SALINA, Kansas, Feb.25, 2015 — Kansas State University Salina has reached a national milestone in the unmanned aircraft systems industry, becoming the first entity in the country to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for statewide...
CubeWerx Releases Revolutionary New Cloud Platform for Delivering Imagery Through Open Web Services
Gatineau, QC, Feb. 25, 2015 — CubeWerx today announced the availability of OpenImgeMap™ – A cloud-based platform for hosting and publishing dynamic collections of geospatial imagery and securely delivering them through Open APIs. As a world leader in the...
ORBIT Strengthens Position in Earth Observation Market – Lands New Contract from a Leading Space Agency in Europe
Netanya, Israel, Feb. 25, 2015 — ORBIT Communication Systems, a leading provider of mission and business critical communication solutions for land, sea, air and space applications, announced today that it has won a contract to supply its Gaia-100 earth observation...
Pre Registration and Call for Abstracts UAS MAPPING RENO
Bethesda, MD, Feb.25, 2015 — The second annual technical UAS symposium sponsored by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is scheduled for September 29-30, 2015 in Reno, Nevada. Expanding on the highly successful format and events of...
OGC adopts ARML 2.0, New Open Standard Encoding for Sharing Augmented Reality Data
Feb.25, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership has approved the OGC® Augmented Reality Markup Language 2.0 Interface Standard (ARML 2.0). ARML 2.0 provides a free and open, non-proprietary encoding that augmented reality (AR) content providers...
GoGeomatics Canada is Offering Resume Writing Services for Geospatial Professionals
Feb.25, 2015 — GoGeomatics Canada recently launched a new service for job seekers looking for work in geomatics, GIS, remote sensing, surveying, cartography, and other related fields. Their Geospatial Resume and Cover Letter Writing Services are designed to offer an...
e-GEOS (ASI/Telespazio) Wins Tender of the European Commission to Provide Satellite Maps for Emergency Management
Rome, Feb.24, 2015 — e-GEOS, a company established by Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%), has been awarded a contract from the European Commission worth 12 million euros, to provide satellite maps for emergency management. The contract, identified...
Ball Aerospace’s QuickBird Retired from DigitalGlobe Remote Sensing Constellation
Feb.24, 2015 — The QuickBird satellite designed and built by Ball Aerospace for DigitalGlobe de-orbited successfully last month after making 70,000 trips around the Earth during its more than 13 years on orbit. QuickBird, which far exceeded its five-year design...
Sentinel-2A: New Eyes of Copernicus Ready for Space
Friedrichshafen/Ottobrunn, Feb.24, 2015 — After six months of intensive testing, the first Sentinel-2 satellite developed and built by Airbus Defence and Space for the European Space Agency (ESA) is getting ready for its mission in space. Sentinel-2A will be the...
GeoTerra Orders New Advanced Optech Galaxy Airborne Lidar for Mountain Surveys
Feb. 23, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will deliver an Optech Galaxy airborne lidar to GeoTerra (formerly 3Di and Bergman Photographic Services), based in Eugene, Oregon. Optech Galaxy’s PulseTRAK™ technology will be particularly useful for...
