CENTENNIAL, Colorado, June 23, 2016 – The CompassFamily of businesses introduces CompassDrone™ to provide airframes, software, services and support to Geospatial Professionals for UAS remote sensing data collection. For industrial drone based Imagery, point...
Global Remote Sensing Technologies and Markets Report 2016 – Market is Set to Reach $13.8 Billion by 2021 – Research and Markets
DUBLIN —Research and Markets has announced the addition of the, "Remote Sensing Technologies and Global Markets," report to their offering. The global market for remote sensing products reached $8.4 billion in 2015. This market should reach nearly $8.9 billion in...
Space Agency Leaders Sound Need at SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing for Collaboration, Constancy in Remote Sensing of Earth
NEW DELHI, India, and BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- High-level leaders from several nations' space agencies provided insider perspectives on programs for monitoring natural and manmade impacts on the environment, as featured speakers at the SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote...
ISPRS awards Prof. Wolfgang Förstner with Brock Gold Medal in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Photogrammetry
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) announced today that Prof. Wolfgang Förstner of Bonn University, Germany, will be presented with the 2016 Brock Gold Medal Award for his outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of...
Remote Sensing Industry Expanding Commercial Opportunities, Reports BCC Research
WELLESLEY, MA — The remote sensing community has expanded beyond national space agencies and handful of private companies to include scores of small businesses that specialize in creating customized imagery from free and low-cost government-acquired data. BCC...
NASA, Japan Make ASTER Earth Data Available At No Cost
Beginning today, all Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere at no cost. The public will have unlimited access to the complete 16-plus-year...
PCI Geomatics Releases Geomatica 2016
MARKHAM, Ontario, Canada — PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today the release of its Geomatica 2016 - the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated desktop, geo-image...
GEO Launches Early Warning Crop Monitor to Fight Food Insecurity
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) introduced the Early Warning Crop Monitor (EWCM), a new tool that provides consensus reports on crop conditions in countries at risk of food insecurity in Central and South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Central and East Asia.
PCI Geomatics Releases GXL 2016
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today the release of its GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) 2016 - the latest version of the company’s proven, high-performance, and scalable image processing...
Satellites Help Monitor Pakistani Groundwater
After decades of unchecked pumping from underground water reservoirs, the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources in January 2016 began using satellite data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission to create monthly updates on groundwater storage changes in the Indus River basin.