PORTLAND, Maine, July 24, 2014—International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), which will take place in Denver, Colorado, USA, February 23-25, 2015, has announced a Call for Papers and invites any interested parties to submit their abstracts by September 1 online here....
SSTL Wins Best Aerospace and Defence Company at the Made in the UK Awards
GUILDFORD, United Kingdom, July 22, 2014—Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) won the Best Aerospace and Defence company award at Insider’s first ever Made in the UK National finals, held in Liverpool yesterday as part of the International Festival for Business...
URISA 2014 Board of Directors Election Results Announced
Des Plaines, Ill., July 25, 2014—URISA is pleased to announce the results of its 2014 Board of Directors’ Election. Rebecca Somers will become President-Elect of the association and Valrie Grant, Kevin Mickey and Martin Roche will begin their terms as members of...
Arianespace to Launch Sentinel-1B Observation Satellite
EVRY, France, July 17, 2014—The European Space Agency (ESA) and Arianespace announced today that they have signed a launch contract for the second radar satellite in the Sentinel-1 mission, Sentinel-1B, part of Copernicus, a joint European Union and European Space...
Esri and European Schoolnet Partner to Deliver Geographic Education Internationally
Redlands, Calif., July 21, 2014—School systems across Europe will soon have access to the world's leading online mapping software for delivering better geographic education to the classroom. Esri has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with European...
European Space Imaging Now Processes 40cm Imagery Products Locally for Customers in Europe and North Africa
Munich, Germany, July 23, 2014—European Space Imaging can now process 40 cm imagery from WorldView satellites at their local Direct Access Facility (DAF) based near Munich. Imagery at 40 cm is available from archive data or for new tasking orders from the WorldView...
KBM Expands Aerial Mapping Services with Leica ALS70-CM Aerial Laser Scanner and Leica RCD30 Digital Camera
NORCROSS, Ga., July 17, 2014—Cities, counties and electric utilities in North Dakota, the Upper Midwest and throughout the US now have a new resource for cost-effective LiDAR data and high-point-density corridor mapping as a result of KBM, Inc.‘s recent purchase...
NM Group Acquires an Optech Orion C300 as Its Fourth Optech Lidar System
TORONTO, July 23, 2014—Optech is pleased to announce that NM Group has acquired their fourth airborne lidar system from Optech, a state-of-the-art Orion C300 that will greatly support the expansion of the company’s operations. Based in North America, Europe and...
OGC Announces New Geospatial User Feedback Standards Working Group
July 17, 2014—Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) have formed an OGC Geospatial User Feedback Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose of this SWG will be to reach consensus on a standard way to encode users’ comments on the results those users...
Headwall Selects SBG Systems' Inertial Sensor for Full-Featured UAV-Based Remote Sensing Solution
Rueil-Malmaison, France, July 22, 2014—With the strong support of SBG Systems, Headwall offers a unique a fully integrated remote sensing solution, combining hyperspectral and LiDAR sensors on a small Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV). Headwall has selected the Ekinox-N...
