DULLES, Va. - Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), built by the company for NASA, was successfully launched today aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. As the...
Travelers Uses 3-D Technology from HOVER to Help Make Property Damage Inspections Quicker and Safer
HARTFORD, Conn.- The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) today announced it is using HOVER to assist in assessing property damage. HOVER’s technology transforms smartphone photos of any property into an accurate three-dimensional (3-D) model, gathering precise...
GeoCalc SDK 7.5 Released with an Expanded Geodetic Database and Improved Import and Export Options.
Hallowell, Maine - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce the immediate availability of version 7.5 of the GeoCalc Software Development Kit (SDK). Widely regarded as the preeminent geodetic toolkit, GeoCalc is at the core of countless...
Trimble Field Link Makes Construction Layout Easier”Scales to Contractors' Needs
Trimble released Trimble® Field Link version 4.0, the latest version of its construction layout software for measuring and creating layout positions for anchor bolts, hangers, cable trays and other common construction layout tasks. With new modular software features...
Penn State Offers Online Earth-Observation Education
The Department of Geography in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University continues to lead academically in geospatial sciences through its Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Program and its Online Geospatial Education Program Office.
NASA's CYGNSS Constellation Enters Science Operations Phase
NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), a constellation of eight microsatellites that will take detailed measurement of wind speeds inside hurricanes, successfully completed the development and on-orbit commissioning phases of its mission and moved into the science operations phase.
Bluesky Geospatial Launches MetroVista 3D Aerial Mapping Program in U.S.
Presentations at GeoWeek 2023 NORTH ADAMS, Massachusetts, USA – Bluesky Geospatial Ltd. has announced the launch of its MetroVista 3D aerial mapping program in the United States. The service employs a hybrid imaging-LiDAR airborne sensor to capture highly...
Monitoring Grasslands for Agricultural Subsidies
Grasslands cover approximately 37 percent of Earth's land surface when calculated with shrub-lands and savannas. In Western Europe, grasslands comprise 40 percent of agricultural land. And now European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Sentinel satellites are being used to detect and better evaluate management practices of grasslands in Estonia.
Teledyne e2v expands its Emerald image sensor family with new 36 Mpixel high-speed chip
GRENOBLE, France - Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE: TDY] company and global innovator of imaging solutions, announces its new Emerald 36M, a 37.7 Megapixel image sensor specifically designed for demanding industrial and outdoor applications requiring both...
HistoryMiami Museum to Host the Longest Running and Largest Map Fair in the Americas
Miami, Jan - The Miami International Map Fair, the longest continuously running map fair in the world, will return to HistoryMiami Museum February 2-3, 2019. Over 35 leading map dealers from across the globe and the United States, including some from Florida, will...
