Feb. 24, 2015—The company PlanetObserver is happy to present PlanetSAT 15 L8, the new range of country base maps processed from fresh Landsat 8 imagery. PlanetSAT 15 L8 products are seamless base maps with 15-meter resolution, processed in natural colours from...
Imaging Scientists Will Crowd-Source Count of Kenyan Wildlife
Feb. 17, 2015—To celebrate Kenya’s wildlife heritage, the Kenyan Wildlife Service is hosting a Wildlife Festival, and invites anyone with a camera—students, citizens and wildlife enthusiasts of every stripe—to photograph as many zebras and giraffes as possible...
Fierce Fortifications Visible on the Iraq-Iran Border
Astronauts using a digital camera aboard the International Space Station took this image of a fortified border between Iraq and Iran.
UrtheCast Announces Advisory Board to Provide Strategic Guidance In Space and Technology
VANCOUVER, Jan. 13, 2015—UrtheCast Corp. (“UrtheCastâ€or the “Companyâ€) is pleased to announce the creation of an Advisory Board to advise the Company’s senior management team on strategy, planning, performance, and stakeholder relations. UrtheCast’s...
FalconScan Announces the Release of its Aerial Mapping System
Greenbelt, Md., Dec. 16, 2014—FalconScan announces the release of its ground-breaking aerial mapping system. It features flight planning, guidance and data capture software, a spectrally calibrated digital high spatial resolution camera system, and cloud based...
Intriguing Images of 2014
Earth imagery's unparalleled insights and transparency are elevating our understanding of today's interconnected world. This feature highlights a few of the many ways Earth observation chronicled some of 2014's noteworthy events and interesting phenomena.
Trimble Expands PurePixel Solution to Canadian and European Agriculture Markets
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 17, 2014—Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that its PurePixel™ Precision Vegetation Health solution is now available in Canada and Europe. Previously the solution was available only in the U.S. In addition, Trimble now provides...
New Approaches Streamline Property Appraisals
Homeowners are enthralled at seeing satellite imagery of their property via Google Earth. Now technology companies have been challenged to come up with different ways to marry aerial and satellite imagery, computers on the ground, and hand-drawn paper sketches and maps to offer solutions that aid the appraisal process, improve property record keeping and retrieval, and help derive valuation forecasts for budget building.
Orbit GT Provides Solution for Countrywide 24 Million-imagery Mobile Mapping Portal
Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies  announces that is has delivered the technological solution for a county wide Mobile Mapping portal. The Orbit Mobile Mapping Publisher will host 24 million 360 degree images as well as pointclouds covering the whole territory....
Orbital Insight Makes Inroads with the Investor Set
A stealthy startup company that analyzes satellite imagery came into the open recently with a high-profile article in The Wall Street Journal.
