Have you ever wondered what it would be like to soar like a satellite, watching the world pass beneath you? Except for a few astronauts, the dream is elusive”but through imagery from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), we can take such a vicarious flight.
On May 20, 2013, NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of a supercell thunderstorm just minutes before it spawned a destructive tornado that passed just south of Oklahoma City.
Unmanned aircraft systems will be tested at the Kronotsky nature reserve on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia's Pacific coast this summer to help track wildlife and crack down on poachers.
The European Space Agency's Proba-V is in good health following its recent launch. The satellite's Vegetation imager has been switched on and has captured its first image.
Researchers at the Centre for Integrated Petroleum, a joint venture between the University of Bergen and Uni Research, are using drones to map new oil reserves from the air.
STERLING, Va., May 16, 2013—Overwatch, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today the release of version 3.2.3 of its RemoteViewTM geospatial analysis software, providing imagery and geospatial intelligence analysts...
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, May 16, 2013—Leica Geosystems’ latest version of Zeno Connect supports the output of local grid coordinates in addition to the already supported output of WGS84 coordinates. The output of local grid coordinates allows Leica Zeno GIS users...
Huntsville, Ala., May 14, 2013—QCoherent Software LLC, the leading developer of LIDAR tools for the ArcGIS® environment, announces the release of LP360 2013.1. LP360 offers both standalone and ArcGIS integrated versions. This release brings significantly enhanced...
Redlands, Calif., May 7, 2013—Perhaps the greatest untapped IT resource available today is the ability to spatially analyze and visualize Big Data. As part of its continuing effort to expand the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology among web,...
Huntsville, Ala., May 13, 2013—Atlantic, a Huntsville-based company specializing in remote sensing, surveying and consulting services, has named Brian Mayfield President and Chief Operating Officer of the company.  Mayfield previously served Atlantic as Executive...
