ABU DHABI, UAE, and BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM, Nov. 20, 2013—Proteus, a provider of satellite-derived bathymetric mapping and seabed classification services, represented the mapping industry in a British trade delegation to Tripoli organized by the Libya-British...
East View Licenses “World Mapping Today” from DeGruyter
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 22, 2013—East View is pleased to announce that it will revive and add value to the content that makes up the authoritative reference work, "World Mapping Today, 2nd Edition" by R.B. Parry and C.R. Perkins. "World Mapping Today" has long been...
MDA to Provide RADARSAT-2 Digital Elevation Models to the Malaysian Government
Richmond, B.C. , Canada, Nov. 21, 2013—MDA’s Information Systems Group (MDA) announced today that it has signed a contract with Sky-Shine Corporation of Malaysia to deliver over 52,000 square kilometers of digital elevation products using space-based imagery from...
Landsat Satellites Quantify Deforestation in Peru
North Carolina State University researchers piecing together Landsat 7 and 8 satellite images estimate a deforestation rate of roughly 100 hectares (247 acres) per week in a tract they observed.
Unmanned Copter Shows Promise for Radiation Monitoring
A large semi-autonomous drone capable of monitoring radiation levels after a release of nuclear material in the environment has been developed by Bristol University researchers.
ESA Declares Free Access to Copernicus Data
The European Delegated Act on Copernicus provides free, full and open access to users of environmental data from the Copernicus program, including data from the Sentinel satellites.
Pine Island Glacier Finally Peels off Giant Iceberg
NASA scientists first detected a rift in the Pine Island Glacier in October 2011 during flights for Operation IceBridge. Between Nov. 9“11, 2013, a large iceberg finally separated.
BlackBridge Launches Ortho Take Product
Berlin, Germany, Nov. 18, 2013—BlackBridge has officially launched its newest ortho product, the level 3B Ortho Take. This new product provides image takes that have been bundle adjusted and orthorectified to fully cover an area of interest. This ready-to-use...
Collect, Monitor, and Analyze Rapidly Changing Data with Enhanced Esri Apps
Redlands, Calif., Nov. 12, 2013—Esri's new releases of Collector for ArcGIS and Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS include display, configuration, and workflow enhancements that improve field data collection and enterprise oversight. Both apps are available at no cost...
Esri Workbook Emphasizes Image Processing Capabilities of ArcGIS
Redlands, Calif., Nov. 13, 2013—Making Spatial Decisions Using GIS and Remote Sensing: A Workbook is the first student workbook to focus on the image processing capabilities inherent in Esri’s ArcGIS software. Designed to complement remote-sensing textbooks in an...
