June 29, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the draft charter for an OGC Hydrologic Features (HY_Features) Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose of the proposed SWG is to progress the HY_Features hydrologic feature...
Cranfield University Uses VR in Bid to Become Centre for Doctoral Training
June 29, 2015 — Cranfield University researchers received NERC funding through the ‘Big Data Capital Call’ for GeoVisionary software plus a Virtalis ActiveMove portable Virtual Reality (VR) system. With various research projects underway, Cranfield heard...
USGS Welcomes European Space Agency's New Land Observing Satellite
June 29, 2015 — The U.S. Geological Survey salutes the European Space Agency (ESA) on the successful June 23 launch of its Sentinel-2A satellite, the second satellite to be launched in Europe’s Copernicus environment monitoring program. "We are very pleased to...
USGIF Announces 2015 Award Program Recipients
Washington, D.C., June 29, 2015 —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) today announced the six recipients of its 2015 Awards Program on the main stage at the GEOINT 2015 Symposium. The USGIF Awards Program annually recognizes the exceptional...
Blue Canopy Debuts Social Media Analytics Solution for Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism at GEOINT 2015
RESTON, Virginia , June 29, 2015 — Blue Canopy Group, LLC., a leading Big Data Analytics, Enterprise IT consultancy and service provider, has selected GEOINT, the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Forum (USGIF) annual conference, to debut their social media...
Arithmetica's Spherevision Reveals Henry VIII's Excesses in Stunning 360 Degrees
Shepperton Studios, June 26, 2015 — A 360 degree video recording system from Arithmetica has been used to create an educational yet entertaining 360 film about the wanton excesses of Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace. Forming part of the Historic Royal...
Point Grey Adds High Resolution 12 MP CCD Model to Grasshopper(R)3 USB3 Vision Camera Line
Richmond, BC, Canada, June 26, 2015 — Point Grey, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of innovative, high-performance digital cameras, today announced the addition of a new 12 MP CCD model to its Grasshopper®3 USB3 Vision™ camera line. The...
OGC Seeks Public Comment on OGC Web Coverage Service – Transaction Operation Extension
June 26, 2015 — The OGC membership seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Web Coverage Service (WCS) - Transaction operation extension, version 2.0. The OGC Web Coverage Service (WCS) Interface Standard is an open standard widely implemented in geospatial...
USGIF Names 2015 Lundahl-Finnie Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Washington, D.C., June 26, 2015 —This morning, the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff for the U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF), as the 2015 recipient of the USGIF Arthur C....
Avineon Announces New Professional Certifications
McLean, Virginia, June 26, 2015 — Avineon, Inc. (Avineon), a global provider of information technology, geospatial, and engineering support services, is pleased to announce three members of its professional staff have earned new certifications. Vice President Joel...
