UAS Growth: Fast, Cheap, Out of Control?

UAS Growth: Fast, Cheap, Out of Control?

Those of us who have been following infrastructure for more than a couple of decades are astonished, and unimpressed, by the seemingly sudden emergence of unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) as critical technology for infrastructure solutions of all sorts, particularly mapping and surveying.

UAE Drones for Good Award Accepting Entries

UAE Drones for Good Award Accepting Entries

The 2016 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Drones for Good Award is accepting online video and proposal submissions until Nov. 1, 2015. Initially developed in 2014, the award features a $1 million cash prize and is dedicated to transforming these exciting technologies into practical solutions for improving people's lives.

U.S. Water Supply Faces Challenges

U.S. Water Supply Faces Challenges

Nearly a decade of gravity measurements from NASA's twin GRACE Earth observation satellites show that some parts of the United States could face hard times in coming years.

U.S. Using Satellite Data to Map Alaska, Arctic

U.S. Using Satellite Data to Map Alaska, Arctic

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the University of Minnesota's Polar Geospatial Center are collaborating to use high-resolution satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe, processed with NSF-supported advanced computing resources, to produce improved, publicly available Digital Elevation Models of Alaska by mid-2016 and the entire Arctic by the end of 2016.