Watertown, Mass. — VHB announces that it has purchased the assets of Fountains Spatial, Inc., a leading provider of geographic information system (GIS) services located in Schenectady, New York. Fountains Spatial President Larry Spraker, a nationally-recognized...
Lockheed Martin's MUOS Production Line Ships Fifth Secure Communications Satellite to Florida for May Launch
CAPE cANAVERAL aIR foRCe station, Fla., March 9, 2016 — The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on March 3, prior to its expected May launch.  ...
UK Space Agency Supports Mexico Workshop on Earth Observation Platforms for Forests & Land Use
The UK Space Agency’s (UKSA) International Partnership Space Programme (IPSP) supported a workshop on geo-information platforms to aid the forest sector in Mexico, as part of the “Advancing Earth Observation Applications for Forests†project, co-ordinated by...
Big Data Project Aims to Make Breathing Easier by Mapping Air Quality
Heavy city traffic contributes significantly to air pollution and health problems such as asthma, but University of Texas at Dallas researchers think another kind of traffic — data traffic — might help citizens better cope with pollution. “Online maps are...
Tracking Turtles via Drone
While many students returned from the semester break with stories of vacations taken or jobs worked, Boston College freshman Branick Weix had something unusual and inspiring to share: his weeklong trip to Costa Rica to help researchers track endangered sea turtles....
Innovapptive and Critigen Announce Technology Partnership to Enable Geospatial System Integration Across Their Enterprise Asset Management Portfolio
Innovapptive Inc., a leading provider of SAP® Mobile and User experience software and solutions, and Critigen, a full-lifecycle spatial systems integrator, today announced a technology partnership in geospatial integration and mobility to deliver market-leading...
Commercial UAV Expo Issues Report on the Outlook for the Commercial Drone Market
Portland, Maine, USA – Commercial UAV Expo today announced the release of its most recent report, titled “6 Predictions: UAV Experts Discuss Important Developments for Commercial Drone Applications.†This free report provides insights from industry experts on...
OGC Announces Successful Completion of Incident Management Information Sharing IoT Pilot
8 March 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has announced the recent successful completion of the OGC Incident Management Information Sharing Internet of Things Pilot Project (IMIS IoT Pilot). The IMIS IoT Pilot was sponsored by the U.S. Department of...
Skybox is Now Terra Bella
Skybox Imaging, acquired by Google in 2014, is now Terra Bella. Introducing Terra Bella Seven years ago, we started Skybox Imaging with the vision of a new era in space technology. Small satellites with big capabilities are no longer a dream. Today, two years and...
Sentinel-3A Continues to Impress
The three instruments on the Sentinel-3A satellite are now offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s in store for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring effort. The latest images, which feature Europe and Antarctica, come from the sensor that records...