HARRISBURG, Pa., March 23, 2015 — Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) and FracTracker Alliance have created a unique GIS map that enables the public to investigate how shale gas development is changing the face of our public lands. The map shows, in...
Topcon Acquires Digi-Star, a Global Leader in Precision Agriculture
LIVERMORE, March 23, 2015 — Topcon Positioning Group announces the acquisition of Digi-Star, a global leader in agricultural solutions involving weight sensors and control systems for feeding, planting, fertilizer, and harvest equipment manufacturers. “After...
Leica GeoMoS 6.2 Enables Parallel and Easy Management of Multiple Monitoring Projects on-Premises or in the Cloud
Heerbrugg, Switzerland, March 20, 2015 — Leica GeoMoS version 6.2 comes with the newly updated GeoMoS Monitor 6.2, which allows management of data collection and computation for multiple monitoring projects at the same time. Active projects can be managed and run...
Amazon Makes Landsat Data Even More Available
March 20, 2015 — As part of Amazon Web Services (AWS) commitment to White House’s Climate Data Initiative, the company announced today that 85,000 Landsat 8 scenes are now conveniently accessible in AWS Public Data Sets. Landsat, managed by U.S. Geological Survey...
Panoptes Systems Launches eBumper4 Obstacle Avoidance Product; Kicks Off Order Campaign
CAMBRIDGE, MA, March 19, 2015 — Panoptes Systems is excited to introduce the eBumper4, the first commercially-available, sonar-based, small drone obstacle avoidance system. Running into obstacles is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome for effective drone...
Airbus Defence and Space Selects Arianespace to Launch EDRS-C Satellite
March 19, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space and Arianespace have reached an agreement for the launch of EDRS-C which is the second geostationary satellite of the SpaceDataHighway system. The launch is scheduled for the first quarter in 2017. EDRS-C will increase the...
Higher Resolution Satellite Imagery Now a Highly Competitive Alternative to Aerial Imagery for Global Applications
Munich, March 18, 2015 — European Space Imaging announced today that they are now able to supply 30 cm imagery from the WorldView-3 satellite for European and North African customers wishing to use the most sophisticated very high-resolution satellite imagery on the...
WorldDEM, the New-Class 3D Model, Now Available for More than 50% of the Global Landmass
March 18, 2015 — The availability of WorldDEM, the global pole-to-pole Digital Elevation Model, is continuously expanding and now extends to more than 50% of the Earth’s landmass. The 3D mapping database now covers large parts of Northern and Southern America,...
BlackBridge Providing Precision Farm info for FarmLogs
March 18, 2015 — BlackBridge announced its partnership with FarmLogs, a farm management software and data-science company, to provide the U.S. with satellite imagery for crop health and field performance analysis. Through the partnership, FarmLogs will leverage...
Manchester Climate Instruments Take a Ride on NASA's Global Hawk
March 18, 2015 — The unmanned aircraft, based at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Centre, California, can fly at twice the height of Mount Everest and double the altitude of a commercial jet for more than a day at a time, travelling the equivalent of half of the...
