Redlands, California — When a disaster strikes, knowing what resources are needed and where they are located is the key factor in saving lives and critical infrastructure. The ability to prepare for an emergency and rapidly respond when it occurs is exponentially...
Woolpert, Magnolia River Geospatial Net $10M Coastal Mapping Project
KILN, Miss.,May 10, 2016 — WMR-532, the joint venture of Woolpert and Magnolia River Geospatial, has been contracted to acquire bathymetric and topographic lidar and imagery, and to provide final data products to the Joint Airborne Lidar Bathymetry Technical...
Deimos-1 Data of the Contiguous United States Now Flowing to the UrthePlatform
Vancouver — UrtheCast Corp. (TSX:UR) (“UrtheCast†or the “Companyâ€) today announces that, for the first time, newly-collected imagery from its Deimos-1 satellite is flowing to its online platform, known as the UrthePlatform, shortly after acquisition....
Proteus Announces Another Successful Delivery of a High Profile Satellite Derived Bathymetry Project
Proteus, a provider of satellite derived mapping and geospatial services, has successfully delivered satellite derived bathymetry to Royal Haskoning DHV during April 2016. Proteus was commissioned by Royal Haskoning to deliver the data as part of a port design project...
DHS Partners With University of North Dakota to Research Unmanned Aerial Technology
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the University of North Dakota (UND) announced today a three-year cooperative research and development agreement designed to explore the uses of unmanned aerial...
exactEarth Announces Partnership to Expand into Chinese Market
CAMBRIDGE, ONÂ - exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT) (the "Company"), the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, has entered into a partnership agreement with EV Image Inc, a provider of GIS software and remote sensing data, to distribute exactEarth's advanced...
FAA Expands Drone Detection Pathfinder Initiative
May 9- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding the part of its Pathfinder Program that focuses on detecting and identifying unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying too close to airports. Today the FAA signed Cooperative Research and Development...
NASA Selects ASU Undergraduate ‘CubeSat’ Project to Measure Phoenix Urban Heat Islands
NASA has selected an Arizona State University undergraduate student team for a $200,000 grant to conduct hands-on flight research, through its NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Student Instrument Program (USIP). The project, called “Phoenix,†is to design and build a...
Scientist Will Use Satellite Data to Study Lightning That Sizzles
Most cloud-to-ground lightning (about eight of nine events) is actually a rapid series of strikes, pop-pop-pop, each lasting a few hundreds of millionths of a second, too fast for our eyes to separate into individual events. The other one in nine (give or take)...
Evolving 3-D Scanning Technology Spurring Big Market Growth, Reports BCC Research
WELLESLEY, MAÂ - Three-dimensional (3-D) scanners have expanded into a wide variety of commercial, scientific and artistic market niches. BCC Research reveals in its new report that key market trends include technology improvements, expanding applications across...