September 17, 2013
Paris, Sept. 16, 2013—Euroconsult, the leading global research and analyst firm specializing in the Space and Earth observation sector, announced the recipients of its Annual Earth Observation Business Awards during its Summit on Earth Observation Business held in Paris on Sept 12/13. The annual international event features leaders from EO satellite operators, data distributors, manufacturers,
September 17, 2013
Des Plaines, Ill., Sept. 12, 2013—2013 is a milestone year for URISA’s GISCorps. Ten years ago during URISA’s 2003 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, GISCorps was officially adopted as a URISA program to coordinate short-term, volunteer-based GIS expertise and support to underprivileged communities worldwide. Volunteers provide their GIS expertise remotely or on-site and have been
September 17, 2013
Paris, Montreal and Washington D.C., Sept. 11, 2013—According to Euroconsult’s latest research report,"Satellite-Based Earth Observation: Market Prospects to 2022," the number of Earth observation (EO) satellites launched by civil government and commercial entities is expected to more than double over the next decade to 360 satellites, translating into $35.8 billion in manufacturing revenues over 2013
September 17, 2013
Hollywood, Md., Sept. 10, 2013—NEANY has completed a partnership agreement with Visual Intelligence to deploy Visual Intelligence’s iOne IMS infrastructure metric mapping system in NEANY’s flagship unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Arrow. NEANY will utilize the iOne IMS system for high-resolution geospatial imaging for both military and commercial applications. NEANY’s Arrow is an unmanned aircraft
September 17, 2013
Horn, Austria, Sept. 12, 2013—SNCF, the national French railway society, has taken delivery of a RIEGL VMX-450-RAIL intended for the sole purpose of railway mapping. The complete scanning platform is either installed onto a mounting rack in the rear of a wagon or right into the engine cart. The main tasks of railway mapping include
September 17, 2013
Volunteers from Falcon UAV say they were providing mapping services to local officials when the Federal Emergency Management Agency said they would be arrested if they continued flying.
September 17, 2013
The European Space Agency’s SMOS satellite continues to monitor soil moisture and ocean salinity, but it also aims to improve weather forecasts and enhance flood predictability.
September 17, 2013
Hexagon, the parent company of Leica Geosystems and Z/I Imaging, selected two recipients for this year’s Carl Pulfrich Award: Prof. Dr. Nicholas C. Coops, Vancouver, and Prof. Dr. Norbert Haala, Stuttgart.
September 17, 2013
After more than four years of mapping Earth’s gravity with unrivalled precision, the European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere once it runs out of fuel sometime in mid-October.
September 11, 2013
Toronto, Sept. 10, 2013—Avenza Systems Inc., the leading developer of cartographic software --such as MAPublisher® for Adobe® Illustrator® and Geographic Imager® geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop®-- announced the launch of PDF Maps app 2.0 for iOS devices. Unique to the space, the enhanced version incorporates suggestions from consumers that currently use the first and only
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