Saunderton, Bucks, Monday 18th April — Two MapAction volunteers have set off for Ecuador this morning in response to Saturday’s major earthquake. MapAction’s support was requested by the United Nations, following a call for international assistance from the...
Happy 80th Birthday to the Trig Pillar
On 18 April 1936 a group of surveyors gathered around a white concrete pillar in a field in Cold Ashby and began the retriangulation of Great Britain. That trig pillar is still standing 80 years on, along with thousands more around the country. We’re celebrating by...
Global Remote Sensing Technologies and Markets Report 2016 – Market is Set to Reach $13.8 Billion by 2021 – Research and Markets
DUBLIN —Research and Markets has announced the addition of the, "Remote Sensing Technologies and Global Markets," report to their offering. The global market for remote sensing products reached $8.4 billion in 2015. This market should reach nearly $8.9 billion in...
eeGeo Joins the Cisco Solution Partner Program
London, UK – eeGeo Limited announced that it has joined the Cisco® Solution Partner Program as a Solution Partner. The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance the relevancy of network connections. As...
Sentinel-1B Will Complete Europe’s Radar Vision
Pre-launch preparations for the Sentinel-1B satellite, carrying an Airbus Defence and Space built radar instrument, are in full swing at Europe´s Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana. The satellite, which has Thales Alenia Space Italy as prime contractor, is set to be...
Aerial Photography, Inspection Top List of FAA-Approved Business Uses for UAS
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) today released an interactive analysis that finds 38 types of business operations have been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly unmanned aircraft systems...
exactEarth and Larus Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance to Develop Big Data Analytics Applications
Cambridge, ON – exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT) (“the Companyâ€), the leading provider of Satellite AIS data services, today announces a Strategic Alliance Agreement (the “Agreementâ€) with Larus Technologies (“Larusâ€), an Ottawa-based provider of adaptive...
A Flexible Camera: A Radically Different Approach to Imaging
New York, NY—A team led by Shree K. Nayar, T.C. Chang Professor of Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, has developed a novel sheet camera that can be wrapped around everyday objects to capture images that cannot be taken with one or more conventional cameras....
Battelle Assumes Management of the National Ecological Observatory Network
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Battelle, an independent, nonprofit research and development organization, to manage the construction, commissioning and initial operations of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON). Battelle, with a long...
Antiquities Coalition Releases “Culture Under Threat” Mapping Resource
WASHINGTON — To provide a graphical representation of cultural crimes committed by Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist organizations in the Middle East and North African region, the Antiquities Coalition partnered with Hexagon to create the...
