December 5, 2014
Just in time for ELMF 2014 in Amsterdam, rapidlasso GmbH (http://rapidlasso.com) and Carbomap Ltd. (http://carbomap.com) have teamed up to further the development of tools that better exploit full-waveform LiDAR for the forestry and carbon market. This partnership brings together many years of expertise in processing discrete and full-waveform LiDAR with a wealth of experience in
November 25, 2014
BERLIN, Nov. 25, 2014—Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) has signed a multiple-year distribution agreement with BlackBridge for its RapidEye multispectral imagery. Imagery sales will be primarily focused on the state of Alaska. Craig Campbell, president and CEO of AAC, had this to say about the agreement, “I could not be more pleased to announce our partnership in
November 17, 2014
Australia’s Department of Defence has signed a three year $16.5 million agreement with geospatial giant Esri Australia that will provide more than 65,000 military and civilian personnel with access to state-of-the-art Geographic Information System (GIS) technology. The landmark partnership will see the use of Esri GIS technology extended across the entire Defence enterprise, at fixed
November 11, 2014
OmniEarth is partnering with Ball Aerospace for a planned constellation of 18 Earth observation satellites, according to an interview published by Forbes last week.
October 29, 2014
Heerbrugg/Switzerland, Fitchburg/Massachusetts, Oct. 29, 2014--Leica Geosystems and Headwall Photonics announced the establishment of a partnership agreement whereby Leica Geosystems will resell and integrate Headwall’s line of hyperspectral imaging sensors into their airborne product portfolio. Leica Geosystems, a leader in geospatial data acquisition and mapping products, has selected Headwall’s hyperspectral imaging sensors to meet the growing demand
October 21, 2014
MONTREAL, CANADA, Oct. 20, 2014) - Presagis, a leading provider of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics software, and Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, are kicking off a strategic innovation partnership to develop new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) technologies. These research activities are supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
October 17, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2014—Airware has partnered with NASA to develop a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system that will enable safe and efficient low-altitude UAS operations. Airware offers extremely robust flight control systems for the commercial market that allow for high levels of flexibility to operate a wide range of vehicles and payloads. In addition,
October 14, 2014
Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 6, 2014—Aerial image processing software such as Pix4Dmapper allows to produce geo-referenced orthomosaics and 3D models in a cost-effective and timely matter. UAV mapping technologies are adopted by several hundreds of new users monthly and drastically change the way GIS information is produced for many industries. One of the remaining challenges is
October 14, 2014
BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 6, 2014—Exelis (NYSE: XLS) and Airbus Defence and Space have agreed to offer users of ENVI® image analysis software seamless access to the Airbus Defence and Space catalog of geospatial imagery. With easy access to the worldwide Airbus Defence and Space archive, ENVI users will save time on mission and project planning
October 6, 2014
BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 6, 2014—Leica Geosystems, Aibotix and Headwall Photonics provide as of now an integrated high performance airborne sensor solution utilizing a hyperspectral imager and the Aibot X6 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle). The Nano-Hyperspec sensor was optimized in terms of size, weight, and power to enable the aerial acquisition of all spectral and spatial