Feb.23, 2015—Digital Earth 2015 seeks abstracts describing the state of the art and practice relating to the five conference themes: Digital Earth Theory and Technology Earth Observation Applications to Science and Policy Digital Earth and Client Well-Being, and...
Britain Leads the Way as Ordnance Survey Helps to Drive Economic Growth and Digital Innovation Through Open Data
Feb.23, 2015—To coincide with International Open Data Day, when countries across the globe will show their support for open data policies, Ordnance Survey (OS) announce plans to launch a world-leading digital map as open data and the creation of an engagement hub...
Former Governor Geringer Leads Panel Calling on Congress and Governors to Make National Spatial Data Infrastructure a High Priority
Washington, DC, Feb.23, 2015 – At a news briefing on Monday, former Wyoming Governor James Geringer will highlight the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations’ (COGO) Report Card on the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) released on February 6, 2015....
MAPPS Supports Proposed FAA Rules to Allow Commercial Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
WASHINGTON, D.C.,February 23, 2015 - MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello issued the following statement about the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerning operation and certification of Small Unmanned...
Digital Aerial Solutions Expands Mapping Services with Purchase of Leica ALS80 Laser Scanner
NORCROSS, GA, Feb.20, 2015—Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Digital Aerial Solutions (DAS), a woman-owned small business based in Tampa, Fla., is the first company in North America to purchase the ALS80 laser scanner. The ALS80 augments the company’s...
Textron Systems Announces New Web-based Geospatial Image Exploitation Capability
Feb.18, 2015—Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) business, announced today the beta release of its newest product, the RVcloud™ web-based Electronic Light Table (ELT), offering many of the image exploitation capabilities of its popular...
Hexacopter Measures Zero Gravity Plane, Generates detailed 3D model of landing gear
Kassel, Germany, Feb.18, 2015 - The publicly appointed surveyors Uli Bauer and Andreas Gelhausen have generated a 3D model of the landing gear of the zero gravity Airbus A300 ZERO-G that is accurate to more than +/- 5 mm. Furthermore, they used the Aibot X6 UAV to...
Bluesky Aerial Photography Gives a Bird's Eye View of the Cotswolds
Leicestershire, UK, Feb. 18, 2015 - Aerial photography from Bluesky is supporting the delivery of essential council services in Gloucestershire. The high resolution imagery is helping staff at Cotswolds District Council deal with requests from the public, whether in...
Optech Presenting Multipulse and Multispectral Solutions at ILMF 2015
Feb. 19, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will present and exhibit at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum in Denver, CO, USA on February 23-25, 2015, where senior personnel will describe how Optech’s new Galaxy and Titan systems are challenging...
Keystone Purchases Third UltraCam Falcon with UltraNav
Graz, Austria, Feb. 19, 2015—Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc., a group company of PASCO CORPORATION, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Falcon digital aerial camera system with the UltraNav GNSS-Inertial...