Anchorage, Alaska, March 10, 2014—DAT/EM Systems International, developers of photogrammetric mapping systems, today announced it has joined Dell’s PartnerDirect program as a Registered Dell Partner. As a Registered Partner, DAT/EM Systems International will...
Farmstar Expert Incorporates UAV Data
Toulouse, France, March 4, 2014—In 2014, Airbus Defence and Space, Arvalis–Institut du végétal and Delta Drone will explore the potential offered by image and data acquired from sensors carried on-board fixed and rotary wing UAVs. The addition of UAV data could...
COWI Selects GeoCue Software Suite
Huntsville, Ala., March 5, 2014—GeoCue Corporation is pleased to announce that the COWI Group, headquartered in Denmark, has selected the GeoCue workflow management suite to manage its LIDAR data production operations. The GeoCue software suite is a robust...
Keystone Purchases Two UltraCam Falcon Systems with UltraNav
Graz, Austria, March 5, 2014—Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc., a PASCO Group company, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase two UltraCam Falcon digital aerial camera systems with the UltraNav GNSS-Inertial Direct...
PCI Geomatics Signs Education Alliance Agreement with Arabian Gulf University
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada, March 6, 2014—PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces that it has signed an Education Alliance agreement with Arabian Gulf University in Manama, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The...
Photo Science Awarded NOAA Shoreline Mapping Contract
Lexington, Ky., March 4, 2014—Photo Science, a Quantum Spatial company, was recently awarded a multi-million dollar, 5-year, Indefinite Delivery Contract to provide the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with Shoreline Mapping Services. This...
NASA Eyes Radar for Sinkhole Prediction
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.
