Minutes after the 1964 magnitude-9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake began shaking, a series of tsunami waves swept through the village of Chenega in Prince William Sound, destroying all but two of the buildings and killing 23 of the 75 inhabitants. Fifty years later,...
Greg Scott of UN-GGIM Bags Geospatial Ambassador of the Year Award
Noida, India, February 04, 2016 — Greg Scott, Inter-Regional Advisor of UN-GGIM, has been chosen as Geospatial Ambassador of the Year for 2015. The award shall be presented during Geospatial World Forum on May 25, 2016, at World Trade Centre, Rotterdam. The jury,...
LizardTech Introduces Enhanced GeoExpress
SEATTLE, Wash. — Feb 4, 2016 — LizardTech®, the creator of MrSID® and provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, today announced the release of GeoExpress 9.5.1. The company’s flagship product for compressing geospatial...
Teledyne Optech Wins Grand Award in MAPPS Geospatial Product and Services Excellence Awards
Henderson, NV -Teledyne Optech's Multi-spectral LiDAR Sensor, ALTM Titan, the first airborne multispectral LiDAR sensor in the world, earned the 2015 Grand Award in the 9th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards. In a ceremony held Tuesday at...
New Manager to Oversee Geomatics Growth in Texas
Paul Jones, Sr., RPLS, has joined McKim & Creed, Inc. as regional manager of our geomatics operations in Texas. Paul brings nearly 40 years’ experience as a registered professional land surveyor in the state of Texas. His specialties include surveying for the...
AeroVironment's Puma AE UAS Supporting Coast Guard Ice Breaker for Operation Deep Freeze Resupply Mission through Treacherous Antarctic Seas
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — In a development that takes the life-saving capabilities of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to one of the most remote and unforgiving regions on earth, AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced it and a team from the National...
Boundless Announces Support for Complex Weather Data
Washington, DC - February 3, 2016 — Boundless, the leading provider of open source geospatial software and services, today highlighted the inclusion of NetCDF Support for Atmospheric Data in its latest release of the OpenGeo Suite, Version 4.8. Developed in...
Global Mapper 17.1 Released with Improvements to Map Publishing and Analysis Tools
Hallowell, Maine – February 3, 2016 — Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the availability of Global Mapper version 17.1. This intermediate upgrade to the version 17 release offers an array of new and updated features and functions...
What is the Economic Value of Satellite Imagery? The Case of Forest Management in Sweden
We, EARSC and The Green Land, investigated the benefits brought by the use of satellite imagery in managing forestry in Sweden. Our approach consisted in finding identifiable impacts for each tier of such value chain. According to our analysis, the result leads to a...
Kari Chael Named URISA Young Professional of the Year
Des Plaines, IL, February 3, 2016 — URISA is pleased to announce that Kari Chael has been named URISA's Young Professional of the Year in recognition of her outstanding contributions as part of URISA's Vanguard Cabinet. Kari is a GIS Specialist with CDM Smith in...
