Every 20 to 30 minutes, somewhere in the world, a person – often a child – steps on a landmine. It is estimated that over 100 million anti-personnel mines are buried worldwide and a further 200 to 250 million are thought to remain in military storage facilities....
EPA Releases Online Mapping Tool for Drinking Water Sources
CALIFORNIA, Feb. 22, 2016 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released an online mapping tool that provides users with information about their watershed and water supplier, as well as information about any possible sources of pollution that could...
New YellowScan Surveyor: World’s Lightest and Most Accurate LiDAR Solution for Civil Engineering & Mining Professionals
Denver, CO, USA – February 22, 2016 – YellowScan is pleased to announce the global launch of its new LiDAR UAS surveying solution with highest accuracy and most dense geo-referenced point cloud data: 3cm accuracy – 300 000 shots/s – 1.5 kg R&D development...
XXIII ISPRS Congress : Program Details
XXIII ISPRS Congress : Program Details FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FORM ISPRS, TIF, Congress organizers and sponsors are prepared to offer financial support to those participants who would otherwise not be able to attend the Congress. Please use the financial assistance form...
Maptek Technology Helps Secure Optimum Mining Outcomes
All facets of mining increasingly rely on capturing and using quality data. Effective data management and analysis improves production and increases profitability. Mining technology specialist Maptek develops robust systems that apply mining data to more accurately...
Trimble Adds Scalable GNSS Receiver to its Geospatial Portfolio
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 22, 2016—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the addition of a new scalable GNSS receiver to its geospatial portfolio—the Trimble® R9s GNSS receiver. Geospatial professionals now have another option to consider when searching for a...
EuroSDR Award 2016 for the Best PhD Thesis Related to Geoinformation Science
The research activities of the European Spatial Data Research (EuroSDR - http://www.eurosdr.net/) network have developed over time through a collaboration of academia and national mapping agencies. In order to further strengthen the collaboration and to involve young...
East View Partners with United Nations to Conduct Damage Assessments in Conflict Zones
MINNEAPOLIS - February 19, 2016 — East View Geospatial has teamed with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Programme (UNOSAT) to conduct damage assessments for conflict areas in Syria and Iraq. "We recognized an opportunity...
ITRES Awarded STDP Contract from Canadian Space Agency
Calgary, February 19, 2016 – As part of a Space Technologies Development Program (STDP) initiated by the Canadian Space Agency, ITRES was awarded a contract to develop an airborne prototype light-weight, high performance water color imaging spectrometer....
Data Visualization, Enterprise Resiliency Lead ArcGIS 10.4 Rollout
Redlands, California—February 19, 2016—The release of ArcGIS 10.4 marks improvements in data visualization, spatial analysis, and stronger support for on-premises implementations. "This release of ArcGIS is pushing mapping and analytics in new, exciting...
