July 1, 2014—An OGC Agriculture Domain Working Group (SWG) is being chartered as an open forum for the discussion and presentation of interoperability requirements, use cases, pilots, and implementations of OGC standards in the Agriculture domain. Initiators of the...
SimActive's Software Purchased by Mexican Firm IMT
Montreal, Canada, July 3, 2014—SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce that Mexican firm IMT Latinoamericana S.A. de C.V. has purchased its Correlator3D™ product. The transaction was brokered by SimActive’s...
Telops Announces New Subsidiary: Telops France
QUEBEC, CANADA, June 25, 2014—Telops, leader in the field of high performance infrared cameras and hyperspectral imaging systems for the Defense and Security, Environmental, Industrial and research markets, is pleased to announce it has opened a new subsidiary in...
UAV Surveys UNESCO World Heritage in Mexico
Kassel, Germany, July 2, 2014—The Mexican company SkyBótica and the German drone manufacturer Aibotix have created detailed 3D models of the library and stadium of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The point clouds with a resolution of up to 5 mm...
NASA Launches Long-Awaited Carbon Mission
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite aims to pinpoint atmospheric carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas responsible for warming our world.
Satellite Sail Could Mitigate Orbital Debris Problem
At the end of its mission, the descent of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.’s TechDemoSat-1 satellite will be assisted by a specialized de-orbit sail just one-thousandth of an inch thick.
Skycatch Aims to Offer Drones for Hire
Skycatch, like Google's recently purchased satellite venture, is seeking ways to make high-resolution, easily accessible aerial imagery a part of how the everyday world works.
‘Citizen Scientists’ Take Control of Abandoned NASA Satellite
With NASA's blessing and following a successful crowd-funding campaign, a group of citizen scientists have taken control of an abandoned NASA satellite with plans to put it back to work.
CoreLogic Releases New Natural Catastrophe Platform and Risk Models
IRVINE, Calif., July 2, 2014—CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, today released a new version of its EQECAT™ natural catastrophe modeling platform which contains three new proprietary risk...
Esri Mapping Platform Secured for Federal Agency’s Use
Redlands, Calif., June 25, 2014—The Esri ArcGIS Online platform is now authorized and accredited by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a secure platform for delivering cloud-based geospatial services. Following a rigorous assessment, the agency...
