01 February 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Land and Infrastructure Conceptual Model Standard (LandInfra). LandInfra defines concepts for land and civil engineering infrastructure...
Successful Launch of the First Laser Telecommunication Satellite of the ˜SpaceDataHighway'
EDRS-A, the first relay satellite of the SpaceDataHighway, was successfully launched into geostationary orbit on 30Â January 2016. After a test period, it will become operational for its first end-user customer by mid-2016. The SpaceDataHighway system will provide...
Aerial MOB, LLC and Quantum Spatial Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance
San Diego, California, February 1, 2016 — ​Aerial MOB, LLC, a leader in UAS (drone) aerial technology applications, has reached a strategic partnership agreement with Quantum Spatial Inc. (QSI), a leading supplier of geospatial data and solutions. Aerial MOB...
Headwall Announces Five New Reseller Organizations
Fitchburg, MA, January 29, 2016 — Headwall Photonics is responding to significant growth in its core market segments by naming five new sales representative organizations. These companies are leaders in providing advanced instrumentation solutions to the remote...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on Discussion Paper Describing JSON Implementation of the OGC and ISO Observations & Measurements Standard
29 January 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) requests public comment on the OGC OGC Observations and Measurements – JSON Implementation Discussion Paper. IT progress from 2000-2010 provided the Web services foundation that supports OGC Web Services,...
DigitalGlobe Receives Early Commitments for WorldView-4 Satellite Capacity
WESTMINSTER, Colo.— DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced its third customer commitment for direct access capacity on the WorldView-4 satellite,...
Technavio Releases New Report on Global 3D Mapping and 3D Modelling Market
LONDON —Technavio’s latest enterprise application industry report covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global 3D mapping and 3D modelling market 2016-2020. North America has emerged as the largest revenue contributor to the global 3D mapping and...
New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population
A map released today by NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) Program reveals that small asteroids frequently enter and disintegrate in the Earth's atmosphere with random distribution around the globe. Released to the scientific community, the map visualizes data gathered by...
ESA Selects Airbus Defence and Space for Two New Sentinel-2 Satellites
Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second-largest space company, has signed a contract, worth around 285 million euros with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver two further optical satellites for the European Copernicus programme. As part of the Sentinel-2...
Bluesky Boosts Drone Survey Offering with Cyberhawk Partnership
Leicestershire, UK, 27 January 2016 — Aerial mapping company, Bluesky, is partnering with airborne inspection and surveying expert, Cyberhawk, to provide a broader range of aerial survey and mapping services through the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)...