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...
Quantum Spatial Honored with MAPPS Grand Award for American Samoa Project
Sheboygan, Wis., Feb. 25, 2014—Photo Science Inc., a Quantum Spatial Company, has been honored with the 2013 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Grand Award for its project entitled, "Coastal Resilience Data for American Samoa." The project was...
BlackBridge Officially Launches its Monitoring Programs for Agriculture
Berlin, Germany, Feb. 27, 2014—Upon successful completion of the 2013 North American agricultural monitoring program, BlackBridge officially launches its agriculture solutions on a global level. New programs are already being implemented for subscribers in the UK...