Sensors and Systems
Breaking News

Author Archive

Monday, February 23rd, 2015

Digital Earth 2015 – Second Call for Abstracts and Special Sessions

Feb.23, 2015- Digital Earth 2015 seeks abstracts describing the state of the art and practice relating to the five conference themes: Digital Earth Theory and Technology Earth Observation Applications to Science and Policy Digital Earth and Client Well-Being, and Digital Earth Education and Outreach

Monday, February 23rd, 2015

MAPPS Supports Proposed FAA Rules to Allow Commercial Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

WASHINGTON, D.C.,February 23, 2015—MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello issued the following statement about the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerning operation and certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

Friday, February 20th, 2015

Digital Aerial Solutions Expands Mapping Services with Purchase of Leica ALS80 Laser Scanner

NORCROSS, GA, Feb.20, 2015 – Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Digital Aerial Solutions (DAS), a woman-owned small business based in Tampa, Fla., is the first company in North America to purchase the ALS80 laser scanner. The ALS80 augments the company’s current data collection capabilities consisting of three Leica ADS sensors and one Leica ALS60 laser

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

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 from carefully calibrated, long-term observations of Landsat satellites, NLCD data are used for thousands

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

1Spatial Becomes Gold Partner of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

Cambridge, UK, Feb.19, 2015—1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, is delighted to announce it has become a Gold Partner of the National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC), whose mission it is to promote state wide geospatial coordination activities in all states and be an effective advocate for states in national geospatial policy and initiatives,

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Keystone Purchases Third UltraCam Falcon with UltraNav

Graz, Austria, Feb. 19, 2015—Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc., a group company of PASCO CORPORATION, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Falcon digital aerial camera system with the UltraNav GNSS-Inertial Direct Georeferencing + Flight Management System.

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Optech Presenting Multipulse and Multispectral Solutions at ILMF 2015

Feb. 19, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will present and exhibit at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum in Denver, CO, USA on February 23-25, 2015, where senior personnel will describe how Optech’s new Galaxy and Titan systems are challenging industry paradigms and blazing new application opportunities with innovative new solutions.

Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Dielmo 3D to Demonstrate LiDAR Processing, Software and Online LiDAR Services at ILMF 2015

Valencia, Spain, Centennial CO—DIELMO 3D S.L., Valencia, Spain, announced they will be demonstrating their LiDAR industry leading online services as well as proprietary LiDAR software and processing services at ILMF 2015. Additionally, Dielmo 3D has launched their new North American web site, www.dielmousa.com,  and signed an agreement with Spatial Resources, LLC., Centennial, Colorado to distribute

Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

TerraGo Edge Brings Real-Time GPS to Field Workers at a Fraction of the Cost of Traditional Handhelds

Washington, DC, Feb.18, 2015 – TerraGo, a pioneer of geospatial collaboration and enterprise mobility software, announces the availability of TerraGo Edge 3.4. For users who require high-precision data collection, this means they can now monitor GPS data in real-time, and capture the location when it meets their accuracy requirements. By providing an intuitive user interface

Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

Bluesky Aerial Photography Gives a Bird’s Eye View of the Cotswolds

Leicestershire, UK, Feb. 18, 2015 – Aerial photography from Bluesky is supporting the delivery of essential council services in Gloucestershire. The high resolution imagery is helping staff at Cotswolds District Council deal with requests from the public, whether in person, online or via the Council’s Customer Contact Centre. The data is also supporting staff in

Page 2 of 5 1 2 3 4 5