Redlands, California—December 15, 2015 — Dawn Wright, chief scientist at Esri, will deliver a named honors lecture at the 2015 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 14–18, at the Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California. The AGU...
1Spatial Helps London Fire Brigade Achieve 95% Faster Processing of Route Queries with FME
Cambridge, UK, December 15, 2015 —1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, enabled London Fire Brigade (LFB) to create faster, automated routes queries, which reduced processing time from 40 working hours to just two. Routing is critical for fire crews. Each...
3D Laser Mapping Expand Presence With New UK Headquaters
December 15, 2015 — 3D laser Mapping, global providers of 3D mapping and monitoring solutions have moved their UK headquarters to new offices, keeping up with the continual expansion of the company. This is the third move since the company began, in 1999. Located...
Septentrio Introduces Next Generation GNSS Reference Receiver PolaRx5
Leuven, Belgium and Torrance, CA – December 14, 2015 — Septentrio, a leading provider of accurate and reliable GNSS receivers announces today the launch of its next generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for precise scientific and geodetic...
Are You Dreaming of a White Christmas?
December 14, 2015 — For those of you dreaming of a white Christmas, this map depicts which places have the best chance of being a winter wonderland according to weather history. The “Historical Probability of a White Christmas†map shows the climatological...
Aero Kinetics Acquired by International Unmanned Aircraft System Company Strat Aero in Critical Industry Deal
Fort Worth, TX, December 14, 2015 — Aero Kinetics, the first company to file for FAA Type Certification for multi-rotor unmanned aircraft, announces a deal with Strat Aero US Holdings, Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Strat Aero PLC (LSE: AERO). The acquisition of Aero...
ESSC Statement on Climate Change
The European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) supports the Article (2) agreement on climate change of the Declaration of the '2015 Budapest World Science Forum on the enabling power of science' urges such a universal agreement aiming at stabilising atmospheric...
Satlab Expands European and US Presence with Tomas Blaha, Lukasz Migda and Bob LeMoine Hires
Askim, Sweden – December 10 th, 2015 — Today the Swedish based Survey and GIS equipment maker; Satlab Geosolutions AB, announces the hire of several industry veterans in its expansion in Western Europe, Poland and the Americas. Tomas Blaha will be responsible for...
Missile guiDance Technology Could Help Save Canada’s Last Intact Boreal Forests
SCOTLAND, December 11, 2015 — Earth observation big data analytics company Global Surface Intelligence (GSi) has harnessed its machine learning software - developed in part from missile guidance systems - to help protect the virgin forest of the indigenous Cree...
Air Pollutions Control Policies Effective in Improving Downwind Air Quality
FROSTBURG, MD, December 11, 2015 — Emissions controls on coal-fired power plants are making a difference in reducing exposure of mercury to people, especially in the western Maryland community. A study of air quality from the University of Maryland Center for...
