To familiarize GIS professionals and students with the advanced Earth-imaging technologies available today, Esri published Essential Earth Imaging for GIS, which provides a basic education in remote-sensing technology, promoting the effective use of sophisticated multispectral and 3D imagery.
Satellites Help NASA Map Earth's Rivers
Scientists are swapping topographic maps for satellite images as part of a new NASA mission to create the first global inventory of Earth's surface waters.
Track Wildfires Across the Western US with Interactive Esri Maps
August 4, 2015 — Esri’s interactive Wildfire Public Information Map  and 2015 California Wildfire Activity Map are available for the media to share or embed as part of ongoing fire and weather coverage. Wildfire Public Information Map View continuously updated...
Avineon Hosts Webinar on Business Intelligence for ArcGIS
McLean, Virginia, August 4, 2015 — Avineon, Inc. (Avineon), a global provider of information technology, geospatial, and engineering support services, is hosting a free webinar to show ArcGIS users how to gain better understanding of the data in their geodatabase...
2015 URISA Exemplary Systems in Government Award Recipients Announced
Des Plaines, IL, August 4, 2015 — URISA Is pleased to announce the recipients of 2015 Exemplary Systems in Government (ESIG) Awards. Since 1980, URISA's ESIG Awards have recognized extraordinary achievements in the use of geospatial information technology that have...
Teledyne Optech going to Geomatics Indaba in South Africa
August 4, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it is displaying its latest technologies for surveying land and sea at the Geomatics Indaba 2015 conference on August 11 to 13 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Geomatics Indaba is one of Africa’s largest...
Phase One Industrial Introduces the iXU-R Camera Series with up to 80 MP Resolution Plus High Performance Optics
COPENHAGEN, August 4, 2015 — Phase One Industrial, a leading manufacturer and provider of medium format aerial digital photography equipment and software solutions, today introduced the iXU-R camera series. Available in 80 MP, 60MP and 60MP achromatic versions,...
Protected Military SatCom Network Live for Global Deployment
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 31, 2015 — One of the world’s most impenetrable satellite communications systems, built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to serve the U.S., Canada, the Netherlands and the U.K., is now live. Those nations now have a modern, operational...
New England Maps Adding Trails
July 30, 2015 — Several of the new US Topo quadrangles for New Hampshire and Vermont now display parts of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (A.T.) and other selected public trails. Also, parts of the new maps for Connecticut and Massachusetts feature segments of...
Timmons Group to Provide Performance Measures for the National Association of State Foresters
Richmond, VA, July 30, 2015 — The National Association of State Foresters (NASF) recently selected Timmons Group to assist in the process of defining State Forestry Performance Measures. The project will work to define a concise set of national priority...