The signature of a €450 million contract to build two more satellites for the Sentinel-3 mission was celebrated by ESA and Thales Alenia Space of France at an event in Paris yesterday. Sentinel-3 is based on a constellation of two satellites to systematically...
TerraGo Edge Deployed by Water Utility to Save Money and Improve Service
Washington, D.C. – February 10, 2016 — Today, TerraGo announced the City of Sebring, Florida, has deployed TerraGo Edge for utility asset inspection and management. With TerraGo Edge, Sebring has been able to cut costs, bring surveys in-house and improve response...
East View Partners with Planet Labs Offering Greater Coverage to Consumers
MINNEAPOLIS - February 10, 2016 — East View Geospatial customers will now have access to increased satellite imagery frequency, and a growing archive offering the full suite of Planet Labs products. The agreement gives East View Geospatial additional resources to...
FAA Updates DC-Area Unmanned Aircraft Procedures
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is updating its conditions today for flying unmanned aircraft in the area between 15 and 30 miles from Washington, D.C. to clarify differences for various types of unmanned aircraft. As of 12:01 a.m. EST, Wednesday, February...
Unveiling New State of the Art for Coastal Flood Risk
Flooding from the sea represents a major threat to the UK; this was demonstrated most recently during the winter of 2013/14, when widespread flooding and damage occurred around much of the coastline. Whilst major advances have helped us to better assess flood risk...
South West Water Looks to Rezatec to Provide Satellite-Derived Data Analytics to Understand Location, Structure and Function of Peatland on Bodmin Moor
Harwell, Oxfordshire, 9th February 2016 – Rezatec has been using cutting edge Earth Observation techniques to assist South West Water on a project to map and understand the condition of its peatlands. South West Water is working with partners in its Upstream...
Creating a European Marketplace for Earth Observation Services
We are pleased to announce the release of the EARSC position paper around the development of a European Marketplace for EO services as a leverage for the exploitation of Copernicus data and services alongside commercial offerings. A European Marketplace for EO...
Pictometry Continues to Experience Rapid Growth in Government Sector
Bothell, Wash., February 9, 2016 — EagleView Technology Corporation, a leading technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Pictometry International Corp., continues to be the provider of...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Continues New Year with Placement of Navigation Satellite into Orbit for U.S. Military
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 9, 2016 — Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), continues the New Year with the successful placement of the last in a block of 12 Global Positioning Systems (GPS IIF) navigation satellites into...
Intermap Executes US$175 Million Orion Platform Spatial Data Infrastructure Contract
DENVER, CO, Feb. 9, 2016 — Intermap Technologies Corporation ("Intermap" or the "Company"), (TSX: IMP), (ITMSF: BB), a leading provider of geospatial solutions, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements (collectively, the "Contract"),...
