The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to track the health of the world's vegetation by detecting and measuring the faint glow that plants give off as they convert sunlight and the atmosphere's carbon dioxide into energy.
University of Edinburgh Teams up with Ecometrica to Establish Earth Observation Lab
EDINBURGH, 23 November 2015 - The University of Edinburgh has teamed up with sustainability software and data firm Ecometrica to establish a new Earth Observation Lab aimed at deriving maximum benefit from the vast amounts of spatial data produced by satellites. It...
Study Incorporates Ecological Processes Into Earth System Models to Improve Climate Change Predictions
BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 23, 2015 — A professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment ( www.cnre.vt.edu) is launching a new project to enable scientists to look many decades ahead and predict the effectiveness of land management practices...
Sentinel-3A on its Way
November 23, 2015 —The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month. Carrying a suite of state-of-the-art instruments, Sentinel-3A is set...
Spheron-VR Announce the Spheron-Lite Camera Solution
November 23, 2015 — Spheron-VR AG, known globally as pioneers in HDR (High Dynamic Range) camera technology and experts in visual content management software, today announce their new solution to create the ultimate HDR colour for point cloud data: SpheronLite....
iXBlue Delivers Sub-Bottom Profilers to the French Hydrographic Office (SHOM)
November 20, 2015 — Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, November 20th, 2015, iXBlue, a global leader in navigation, positioning, and imaging solutions, is providing ECHOES sub-bottom profilers and DELPH seabed mapping software to SHOM for shallow water hydrographic...
Drone World Expo Reports Successful First Show
SAN JOSE, CA, November 20, 2015 — JD Events hosted an extremely successful launch of Drone World Expo earlier this week at the San Jose Convention Center. The exhibit hall floor featured 75 exhibiting companies and the event attracted 2,120 commercial drone...
Harris Corporation to Provide Airborne Radars to NOAA
MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 20, 2015 — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) via its subsidiary EDO Corporation will provide AN/APY-11 airborne multi-mode radars to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enhance severe weather tracking and other...
Ordnance Survey Ireland Launches GeoHive
November 20, 2015 — GeoHive, a free platform which enables people to combine and layer location-based information from a range of public sector bodies has today been launched by Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White TD. An...
Ancoris Launches Data Visualisation and Mapping Service for Housing Associations
Bracknell, November 19, 2015 — Google for Work Premier Partner, Ancoris, has today announced the launch of Ancoris Maps for Housing, an online mapping and visualisation solution for housing associations, available on an annual subscription basis. Ancoris Maps for...
