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...
MAPPS, NSPS Announce 2016 National Surveying, Mapping & Geospatial Conference
Reston, VA, February 3, 2016 — MAPPS and National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) today announced registration is now open for the second annual National Surveying, Mapping, and Geospatial Conference, to be held March 14-18, 2016 at the Hilton Hotel in...
AXIS GeoSpatial Takes Delivery of the RIEGL LMS-Q1560!
RIEGL USA is pleased to announce that AXIS GeoSpatial LLC, through their purchase and delivery of the LMS-Q1560 dual LiDAR channel airborne laser scanning system, has become the latest U.S. based commercial firm to own this sensor, adding to their LiDAR and camera...
Aerialtronics Adds Sense and Avoid Technology to Zenith UAS
Aerialtronics has developed a sense and avoid solution for the Altura Zenith unmanned aircraft which will fundamentally change how companies inspect telecommunication towers, energy pylons, bridges and buildings. This advanced sense and avoid solution is designed to...
World Wetlands Day
Wetlands are land areas that are permanently or seasonally saturated with water. They play an important role in the local environment and associated plant and animal life. On 2 February 1971, the ‘Ramsar Convention on Wetlands’ was adopted in the Iranian city of...
Coordinated Measuring Flights for Climate Research “ Gravity Waves and Airglow
Gravity waves affect the climate and weather. For the first time ever, scientists from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), together with colleagues from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruher Institut für...