Optech Announces New Lynx MG1 Mapping-Grade Mobile Mapper

Toronto, June 4, 2013—Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the release of its Lynx MG1 (Mapping Grade) Mobile Mapper™. The Lynx MG1 has been designed for...

PCI Geomatics Software Supports ZY-3 Sensor

RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, June 6, 2013—PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it now supports ZY-3 imagery within its software suite. Zi Yuan-3, or ZY-3, is China’s first...

exactEarth to Host Webinar Series

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, June 10, 2013—exactEarth is hosting a series of webinars entitled “The Importance of First Pass Detection” aimed at introducing and explaining the new and exciting technology of Satellite AIS and we invite you to attend! The second...

Hexagon Conference Unites 3 500 Technology Experts in Las Vegas

Stockholm, June 4, 2013—Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, commenced its third annual international conference, HxGN LIVE, on 4 June at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, USA. Welcoming more than 3...

TerraGo Kicks off Summer Technology Showcase

ATLANTA, June 4, 2013—TerraGo, a leading global provider of location intelligence, geospatial collaboration and field data collection software solutions, is launching a series of technology showcase events featuring interactive sessions that highlight the latest...

Corbley Celebrates 20 Years of Building Geospatial Businesses

CASTLE ROCK, Colo., June 4, 2013—Corbley Communications Inc., a provider of business development and strategic communications services to the worldwide geospatial industry, is celebrating 20 years in business this month. For most of the past two decades, Corbley...

Leica Geosystems Acquires Geosoft

Heerbrugg, Switzerland, June 5, 2013—Leica Geosystems strengthens position in mobile mapping by acquiring Geosoft S.r.l., an Italian based software and hardware company, founded in 1988, that specializes in modular cartography, digital photogrammetry and mobile...

Satellite Observes Giant Oklahoma Tornado Scar

Satellite Observes Giant Oklahoma Tornado Scar

On June 2, 2013, NASA's Terra satellite observed an immense scar on the Oklahoma landscape left by a May 20, 2013, EF-5 tornado”the most severe rating on the enhanced Fujita scale. It was the deadliest U.S. tornado since an EF-5 killed 158 people in Joplin, Mo., in 2011.