The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) registry is expected to go live during the day on December 21. Please check the agency’s home page at http://www.faa.gov/ for updates. In preparation for...
FAA Issues Fact Sheet on State and Local UAS Laws
December 18, 2015 — The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) new fact sheet on state and local regulation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) provides information for states and municipalities considering laws or regulations addressing UAS use. The document...
UN Expert Committee Outline the Future Trends in Digital Mapping
December 18, 2015 — The report titled, ‘Future Trends in geospatial information management: the five to ten year vision’, is the second edition of the international report, following on from its first publication in 2011. This visionary report presents the...
Galileo's Dozen: 12 Satellites Now in Orbit
December 18, 2015 — The pace of deploying Europe’s own satellite navigation system continued to increase with today’s launch of the latest pair of Galileo satellites, doubling the number of satellites in space within nine months.Galileo 11 and 12 lifted off...
Three Miles High: Using Drones to Study High-Altitude Glaciers
SAN FRANCISCO, December 18, 2015 — While some dream of the day that aerial drones deliver their online purchases, scientists are using the technology today to deliver data that was never available before. About 5,000 meters high in the Peruvian Andes, the scientists...
Esri and NASA Collaborate to Advance Cloud Access to Imagery
Redlands, California—December 17, 2015 — Esri and NASA are collaborating to improve access to imagery and raster data stored in the cloud using a combination of two technologies, Meta Raster Format (MRF) and Limited Error Raster Compression (LERC). MRF is an Open...
LiDAR Pioneer Velodyne Displays Mobile Feast at Capturing Reality Forum
MORGAN HILL, Calif., Dec. 17, 2015 —The mobile mapping market is poised for remarkable growth, thanks to breakthroughs in LiDAR technology, a host of new applications, and the economics of the business – so said Erich Smidt, European Sales Director for Velodyne...
Mapping the National Parks
December 17, 2015 —The national parks of the United States are often compared to, and indeed inspire, works of art. In fact, the USGS has been regularly contributing new and updated works of art for the national parks—maps. USGS maps in national parks serve a...
OGC Requests Comment on the OGC Coverage Implementation Schema
December 17, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the OGC® Coverage Implementation Schema(abbreviated as “CISâ€). This candidate OGC Standard complements the OGC Abstract Topic 6 Standard (which is identical to ISO...
Earth-i Releases New Sample Imagery from DMC3 / TripleSat constellation
December 16, 2015 — Earth-i (www.earthi.space), the innovative distributor of imaging and data services from the DMC3 / TripleSat constellation, has new detailed sample imagery available for assessment by customers who wish to take advantage of the constellation’s...
