 19, 2014—East View Geospatial (EVG), a leading provider of authoritative maps and geospatial data products from around the world, was the recipient of DigitalGlobe's 2013-2014 Best Deal of the Year Award. DigitalGlobe is a leading global provider...
Kratos’ RT Logic to Demonstrate Common Data Link Capabilities for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 18, 2014—Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its RT Logic subsidiary has been selected by Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to demonstrate a ground breaking...
Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Integrate Manned, Unmanned Flight Operations
USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, At Sea, Aug. 18, 2014—Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and the U.S. Navy offered a glimpse of the future of carrier aviation on Aug. 17 by conducting a series of cooperative flights from the aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt...
OGC Announces Big Data Domain Working Group
Aug. 13, 2014—At the recent OGC meetings in Geneva, members of the OGC formed an OGC Big Data Domain Working Group. This OGC domain group provides an open forum for discussions and standards recommendations for Big Data interoperability, access, and analytics...
PT. Karvak Nusa Geomatika Selects Optech Orion ALTM for Mapping Asia Pacific
TORONTO, Aug. 13, 2014—Optech is pleased to announce the commissioning of a second high-precision Optech airborne sensor for PT. Karvak Nusa Geomatika this week in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Optech Orion M sensor joins the Optech Gemini that PT. Karvak has been...
Satellite Images Reveal Glacier's Rapid Retreat
Located in the Brabazon Range of southeastern Alaska, Yakutat Glacier is one of the fastest-retreating glaciers in the world. It is the primary outlet for the 810-square-kilometer (310-square-mile) Yakutat Ice Field, which drains into Harlequin Lake and, ultimately, the Gulf of Alaska. Comparing satellite images from 1987 and 2013 show how quickly Yakutat is melting away.
Measuring Ice Sheet Highs, Lows and Loss
New results from the European Space Agency's CryoSat mission reveal combined ice volume loss at an unprecedented rate of 500 cubic kilometers a year.
