July 18, 2011
DigitalGlobe introduced Global Basemap at last week’s Esri International User Conference. Aaron Crane, vice president of product management, answers questions about the product and its customers.
July 18, 2011
Heavy rain from the season’s first named Atlantic storm produced widespread flooding near Cabo Rojo in Veracruz, Mexico.
July 18, 2011
As the German air force maps out its future unmanned aircraft plans, it’s looking to acquire up to four high-altitude unmanned aircraft for wide-area surveillance.
July 11, 2011
Images acquired by NASA’S Terra satellite provide natural and infrared views of a rare blanket of snow covering South America’s Atacama Desert.
July 11, 2011
Using an unmanned aircraft originally designed to protect U.S. Navy SEALS during beach assaults, scientists seek insights about the decline in western Alaska’s Stellar sea lion population.
July 11, 2011
One of the topics discussed: Are Earth observing UAVs a threat or an opportunity to private aerial imagery acquisition firms?
July 11, 2011
Even though icebreakers are designed to cut through thick ice, it burns more fuel and makes patrols longer. The Coast Guard hopes UAVs can help icebreakers plan easier routes.
July 6, 2011
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently conducted its first unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission using a Raven RQ-11A small UAS to count sandhill cranes in southern Colorado.
July 6, 2011
The first map of sea-ice thickness from the European Space Agency’s CryoSat mission is designed to change our understanding of the complex relationship between ice and climate.