SAN MATEO, Calif. — Skydio, the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight, has been awarded a contract by Spain's Ministry of Defence (MINISDEF) to supply autonomous small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) technology to the Spanish...
Esri and GEOSS Unite to Improve Earth Observation Analysis
Redlands, Calif., Feb. 26, 2014—Esri is working with the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to create a GIS platform for the program Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). Esri technology will make GEOSS earth observation data available to a wider...
A New Toolbox for Processing Earth Observation Images in the Cloud
Most of image analysis tasks that required ENVI or Erdas Imagine software are now available online thanks to EOS Platform, a new cloud service launched by Earth Observing System (EOS). It provides GIS professionals with a one-stop solution for search, analysis,...
GSSI Announces New Distributor Partnership with Blinken Tools, Aligning to its Global Growth Strategy
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, is pleased to announce a distribution partnership with Blinken Tools AB, headquartered in Karlstad, Sweden. This alliance focuses on expanding GSSI’s presence in the Scandinavia...
Sokkia Introduces New GCX3 Integrated Receiver
Sokkia introduces the latest addition to its GCX line of GNSS integrated receivers — the GCX3 — featuring advanced constellation tracking, open format software compatibility, and longer range base to rover communication. “The GCX3 features the new second...
Mapillary Puts 186 Million AI-Generated Map Features on the Map in their Latest Push to Make Maps More Detailed and Up-to-Date Globally
Malmo, January 22 - Mapillary, the street-level imagery platform that uses computer vision to fix the world’s maps and train autonomous systems, today announced that its computer vision technology has successfully localized and put more than 186 million map features...
Airbus Defence and Space: First European-Built All-Electric Satellite EUTELSAT 172B Getting Ready to Fly
Toulouse - Construction of EUTELSAT 172B, the first high-power all-electric telecommunications satellite built in Europe, is now complete at the Airbus satellite assembly facilities in Toulouse. The fully fledged satellite for Eutelsat is now undergoing final testing...
Russians Launch Film-Based EO Satellite
Nearly a quarter century after the United States abandoned film-based Earth observation satellites for digital sensors, why are the Russians still using film in some satellites?
NM Group Acquires an Optech Orion C300 as Its Fourth Optech Lidar System
TORONTO, July 23, 2014—Optech is pleased to announce that NM Group has acquired their fourth airborne lidar system from Optech, a state-of-the-art Orion C300 that will greatly support the expansion of the company’s operations. Based in North America, Europe and...
MicroSurvey Releases MicroSurvey CAD 2014
West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, Nov. 19, 2013—MicroSurvey (www.microsurvey.com) is pleased to announce a major update to its flagship product line with the release of MicroSurvey CAD 2014. This release includes many new features requested directly from...
