Vienna, Austria, July 5, 2013—With over 250 attendees from 40 countries, the RIEGL LIDAR 2013 International Airborne, Mobile, Terrestrial & Industrial User Conference turned out to be the LIDAR event of the year. The conference took place at the Vienna Marriott,...
The Atlantic National Correspondent James Fallows Joins Esri UC as Featured Speaker
Redlands, Calif., July 2, 2013—James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, will join the Esri International User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego, California, on July 8, 2013 to preview a new reporting project—debuting later this summer—that will...
Esri Joins Global In-Location Alliance
Redlands, Calif., June 27, 2013—Esri announced that it has joined the worldwide In-Location Alliance. Esri joins a growing number of companies that have come together to drive innovation and market adoption of high-accuracy indoor positioning and related services....
Safe Software Completes a Successful FME World Tour 2013
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 27, 2013—Safe Software, makers of FME®, the leading spatial data transformation technology, today announced that with the assistance of its Value Added Reseller (VAR) partners it has wrapped up another successful FME World...
Japanese Firm Chuo-Kogyo Purchases New UltraMap Modules
Graz, Austria, June 27, 2013—Chuo-Kogyo Co., Ltd., a Japanese engineering and surveying firm, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit to purchase the UltraMap DenseMatcher, Ortho Pipeline and Aerial Triangulation software modules. Chuo-Kogyo is...
Satellite Shows Aftermath of Historic Colorado Fire
NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of the burn scar from Colorado's Black Forest fire, which charred more than 14,000 acres (5,700 hectares) and destroyed 509 homes, killing two people.
Satellites Aid Agriculture in Gambia
To monitor and evaluate agricultural development in Gambia, one of Africa's poorest nations, satellites are mapping crops and land cover.
Potential Snag Emerges for UAS Integration
On June 27, 2013, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill asking the Federal Aviation Administration to stop the rule-making process until privacy concerns are addressed.
Satellites Monitor Health Hazards from Wildfire Smoke
Understanding how high wildfires send smoke into the atmosphere is key to predicting where and how a plume will spread.
South Africa Drone Operator Arrested
On June 28, 2013, a dozen police officers apprehended a man who flew a camera-equipped drone over the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela was being treated.
