SenseFly drones have accomplished a second mission in Haiti to map areas around Port-au-Prince and Cap Haitien, including areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
Inpixon to Acquire Indoor Mapping Leader Jibestream
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Inpixon (Nasdaq: INPX) (the “Company†or “Inpixonâ€), a leading indoor positioning and data analytics company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Jibestream Inc. ("Jibestream"), a premier provider of indoor...
Defining a Military Strategy for the New Space Environment
By William J. Lynn, III, U.S. deputy secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. As disaster struck Japan and revolution swept the Middle East, Americans again watched global events unfold in real time through a network of satellites in space that has revolutionized both...
NASA Satellite Mission to Improve Hurricane Forecasting
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic Ocean, construction of NASA's next-generation hurricane-observing satellite mission is underway. NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), a constellation of eight microsatellites, will improve hurricane forecasting by measuring ocean surface winds in and near the eye wall of tropical cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes throughout their lifecycle.
LIFT Summit 2025 Announces Keynote Speakers and Expert Panelists
MARINA, Calif.— The highly anticipated LIFT Summit 2025, convening leading experts in advanced air mobility and autonomous aircraft, set to take place March 26-28, 2025, at the Monterey Conference Center, is proud to announce an outstanding lineup...
USGIF and OGC Host the First Virtual GEOINT Community Forum of the Year
The GEOINT Community Forum offers insights around advances in modeling, simulation, and gaming technology Herndon, Virginia — The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) bring you the first GEOINT Community...
East View Partners with United Nations to Conduct Damage Assessments in Conflict Zones
MINNEAPOLIS - February 19, 2016 — East View Geospatial has teamed with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Operational Satellite Programme (UNOSAT) to conduct damage assessments for conflict areas in Syria and Iraq. "We recognized an opportunity...
Mapillary announces Capture Projects in their latest push to give cities and mapmakers control over map data collection for building better maps at scale
London - Mapillary, the street-level imagery platform that uses computer vision to fix the world’s maps, today announced a new tool that allows cities and mapmakers to take control over their map data collection in order to build better maps at scale. Called Capture...
A Decade of Change in America's Arctic: New Land Cover Data Released for Alaska
Feb.19, 2015— The latest edition of the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD 2011) for Alaska is now publicly available. The extensive NLCD database continues to add to our understanding of where land cover change has occurred across the Nation over time. Derived...
Pacific Northwest Wildfires Severe in Intensity
The Pacific Northwest is abundantly dotted with wildfires in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, and satellite imagery from a variety of sensors is being used extensively to monitor the situation.
