Just a little more than a month after it was launched, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite has been maneuvered into its final orbit and has produced its first science data.
Police Satellites on the Horizon?
Soon it will be cost effective for police forces to buy their own satellites, predicts Ray Purdy, expert on satellites and the law at University College London.
Canon Announces Océ PlotWave 500 Large-Format Printing System
MELVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 4,2014—Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the launch of the Océ PlotWave 500 large format printing system. Featuring the Océ ClearConnect touchscreen interface for fast and easy walk-up printing, copying...
New Esri Book Proposes Changes to U.S. Land Records System
Redlands, Calif., July 30, 2014—Modernizing American Land Records: Order upon Chaos examines the history of American land concepts, governance, and records systems and their use. The book considers institutional land record trends and the latest technical...
Maps.com Launches “Field Trip Library” for K“12 Students
Redlands, Calif., July 31, 2014—Education software publisher Maps.com has released its Field Trip Library series, which is powered by the Esri Story Map platform. Using this platform, students are introduced to fundamental geographic information system (GIS)...
OGC Calls for Comment on Candidate Moving Feature Encoding Standard
July 24, 2014—The OGC seeks public comment on a candidate OGC® Moving Feature Encoding Standard. Part I of this candidate standard provides a standard way of encoding moving feature data in an XML encoding in the form of an OGC Geography Markup Language (GML)...
Phase One Industrial Announces iX Capture, a New Application for Aerial Photography
COPENHAGEN, July 28, 2014—Phase One Industrial, a leading manufacturer of medium format aerial photography equipment and software solutions, today announced the release of Phase One iX Capture, an image capture and RAW conversion application designed specifically...
Report: $248 Billion for Manufacture and Launch of 1,155 Satellites Over Next Decade
PARIS, MONTREAL, WASHINGTON D.C., July 31, 2014—According to Euroconsult's newly released research report, Satellites to be Built & Launched, 115 satellites will be launched on average yearly over the next decade (2014-2023). In comparison with last year's...
Global Mapper Software Training Coming to Calgary
HALLOWELL, Maine, July 29, 2014—Blue Marble Geographics will be in Calgary before you know it! Don't miss this opportunity to attend our popular Global Mapper software training course. The course will be held on September 9th and 10th, 2014, at the University of...
Northrop Grumman Appoints Diane Daegele Vice President of Business Management for Unmanned Systems
REDONDO BEACH, Calif., July 30, 2014—Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC-0.94%today announced Diane Daegele has been appointed vice president of business management for the Unmanned Systems division of its Aerospace Systems sector. In her new role, Daegele will be...
