Findings suggest that radar data, if collected routinely from airborne systems or satellites, could in some cases foresee sinkholes before they happen, decreasing danger to people and property.
Ruling: FAA Lacks Authority to Ban Commercial UAS
A ruling by an administrative law judge holds that the Federal Aviation Administration lacks clear-cut authority to ban the commercial use of unmanned aircraft in U.S. continental airspace.
Researchers Want to Zap Space Junk
An Australian team working on a project to zap orbital debris with lasers from Earth says perhaps we're only a couple of decades from a “cascade of collisions” among low-Earth-orbiting satellites.
ESA Satellite Could Track Greenhouse Gases
A recent field campaign shows that a potential new satellite could understand where greenhouse gases come from, how they disperse in the atmosphere and how they affect climate change.
DAT/EM Systems International's Summit Evolution Software Now Processes CartoSat-1 Satellite Imagery
Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 25, 2014—DAT/EM Systems International introduces the capability to process high-resolution CartoSat-1 satellite imagery in its flagship digital photogrammetric workstation, Summit Evolution. Designed for geo-engineering (mapping) applications...
Optech Launches Informative New Website
Toronto, March 3, 2014—Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems and productivity-enhancing workflow software, is pleased to announce the launch of our new and improved website. The new website...
RIEGL Announces iPad Point Cloud Viewer: RiALITY
HORN, Austria, Feb. 26, 2014—This new, innovative App, the first of its kind, allows users to experience LiDAR data in a completely new environment. It also allows easier LiDAR data demonstrations through the use of an iPad. RIEGL’s RiALITY App enables users to...
Locate14 Announces Open Spatial Data Panel
Canberra, Australia, Feb. 26, 2014—A much anticipated session at Locate14 will be the panel discussion ‘Open Spatial Data - Behind the Policy Challenge’ held on Tuesday, 8 April. Along with the preliminary program, information on the panel session has been...
MAPPS to Host Webinars on Issues to Be Taken to Congress
Reston, Va., Feb. 26, 2014—MAPPS, the national association for geospatial firms, will host a series of four webinars to educate the membership and the geospatial community on issues that MAPPS members will discuss with their Congressmen and Senators during the MAPPS...
MDA Announces Upcoming Geospatial Services Webinar Series
Richmond, BC, Feb. 27, 2014—MDA’s Information Systems group (MDA) announced today that they will be hosting an exciting range of informative geospatial webinars. Throughout 2014, you are invited to join MDA’s geospatial experts for an engaging series of webinar...
