SCOTLAND, December 11, 2015 — Earth observation big data analytics company Global Surface Intelligence (GSi) has harnessed its machine learning software - developed in part from missile guidance systems - to help protect the virgin forest of the indigenous Cree...
Air Pollutions Control Policies Effective in Improving Downwind Air Quality
FROSTBURG, MD, December 11, 2015 — Emissions controls on coal-fired power plants are making a difference in reducing exposure of mercury to people, especially in the western Maryland community. A study of air quality from the University of Maryland Center for...
NCAR Develops Method to Predict Sea Ice Changes Years in Advance
December 11, 2015 — BOULDER – Climate scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) present evidence in a new study that they can predict whether the Arctic sea ice that forms in the winter will grow, shrink, or hold its own over the next...
The Geography of Antarctica's Underside
December 11, 2015 — Planetary scientists would be thrilled if they could peel the Earth like an orange and look at what lies beneath the thin crust. We live on the planet’s cold surface, but the Earth is a solid body and the surface is continually deformed,...
German-French MERLIN mission at COP 21
On Tuesday 8 December at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference COP 21 in Paris, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the French space agency (CNES) met to reaffirm their commitment to jointly develop the MEthane Remote...
imajing Mobile Mapping Solutions Deployed in Russia to Serve the State Budgetary Institution of Moscow City Roads
December 10, 2015 — The State Budgetary Institution of Moscow City "Roads" is one of the leading organizations of road and communal services in Moscow City. It was created in 2011 by order of the Government of Moscow, and is now responsible of the complete...
Boundless Raises More Than $5M in Series B Funding Round
New York, NY – Dec. 10, 2015 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source “geospatial†software and services which use location-based mapping technology, today announced it has raised more than $5 million in Series B funding led by Motorola Solutions...
SuperGIS Desktop Supports Italian Waste Management Organization
December 10, 2015 — The global GIS solution and software provider, Supergeo Technologies Inc. announces that ATO2 – Ancona, a regional waste management organization in Italy, has selected SuperGIS Desktop as their solution to process geospatial data. Located in...
Bluesky's 3D Aerial Maps Inform Flood Risk Assessments for Planning Applications
Leicestershire, December 9, 2015 — Aerial photography and detailed 3D height models of the UK are being used to assess the risk of flooding, and help development projects progress through the planning process. Working with Betts Hydro, part of engineering...
Finding the Right Address: a Matter of Life or Death
December 9, 2015 — An Ordnance Survey software pilot has helped save lives, so say the Community First Responders (CFRs ) who used it. The prototype mobile web app was used by a sample of CFRs from across the country over an eight week period. During this time the...