October 2, 2015 — How to detect and monitor landslides and instability risks over urban areas, large infrastructures and the territory around it, in order to prevent disasters? Planetek Italia has set up Preciso® landslide, a new monitoring product, based on...
PlanetObserver Continues Production of PlanetSAT 15 L8 Imagery Base Map: More than 50 Mill. sq km are Now Available
Clermont-Ferrand, October 2, 2015 — The French company PlanetObserver, specialized in imagery base map production for more than 25 years, announced today the coverage of more than 50 Mill. sq km with PlanetSAT 15 L8 base map. Processed from Landsat 8 imagery,...
Teledyne Oceanscience Supplies Innovative RapidCAST to TerraSond for Major Hydrographic Project
CARLSBAD, Calif. Oct. 2, 2015 —Teledyne Oceanscience supplied world-leading geospatial company TerraSond Limited with rapidCAST, a new innovative automated underway profiling system. According to TerraSond, the product was used in a major hydrographic project...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’sAn Insurance Drone?
ERIE, Pa., Oct. 2, 2015 — In what could be the first step toward changing how insurance claims are handled in the future, Erie Insurance has moved from testing to actually using a drone to assist with a property damage claim. ERIE was among the first insurance...
AND Completes Production of High Quality Premium Navigation Map of the United States
CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, The Netherlands, Oct 2, 2015 —  AND has finished the upgrade and enrichment program of a high quality premium navigation map of the United States of America. The first sample data has been offered to interested parties. AND CEO Hugo van der...
September/October TOP STORIES
Click the above link to see the top stories from the last few months (in terms of traffic on the Earth Imaging Journal Web site). These listing categories reflect key coverage areas of this publication.
OS Puts its Mapping Knowledge to the Test
October 1, 2015 — OS has been supporting A Streetcar Named Hyundai, the latest campaign from Hyundai Motor UK. This world first initiative involves driving, photographing and filming all 2005 miles of central London’s streets as defined by the world-famous cabbie...
Another Success for Airbus Defence and Space through the Airbus Safran Launchers Joint-Venture
October 1, 2015 — Ariane 5 has been flawlessly launched from Kourou, French Guiana, for the 68th consecutive time, building on the European launcher’s track record. Two satellites were launched with a total mass of more than 10 tonnes. The latest Ariane 5 flight -...
1Spatial Gold Sponsor & Exhibitor at GIS Ireland 2015
Cambridge, UK, October 1, 2015 — (www.1spatial.com) 1Spatial, the global spatial software firm which manages the world’s largest spatial data, will be a Gold Sponsor and exhibitor at GIS Ireland, taking place on 2nd October 2015 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel,...
Trimble Partners with ClearEdge 3D to Distribute its Powerful, Automated Feature Extraction and Modeling Capabilities Software
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2015—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) and ClearEdge 3D announced today that Trimble will distribute a branded version of ClearEdge 3D’s EdgeWise software. The EdgeWise software uses automated feature extraction and modeling to significantly...
