October 7, 2015 — Regrowth of trees explains why grasslands in western Africa known as the Sahel have recovered after devastating droughts in the 1970s and 1980s, according to South Dakota State University professor Niall Hanan. The Sahel is a semiarid region with...
Assessment of the Small-Satellite Market – Reportlinker Review
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2015 — This market insight covers the small-satellite market from an Earth-imaging standpoint. It touches on the research and commercial versions of small-satellite technology. Other domains such as in-orbit debris mitigation and satellite-based...
R.A. Smith National Given Green Light from FAA on Commercial Use of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
October 7, 2015 — R.A. Smith National — a nationwide, multi-disciplined civil and structural engineering and surveying firm — headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., has been granted a Section 333 Exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This...
Bluesky Completes Project to Laser Map East Anglia and the South East
Leicestershire, October 7, 2015 — Bluesky has completed a multi-million pound aerial mapping project to assess the impact of vegetation on the electricity network of East Anglia and the South East of England. Working on behalf of UK Power Networks, Bluesky...
FAA Proposes $1.9 Million Civil Penalty Against SkyPan International for Allegedly Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Operations
NEW YORK, October 6, 2015 — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announces the largest civil penalty the FAA has proposed against a UAS operator for endangering the safety of our airspace. The FAA proposes a $1.9...
Geospatial Data in Taiwan Focus More on Opening
October 6, 2015 — Supergeo’s biggest application customer in Taiwan, Ministry of the Interior and the TGOS platform, has just announced one of the biggest projects in the GIS field from ide@ Taiwan 2020 Policy: White Paper which focuses on the integration of...
Textron Systems’ Aerosonde(TM) Small Unmanned Aircraft System & Remote Video Technologies Support Wildfire Deterrence and Response in Idaho
HUNT VALLEY, MD, Oct 01,2015 — Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. TXT, +0.93% business, announced today that the company provided its equipment and personnel in support of a multi-day wildfire response and decision support effort in Idaho with the...
Weather Decision Technologies Powers Big Data Analytics for Climate Applications with Internap’s High-Performance Colocation and Global Network Services
ATLANTA, Oct. 2, 2015 —  Internap Corporation INAP,-1.16% a provider of high-performance Internetinfrastructure services, today announced that weather industry leader Weather Decision Technologies (WDT) is using the company's high-density colocation,...
NM Group and Pulse Collaboration to Offer Electrical Power Utilities Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) LiDAR and Inspection Services
Oct. 2, 2015 – NM Group (Network Mapping, Inc), a leading data capture, analytics and engineering services provider to electrical utilities, today announced a collaboration with Pulse (Pulse Aerospace, LLC). Pulse Aerospace is the premier developer of helicopter...
Detection and Monitoring of Landslides in the Management of Infrastructures and Urban Areas
October 2, 2015 — How to detect and monitor landslides and instability risks over urban areas, large infrastructures and the territory around it, in order to prevent disasters? Planetek Italia has set up Preciso® landslide, a new monitoring product, based on...