ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 8, 2013—ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract to provide South Korea an advanced geostationary weather imager to support the country’s forecasting capabilities. Under the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A program, Exelis will...
MDA to Develop Monitoring Plan to Track Illegal Discharges of Oil from Vessels
Richmond, B.C., April 8, 2013—MDA’s Information Systems group announced today that it has signed a contract valued at US$1.7 million with the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (“NFWFâ€), headquartered in Washington, DC. NFWF is working to protect...
UltraCam: 10 Years of Innovation in Aerial Mapping
Graz, Austria, April 2, 2013—The Microsoft UltraCam business unit is pleased to announce the 10-year anniversary of the UltraCam digital photogrammetric aerial mapping systems. Since the introduction of the UltraCamD in 2003, numerous and significant technological...
Surdex Purchases Leica ALS70-HP Airborne Laser Scanner
Norcross, Ga., April 2, 2013—Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Surdex Corporation has purchased a Leica ALS70-HP airborne laser scanner. Surdex took delivery of the Leica ALS70-HP system in December 2012 and has already deployed it on several mapping...
Surrey Satellite US Opens New Satellite Mission Facility in Colorado
ENGLEWOOD, COLO., April 3, 2013—Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) has moved into a purpose-built company headquarters and satellite manufacturing facility in Englewood, Colorado, providing full mission capabilities to its growing customer base. The new...
American Sentinel University Details Innovative Geospatial Education Strategy at AAG Annual Meeting
AURORA, Colo., March 26, 2013—Educators and students have realized the benefits of online education, but now American Sentinel University’s new innovative educational strategy offers a way for students to explore given geospatial topics in greater depth that go...
MAPPS Applauds Introduction of Digital Coast Act
March 28, 2013, Reston, Va.—More than half of all Americans, 153 million people, currently live on or near a coast and an additional 12 million are expected to move to the coasts over the next decade. Yet despite this population density and economic magnet, much of...
MAPPS Applauds Introduction of FLAIR Act, a Bill to Create an Inventory of Federal Land Assets
Reston, Va., March 26, 2013—A bi-partisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to create a current, accurate Federal inventory or "cadastre" of all Federal real property has earned praise from MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of...
North West Geomatics Is First to Buy Leica ADS100 Camera Technology
Norcross, Ga., March 27, 2013—Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that North West Geomatics Ltd. is the first aerial mapping firm to purchase the new Leica ADS100 digital pushbroom camera technology. Under the agreement, Leica Geosystems is upgrading six of North...
TerraGo, Wiser Announce Partnership to Develop Enhanced Location Intelligence Solutions
ATLANTA and Murfreesboro, Tenn., March 26, 2013—Wiser Company(Wiser) and TerraGo announced a strategic partnership that will allow for the coupling of TerraGo’s location intelligence and geospatial collaboration solutions and Wiser’s analysis and visualization...
