July 30, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space, owner of the commercial distribution rights for TerraSAR-X data, and ESA have signed a contract securing the continued supply of TerraSAR-X data for the Copernicus Data Warehouse. The agreement is valid until the end of...
FAA: Wildfires and Drones Don't Mix
WASHINGTON, July 29, 2015 — Responding to recent incidents in which unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as “drones,†interfered with manned aircraft involved in wildland firefighting operations, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation...
SuperField Supports Portuguese GPS Provider with GIS Application
July 29, 2015 — Nautel, Portugal, the navigation and GPS turnkey solution provider, selects SuperField, the GIS data collection application, to provide users with a complete survey task-oriented choice. Founded in 1990, the Lisbon-based firm focuses on offering...
CMC Acquires Maptek Sentry for Survey and Monitoring at Portia Gold Mine
July 29, 2015 — Consolidated Mining & Civil Pty Ltd (CMC) has acquired a Maptek Sentry monitoring system, primarily for use at Havilah Resources Limited’s Portia gold mine in South Australia. The Sentry solution is an active monitoring system for tracking...
New Magnolia State Maps Adding Trails
July 28, 2015 — Several of the 772 new US Topo quadrangles for Mississippi now display parts of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail and other selected public trails. Further significant additions to the new quadrangles include map symbol redesign, enhanced...
OGC announces Common DataBase Best Practice
July 28, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership announces OGC’s approval of the OGC Common DataBase specification as an OGC Best Practice. This OGC Best Practice specifies an open format and encoding for the storage, access and modification of...
First Applications from Sentinel-2A
July 28, 2015 — From agricultural monitoring to charting changing lands, early images from Europe’s new Sentinel-2A satellite show how the ‘colour vision’ mission’s critical observations can be used to keep us and our planet safe. Launched from Europe’s...
eBumper4 Flies into the Consumer Drone Market
Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 28, 2015 — Commercial drones are no longer just a product for the enterprise or government, but are quickly emerging as a mainstream venture for the everyday consumer. With dozens of options already on the market, finding an...
Searching for Underground Energy Sources from Space
July 27, 2015 — Data from ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite are being used to improve models of Earth’s geology, indicating the potential locations of subsurface energy sources. The satellite known as the ‘Ferrari of space’ has measured Earth’s gravity with...
Climate Change Reduces Coral Reefs' Ability to Protect Coasts
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 27, 2015 — Coral reefs, under pressure from climate change and direct human activity, may have a reduced ability to protect tropical islands against wave attack, erosion and salinization of drinking water resources, which help to sustain...
