July 15, 2014
While European Space Agency engineers have almost finished building the first Sentinel-3 satellite for ocean forecasting, a beer cooler has an unusual role in supporting the mission.
July 8, 2014
MADRID, July 3, 2014—DEIMOS-2, Spain's first ultra-high resolution satellite launched into orbit on 19 June, has started capturing its first images just 12 hours after it was brought on line. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/71400573-elecnor-deimos-2-satellite-images DEIMOS-2, which was launched from the launch site at Yasny (Russia), was developed by Elecnor Deimos
July 8, 2014
PARIS, June 27, 2014—A Harfang unmanned aircraft system (UAS) belonging to the French Air Force (FAF) controlled by a crew from the French Military Flight Test Centre (Centre d'Expérience Aérienne Militaire), the UAS Squadron “Belfort” (ED 1/33) and the UAS detachment stationed in the Sahel-Sahara region has successfully undergone testing to prove that once it
July 8, 2014
Redlands, Calif., July 1, 2014—Two of the nation’s most authoritative mapping sources, the U.S. Geological Survey and Esri, have partnered to put the rich tapestry of U.S. Historical Maps into the hands of everyone. Available in time for the Fourth of July and able to be accessed on all digital devices, the USGS Historical Topographic Map
July 8, 2014
July 1, 2014—The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) membership has approved the Open Modelling Interface Standard Version 2 (OpenMI) as an OGC standard. This standard defines a means by which independently developed computer models of environmental processes, or indeed any processes, can exchange data as they run and hence facilitates the modelling of interacting processes. The
July 8, 2014
June 26, 2014—22 public Engineering Reports resulted from the Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC®) recently completed OGC Interoperability Testbed 10 (OSW-10), the most recent in the OGC's yearly series of major geospatial interoperability testbeds. Eight of these reports focused on Aviation Information Management. Use cases and scenarios provided by Testbed 10 sponsors defined the interoperability requirements.
July 8, 2014
AURORA, Colo., June 30, 2014-American Sentinel University, an accredited online university that offers degree programs focused on the needs of high-growth careers, will be exhibiting its innovative competency-based geographic information systems (GIS) degree programs at the 2014 Esri User Conference. Stationed in booth E107, American Sentinel University’s team of expert GIS faculty, led by GIS
July 8, 2014
Redlands, Calif., July 2, 2014—Esri, the world leader in mapping technology, today announced the top 13 finalists of Esri Climate Resilience App Challenge 2014. The challenge called for developers to create desktop, web, or mobile apps that enable communities to see, understand, and prepare for a more resilient and sustainable future. App submissions were built
July 8, 2014
Madison, Ala., June 27, 2014—GeoCue invites you to attend a 4-day training session October 21-24 in Huntsville, AL. This session will be an in-depth look at Airborne and Mobile mapping processes and products. All days will include hands-on training. Courses: Airborne Calibration using TerraMatch NIR (multichannel imagery) Orthophoto Production using TerraPhoto Building Vectorization for Developing Textured
July 8, 2014
ORLANDO, Fla., July 1, 2014— RIEGL will be exhibiting and presenting at the 2014 Esri User Conference! The 2014 Esri User Conference will be held at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California from July 14 through July 17, 2014. Christian Sevcik, Manager of Strategic Software Alliances from RIEGL, will be presenting "Waveform LiDAR: