December 1, 2015 — Carlos Gonzales from 3D Laser Mapping will explore the capabilities of combining airborne laser scanning and photography as an approach to measure coastal slope movements, during his talk at MMT in Sydney, Australia. (9-11th December, 2015)...
Massive Size LiDAR Data Processing in the Cloud
December 1, 2015 — GeoSignum is excited to announce the launch of the GeoSignum Pointer Web Platform (Release Candidate 1.0), an unique solution that automates the processing of Lidar data in the cloud. With the GeoSignum Pointer web platform, users can now...
Google and FAO Partner to Make Remote Sensing Data More Efficient and Accessible
December 1, 2015 — Paris — Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing a high-technology assist to countries tackling climate change and much greater capacity to experts...
Story Map Navigates Cause and Effects of Climate Change
Redlands, California— December 1, 2015 — Esri, the world leader in geographic information system technology, released an interactive map illustrating the earth's natural and human systems and how they have changed—and will change—over time. With the Atlas for...
Raising the Bar “ Boynton Beach, Florida GIS
December 1, 2015 — GOLDSBORO, N.C. – Geographic Technologies Group (GTG) — GIS has become a mature technology. Over the past two decades, most cities in the United States have implemented a GIS program. The City of Boynton Beach, Florida is no exception. They...
USGS Projects Large Loss of Alaska Permafrost by 2100
December 1, 2015 — Using statistically modeled maps drawn from satellite data and other sources, U.S. Geological Survey scientists have projected that the near-surface permafrost that presently underlies 38 percent of boreal and arctic Alaska would be reduced by 16...
US Environmental Protection Agency Chooses SimActive's Correlator3D
Montreal, Canada, December 1st, 2015 — SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, has been selected by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). They are using Correlator3DTM to create 3D datasets of vegetation for input...
MAPPS Announces Judges for Ninth Annual Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards
November 30, 2015 (Reston, VA) — MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms, today announced the panel of judges for the ninth Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards Competition. The slate of judges will evaluate...
GSDI Association Announces GSDI 2015 World Conference in Taiwan in 2016
November 30, 2015 — The Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association and the Taiwan Association of Disaster Prevention Industry (TADPI) announce the GSDI 15 Conference, to be held in Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) from 28 November to 2 December 2016,...
Gateway to Maps for Europe Takes Centre Stage at European Commission
November 30, 2015 — National Mapping, Cadastral and Land Registry Authorities have demonstrated how their maps and land information can help the European Commission to achieve the EU’s priorities. The two-week Maps for Europe event in Brussels focused on the use...