Worcester, Mass., March 20, 2014—Clark Labs has received a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to create a baseline map of coastal habitats and the distribution of shrimp mariculture in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. The analysis is based on a digital...
Esri Supports White House Climate Data Initiative
Redlands, Calif., March 19, 2014—In response to the White House Climate Data Initiative, Esri is launching a comprehensive effort to help communities work smarter and more efficiently, therefore becoming more livable and resilient. Esri plans to focus its initial...
I.F. Rooks Takes Low-Altitude Photogrammetry to the Next Level with the Leica RCD30 Camera
NORCROSS, Ga., March 18, 2014—Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that I.F. Rooks & Associates, Inc., an aerial photogrammetry firm based in Plant City, Fla., has expanded its services with the purchase of a Leica RCD30 medium-format digital camera. Rooks is...
Orbit Logic Delivers Collection Planning Software to New Customer
GREENBELT, Md., March 20, 2014—Orbit Logic announced today that they will deliver their Collection Planning & Analysis Workstation (CPAW) software to an undisclosed customer for an upcoming satellite imaging system. The customer will initially use CPAW for...
Ordnance Survey Becomes a Principal Member of Open Geospatial Consortium
March 24, 2014—The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is pleased to announce that Ordnance Survey has raised its membership level from Technical Committee level to Principal level. As a Principal Member, Ordnance Survey will participate in OGC's Planning Committee...
U.K. Satellite Firm's Innovation Tracks Flight 370
Inmarsat used the Doppler effect”a transmission's frequency change due to the movement of a satellite or aircraft”as the basis for a method of modeling Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's final flight path.
ESA Sentinel-1A Radar Satellite to Launch Next Week
Europe's first Copernicus Program satellite is set to launch April 3. The European Space Agency (ESA) is demonstrating how its advanced radar will map ice, monitor subsidence and more.
Satellite Images Aid Lower Colorado River Restoration Efforts
Satellite imagery plays a key role in monitoring the effects of a type of controlled flooding called pulse flow in an attempt to reinvigorate the lower Colorado River ecosystem.
Using a Drone to Hunt Big Game? Not in Alaska!
At its March 14-18 meeting in Anchorage, the seven-member Alaska Board of Game approved a measure to prohibit hunters from spotting game with unmanned aircraft systems.
NASA's Operation IceBridge Begins New Arctic Campaign
Researchers aboard NASA’s P-3 research aircraft left the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., March 10 for Greenland to begin a new season of collecting data on Arctic land and sea ice.
