Anchorage, Alaska, April 18, 2013—DAT/EM Systems International, located in Alaska, USA will expand their brand to Indonesia. As a separate legal and business entity, the new DAT/EM Systems Indonesia organization will provide superior customer service and sales...
DMCii Increases Downlink Capacity with Svalbard Ground Station Facilities
Guildford, United Kingdom, April 16, 2013—DMC International Imaging (DMCii) has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) that will increase the volume of imagery acquired and the speed in which it can be delivered. The new facilities in Svalbard...
Keystone Aerial Surveys Acquires Two Microsoft UltraCam Eagles
Graz, Austria, April 18, 2013—At the ASPRS 2013 conference in Baltimore, Maryland, the Microsoft UltraCam team and PASCO Group  signed an agreement to add two UltraCam Eagle systems to Keystone Aerial Surveys Inc’s arsenal of aerial camera systems. The...
Maptek Donates Laser Scanner to University of California Berkeley
Glenside, South Australia, April 22, 2013—Technology provider Maptek has donated an I-Site laser scanning instrument to the University of California Berkeley. After years of renting I-Site scanners, the university can now use the technology for graduate and...
Space and Time Come Together through Esri, OSIsoft Partnership
San Leandro, Calif., April 18, 2013—OSIsoft, producer of the PI System, the leading operational data infrastructure for real-time data and events, and Esri, the global leader in geographic information systems (GIS), today announced a strategic partnership to execute...
USGS Seeks Proposals for Earthquake Research
Reston, Va., April 15, 2013—The U.S. Geological Survey will award up to $4 million in grants for earthquake hazards research in 2014. "The USGS has a long-standing grants program that has supported fresh and cutting-edge ideas all in an effort to reduce earthquake...
Woolpert Purchases Firm's First Unmanned Aerial System
DAYTON, Ohio, April 16, 2013—Woolpert, a national geospatial, infrastructure management and design consulting firm, recently announced it has purchased its first unmanned aerial system (UAS), the Nova Block III, from partnering UAS firm Altavian. The Nova Block III...
California Cloud Highway Forms
On April 14, 2013, NASA's Terra satellite observed a striking cloud formation extending more than 600 miles from the California coast out across the Pacific Ocean. The cloudbank hugged the coastlines of California and Baja California, spanning hundreds of kilometers north to south and east to west.
Hopes Dim for Reviving Radarsat-1
The Canadian Space Agency announced two weeks ago that Radarsat-1, Canada's first and oldest Earth observation satellite, experienced a technical anomaly. It's unlikely the satellite will recover.
White House Reveals Earth Observation Vision
President Obama's National Science and Technology Council released a framework for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's Earth observation enterprise.
