August 2, 2017
JERSEY CITY, N.J — Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider, today announced a range of new capabilities in its Geomni business unit. The Geomni Remote Sensing Fleet Verisk recently acquired a number of leading U.S.-based aerial survey companies and their aircraft fleets. In addition, Verisk is investing in the most technologically advanced and
May 9, 2017
The shadow of NASA's P-3 aircraft is seen over an iceberg on a May 8, 2017, flight supporting NASA's Operation IceBridge mission. IceBridge began its final week of Arctic Spring 2017 surveys with a glacier-packed mission in Greenland.
April 27, 2017
Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a provider of complete microspace missions, will present papers on the successful GHGSat-D greenhouse gas monitoring and CanX-7 aircraft tracking nanosatellite missions next week in Berlin, Germany, at the 11th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation. SFL, which is based at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies
April 27, 2017
MELBOURNE, Fla. - Galileo Group, Inc. announces the launch of the ARMADA™ smartphone-based hyperspectral system for agri-science applications and research, opening the way for generational improvement capabilities in phenotyping, disease detection and experimental plant characterization and modeling. A new technology with far-reaching capabilities, ARMADA™ is in launch readiness to provide real-time status analyses regarding crop health
March 28, 2017
Approximately 250 million measurements taken by the European Space Agency (ESA) CryoSat during the last six years have been used to create a unique 3D view of Antarctica, offering a snapshot of the undulating surface of this vast ice sheet.
March 14, 2017
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, -- VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Maxtech Ventures Inc. (cse:MVT)(cse:MVT.CN)(otc pink:MTEHF)(frankfurt:M1N) ("Maxtech" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Auracle Geospatial Science ("Auracle") to conduct remote sensing and analysis programs on manganese targets in Brazil. Auracle will conduct remote sensing work utilizing their iterative process
March 7, 2017
The European Space Agency (ESA)-developed Sentinel-2B satellite was launched on March 7, 2017, doubling the coverage of high-resolution optical imaging in the Sentinel-2 mission for the European Union Copernicus environmental monitoring system.
February 6, 2017
WASHINGTON — Commercial remote sensing company Planet announced Feb. 3 it was acquiring rival Terra Bella from Google for an undisclosed sum, bringing together what the companies believe are complementary capabilities to image the Earth from space. Under the deal, rumored to be in the works since December, Planet will acquire Terra Bella’s business, including
January 24, 2017
GOES-16, the first spacecraft in NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary satellites, sent back to Earth the first high-resolution images from its Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument.
January 10, 2017
Between 2001 and 2014, the annual forest loss rate in Cambodia increased by 14.4 percent: a total of 1.44 million hectares—5,560 square miles—of forest. In broad swaths of the country, densely forested landscapes—even those in protected areas—have been clear-cut during the last decade for rubber plantations and timber.
