Following an incredibly successful 2016 for the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG), 2017 has started at a similarly active pace with the news that Canadian-based supplier of geo-imaging software solutions, PCI Geomatics has decided to join as a Corporate Member....
Call for Papers – Now Open EnerGIS 2017
Attention, geospatial professionals, are you involved in the energy industry, or provide mapping, engineering, or data solutions to the energy industry? Share your expertise with your colleagues at EnerGIS 2017, to be held June 5-6 in suburban Pittsburgh! This is...
NRCS California Concludes Eight-Year Mapping Survey of Los Angeles Soils
Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has concluded an eight-year project creating an inventory of the soil properties and their associated landscapes within the southeastern section of Los Angeles County. The City of Los Angeles, included in this survey, was the...
Teledyne Optech's Latest Products to be Highlighted at ILMF 2017
 Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will attend the 2017 International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) on Feb 13-15 in Denver, CO. Our latest survey systems will be on display at booth 79, including the Optech Polaris, Maverick, Eclipse, and award-winning...
NASA Makes EPIC Update to Daily Earth Pics
NASA upgraded its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) imagery website that provides daily views of Earth from 1 million miles away, now allowing the public to choose natural or enhanced color images of Earth as well as zoom into an area on the globe.
Beautiful Persian Bay
The European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite captured this image of Iran's Musa Bay on the northern end of the Persian Gulf on Jan. 13, 2017.
CloudSpatial Beta Releases ESRI Geoservices REST Implementation
Announcing the Beta release of CloudSpatial GIS Server - an ESRI Geoservices REST Implementation. CloudSpatial is a drop in replacement for ArcGIS Server that works with all ESRI API's and ArcGIS Desktop. CloudSpatial was created as an alternative to ArcGIS Server for...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Candidate GeoPackage 1.2 Standard
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on its candidate GeoPackage 1.2 standard. GeoPackage is an open, standards-based, platform-independent, portable, self-describing, compact format for transferring geospatial information. It is suitable for...
MDA Announces Release of NATURALVUE 2.0
Gaithersburg, MD - MDA Information Systems LLC (MDA), a provider of geospatial and advanced information solutions to government and commercial customers, announces the release of NATURALVUE® 2.0 - the only global, commercially available, cloud-free, seamless mosaic...
Continental Mapping Announces Hiring of Pete Briere as General Manager “ Civil Works
(Sun Prairie, WI) — Continental Mapping is pleased to bring Pete Briere into our senior management team as General Manager of our Civil Works Division. Pete has 20 years of experience in the geospatial industry ranging across numerous markets and technologies. ...
