Satellite-derived bathymetry reduces risk and cost of offshore seismic surveys. By David Critchley, CEO, Proteus (www.proteusgeo.com), Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Bristol, United Kingdom. In recent years, energy companies have relied increasingly on high-resolution satellite...
Geospatial Solutions Energize the Oil Patch
Virtually any business with assets that can be imaged and mapped will benefit from geospatial capabilities. There’s no more compelling evidence of this, however, than in the petroleum industry. According to U.K. firm Exprodat, it’s generally estimated that more...
USGS iCoast Needs You to Help Identify Coastal Changes
By Ethan Alpern, public affairs specialist, U.S. Geological Survey (www.usgs.gov), Reston, Va. Hurricane season started again in June. Do you know what happens to U.S. coasts after these extreme storms? The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently launched a...
NGA's Long Touts GEOINT Immersion
By Jacquelyn Karpovich, Office of  Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Springfield, Va. According to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Letitia A. Long, the agency’s transformation from a...
Industry Updates Jul-Aug 2014
Google Buys Skybox Imaging for $500 Million Google agreed on June 10, 2014, to buy Skybox Imaging, a provider of high-quality satellite images, as the technology giant continues its lofty ambitions for its Internet offerings. Initially, Skybox will help improve...
Swimming with Ice Cubes in Lake Superior
Air temperatures in the states and provinces around the Great Lakes suggest that meteorological summer has arrived. But the icy grip of winter is lingering in cool water temperatures and drifting chunks of ice. For nearly seven months, ice has been afloat somewhere on...
Sanborn Updates Oblique Analyst for ArcGIS Users
Colorado Springs, Colo., July 15, 2014—The benefits of viewing and working with oblique aerial imagery now are available to users with the latest versions of ArcGIS for Desktop geographic information system (GIS) software. The Sanborn Map Company’s Oblique Analyst...
Canon Solutions America Showcases Innovations in GIS Printing at 2014 ESRI International User Conference
Melville, N.Y.,July 9, 2014—Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A, today announced that it will display its latest solutions to help Geographic Information Systems (GIS) operators improve print quality, efficiency and workflow at...
CompassCom to Preview On-the-Fly Geofencing in CompassTrac 6 at Esri User Conference
Centennial, Colo., July 14, 2014—CompassCom will offer Esri User Conference attendees a sneak peek at advanced asset tracking capabilities in the upcoming version of its popular CompassTrac® software powered by Esri ArcGIS technology. Scheduled for release in late...
Explorer for ArcGIS Brings GIS to the Mac
Redlands, Calif., July 10, 2014—Esri today released Explorer for ArcGIS on the Mac, a native OS X application to discover, view, and share maps. The ready-to-use app joins Esri’s family of mapping apps, including Collector for ArcGIS, Dashboard for ArcGIS, and...
