September 24, 2014
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 23, 2014—The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) has purchased a Leica ALS70-HP high-pulse-rate airborne LiDAR sensor, and the cutting-edge system already is benefiting Sanborn customers. “This advanced system not only increases data acquisition efficiency, but also facilitates a seamless production workflow, enabling much faster turnaround times for customer deliverables on projects
September 24, 2014
CLACKAMAS, Ore., September 19, 2014—Aerial Technology (ATI) expands their UAS technology into the farming and agriculture Industry to provide useful data that will enable farmers and produce growers the ability to make cost-effective decisions. ATI provides data through video, thermal imaging, multi-spectral imaging and tailored software applications, integrated into their UAS technology. “Precision Agriculture is
September 24, 2014
THORNHILL, ON, Canada, Sept. 18, 2014—PrecisionHawk, an information delivery company that uses a small, lightweight UAV and cloud-based software to collect, process and analyze aerial data, today announced it has closed a Series B financing round of approximately $10 million led by New York City-based investor Millennium Technology Value Partners. Existing investors Bob
September 24, 2014
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 19, 2014—Under a new contract with the U.S. Air Force, PlanetiQ LLC will provide an adaptable on-orbit platform for hosting U.S. government payloads as a subcontractor to Millennium Engineering and Integration Company. PlanetiQ, which plans to launch the first commercial constellation of weather and climate satellites, and Millennium are partnering under a
September 24, 2014
PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 18, 2014—The European LiDAR Mapping Forum (ELMF) 2014 Conference Programme has been posted online, event organizer SPAR Point Group announced. The 2014 ELMF Programme contains full abstracts and presenter bios for the more than 30 presentations that comprise this year’s programme. The event will take place 8-10 December at the Passenger Terminal
September 24, 2014
GARDINER, Me., Sept. 18, 2014—Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of Global Mapper version 16. This major release includes many significant updates and new tools for working with 3D data. This release also features dramatically improved processing speeds and new graphing/charting tools. Blue Marble's geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are
September 24, 2014
HAMPTON, Va., Sept. 18, 2014—Hurricane track forecasts have improved in accuracy by about 50 percent since 1990, but in that same period there has been essentially no improvement in the accuracy of intensity forecasts. NASA has funded a new mission using a constellation of eight small satellites carried to low-Earth orbit on a single launch
September 24, 2014
PARIS, Sept. 17, 2014—Euroconsult, the leading global consulting firm specializing in the space and Earth observation sector, announced the recipients of its annual Earth Observation Business Awards during its Summit on Earth Observation Business held in Paris on Sept 11-12. The Summit on Earth Observation Business is the only annual international summit dedicated to business
September 24, 2014
VALENCIA, Spain, Sept. 18, 2014—World-renowned remote sensing experts gathered in Valencia, Spain, last week to train the next generation of Earth observation scientists in the exploitation of satellite data for land applications. As part of the Scientific Exploitation of Operational Missions programme, ESA organises the advanced Land Training Course each year. The aim is for
September 24, 2014
LONDON, Sept. 17, 2014—MapAction is deploying a team of two volunteers and its Chief Executive to Monrovia, Liberia, in response to the Ebola outbreak, which has spread across West Africa. The team will be working in partnership with the United Nations and International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) to help coordinate the national and international response to
5th Anniversary Special Edition
