Vexcel to expand U.S. coverage and refresh aerial imagery up to 3 times annually for improved visualization and decision-making nationwide It plans to collect 4.5 million km2 of high-resolution aerial imagery in 2023, covering 93% of the U.S. population...
Ouster and Velodyne Complete Merger of Equals to Accelerate Lidar Adoption
SAN FRANCISCO - Ouster (NYSE: OUST), a leading provider of high-resolution digital lidar, and Velodyne, a global player in lidar sensors and solutions, announced the successful completion of their merger of equals, effective February 10, 2023. The combined company...
Orbital Insight Expands Global Customer Base With Rollout of Recently Launched TerraScope Platform
PALO ALTO, Calif.- Orbital Insight, the leader in geospatial intelligence, today announced it has secured new global customer agreements including new customer wins and expansions leveraging the company’s recently released geospatial analytics platform, TerraScope -...
LightBox Announces Expansion of Connected Data Offering with National Zoning Data
IRVINE, Calif.- LightBox, a leading information and technology company, announced today its new national zoning data product. The national zoning data provides customers with a single, centralized, and standardized source for parcel-level zoning data across the...
Ursa Space Launches Python Toolbox API on Esri ArcGIS Pro Software
ITHACA, N.Y.- Ursa Space Systems, a leading satellite-analytics-as-a-service provider, has announced the release of a Python toolbox for satellite analytic and data ordering within Esri ArcGIS Pro, a full-featured professional desktop GIS application. Ursa Space...
Leica Geosystems announces performance upgrades for airborne deep bathymetric surveys
The new Leica HawkEye-5 bathymetric LiDAR sensor provides a significant improvement in flight efficiency for detailed data capture in deep waters (Heerbrugg, Switzerland) — Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today the release of the Leica HawkEye-5,...
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...
Aero-Graphics Purchases Two 4th Generation UltraCam Eagle 4.1 Aerial Cameras
Graz, Austria: The first two UltraCam Eagle 4.1 aerial imaging systems to land in North America have been purchased by Salt Lake City-based Aero-Graphics Inc. With delivery expected by March 2023, both nadir photogrammetric cameras are on track to be fully...
Chile Battles Raging Wildfires
Deadly wildfires continue to rage in south-central Chile, destroying hundreds of thousands of hectares of land across the country. Satellite images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on Feb. 4, 2023, show the ongoing fires and heatwave in South America.
NASA’s Satellites Help with Turkey, Syria Earthquake Response
Following the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria Feb. 6, 2023, NASA is working to share its aerial views and data from space in ways that can aid relief and recovery workers in the region as well as improve its ability to model and predict such events.
