Lyon/Reading - The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service and the Copernicus Climate Change Service, both implemented by ECMWF, have joined forces with Euronews to provide an exclusive daily 24-hour air quality forecast for Europe and a monthly climate update...
ICIMOD and Radiant.Earth Establish Strategic Cooperation to Advance Earth Observation Applications and SDG Progress
KATHMANDU, Nepal and WASHINGTON - The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Radiant.Earth have signed a strategic partnership agreement for knowledge and technology transfer of Earth observation (EO). Under this agreement, the parties...
Peruvian Government: Satellite investment recovered after first year of operations
Lima, 07/12/2017 – PerúSAT-1 has completed its first year of operation and the Peruvian government has recently declared that in that time, the investment it has made into the satellite programme has already been recouped. The Earth observation satellite, built by...
PlanetObserver Presents New PlanetSAT Updates Imagery Basemap of the United States and Mexico
Clermont-Ferrand, France – The French company PlanetObserver, specialized in geospatial data production, has just finalized the new PlanetSAT Updates imagery basemap of the United States and Mexico. Processed with fresh and cloudless Landsat 8 source data, this...
Research Reveals Scope of Open Geospatial Data from Official National Sources Across Europe
Open data is available from the majority of European National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registration Authorities (NMCAs), a new survey has found. Research by the Open European Location Services (ELS) Project reveals that 98% of respondents provide at least some of...
Aerial Intelligence Pioneer Kespry Secures $33 Million in Series C Funding to Drive Digital Transformation of Industrial Work
MENLO PARK, Calif. -Â Kespry, the leading aerial intelligence solution provider, today announced it has raised $33 million in its Series C round of funding, led by G2VP with Shell Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, and ABB Ventures joining as new investors in the...
ViaSat-2 Satellite Reaches Geostationary Orbit; Successfully Receives and Transmits First Data from Space
CARLSBAD, Calif. - Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced today the ViaSat-2 satellite has successfully arrived in geostationary orbit at 69.9° west longitude, and has transitioned into orbit normal mode (earth pointing) with its...
Monsanto and Boundless Collaborate for Open Source GIS Contributions
St. Louis, MO – Boundless, the leader in open GIS for the enterprise, and Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON), a global modern agriculture company, today announced their collaboration on the contribution of open source geospatial code back to the Free and Open Source...
Earth-i to use KSAT to Receive First Commercial Full-Colour Video From Space
British ‘New Space’ pioneer Earth-i today provided another update about its progress in building the first constellation in the world to provide full-colour video – and the first European-owned commercial constellation able to provide both video and still...
Airborne Support Inc. and Fototerra Aerial Survey LLC Announce Joint Venture to Provide Fully Integrated Airborne Oil Spill Response Services in the Gulf of Mexico
HOUMA, La. and HOUSTON - Airborne Support Inc. (ASI) and Fototerra Aerial Survey LLC (Fototerra) today announced a joint venture to provide integrated airborne oil spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico for the responder's community and the oil and gas...