Rockville, Md., Feb. 15, 2013—Contex, the world's leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, today announces Nextimage 3.1, a free upgrade to its wide format scanning software. This update adds several new and enhanced features, including an...
New Build of ArcGIS Explorer Desktop Tightens Integration with ArcGIS Online
Redlands, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013—The most recent ArcGIS Explorer Desktop release includes new features and enhancements to make it a more powerful tool in an enterprise GIS, including content sharing via ArcGIS Online, tabular information display, and new...
Satellite Imagery Sheds Light on Lost WWII Fighter
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 12, 2013—The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has published an article describing how two energy companies used satellite imagery to accurately locate and then try and unravel part of the mystery surrounding a British Royal Air Force...
New Esri Ocean Industry Manager Takes the Helm
Redlands, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013—Esri has hired Drew Stephens to expand the market for GIS within the ocean industry. Esri, the world leader in GIS, has accelerated the development of its ocean technologies via the Esri Ocean GIS Initiative. As Esri's industry...
Esri User Conference to Highlight More than 700 Maps
Redlands, Calif., Feb. 12, 2013—Esri announced Map Gallery submissions for the 2013 Esri International User Conference, July 8–12, in San Diego, CA are now open. At last year’s event, the company featured more than 700 maps from users around the world and across...
Google’s Chief Technology Advocate to Keynote SPAR
Portland, Maine, Feb. 12, 2013—Google's Chief Technology Advocate Michael T. Jones will deliver the Keynote presentation "A World of Measurement" at the 10th annual SPAR International Conference on End-to-End 3D. The presentation will look at our future as a...
Air Force Selects ITT Exelis to Develop Final Concept for Weather Imaging Sensor
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 12, 2013—ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been awarded a $13 million U.S. Air Force contract to study design modifications and to develop a final concept for an affordable, low-risk weather imaging sensor. The Space and Missile Systems Center, El...
Airborne Imaging Buys Second Leica ALS70-HP Laser Scanner
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, Feb. 13, 2013—Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Airborne Imaging Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, has purchased a second Leica ALS70-HP airborne laser scanner just a year after buying its first Leica ALS70. Once the new sensor is delivered,...
Optech Delivers Two Lidar Systems to Cobb Engineering Company
Toronto, Feb. 12, 2013—Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce the sale of an Optech Lynx M1 Mobile Mapper and an Optech ILRIS Terrestrial Laser Scanner to Cobb...
Skybox Imaging Accelerates Constellation Deployment
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 12, 2013—Skybox Imaging (Skybox), an emerging provider of timely satellite imagery and data services, today announced it is adding an imaging satellite, SkySat-2, to its fleet during 2013 via a newly available secondary launch opportunity...
