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...
Woolpert to Provide Aerial Mapping for West Virginia
DAYTON, Ohio, July 21, 2014—Woolpert, a national geospatial, infrastructure management and design firm headquartered in Dayton, announced that it has been awarded a one-year contract with the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways to...
40cm Satellite Imagery Now Available through East View Geospatial
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 22, 2014—East View Geospatial, the leading provider of geospatial data and GIS production services, enthusiastically announces the availability of 40 cm Core Imagery products from DigitalGlobe. New government permissions allow DigitalGlobe...
GRACE Satellite Paints Bleak Groundwater Picture
Drought and wildfires are battering several U.S. regional economies, as residents and agricultural businesses move toward water restrictions. Part of this story of water woes lies underground.
Monitoring Water Quality Down Under
Former Copernicus Masters competition winner EOMAP launched a new Web-based application that provides daily maps of Australia's coastal water quality.
Satellites Track Aerosols to Smoky and Sandy Sources
Twenty years after developing instruments that could monitor Earth's ozone layer, scientists learned they could use the same observations to detect ultraviolet-absorbing aerosols in the air such as volcanic ash, dust and smoke.
