Monday, January 1st, 2018
NASA scientists conducting research on the connection between fuel moisture and fires uncovered a paradox: a wet winter corresponds to more small wildfires in the following fire season, not fewer, as is commonly assumed. Large fires behave more “logically,” with fewer large fires after a wet winter and more after a dry one. “This is
Friday, December 22nd, 2017
Redlands, California—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the publication of Imagery and GIS: Best Practices for Extracting Information from Imagery. The book teaches the fundamentals of collecting imagery via remote sensing systems and then using the imagery within a geographic information system (GIS).Imagery is at the heart of GIS technology, providing most
Friday, December 22nd, 2017
TerraSim announced today the release of TerraTools 5.5, the latest version of its industry leading virtual terrain generation software, just in time for the holidays. TerraTools 5.5 contains a variety of new features, enhancements, maintenance updates, and bug fixes. TerraSim is also excited to announce the release of an updated TerraTools tutorial. This brand new
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
SI Imaging Services (“SIIS”) today announced the signing of a reselling agreement with UrtheCast Corp. and its subsidiary, the Earth Observation company Deimos Imaging, a leading provider of Earth Observation products and services for the mutual global distribution of their respective product portfolios. The space assets of SIIS and Deimos Imaging include the KOMPSAT series
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
Madrid – Loading and transport of the Spanish Earth observation satellite, PAZ, is underway. Airbus engineers in Madrid are installing the 1,400 kg satellite into the container that will protect it during its journey to the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. In addition to the satellite, the team will also transport the electrical and
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
WATERLOO, ON – Teledyne DALSA (NYSE: TDY), a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in machine vision, announces its new high resolution camera — the Falcon4™ 86M. Available in monochrome and color, Falcon4 models combine incredibly large resolution and fast frame rates, enabling high-speed, smear-free image capture with superb spatial resolution. The Falcon4 cameras are
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
Hallowell, Maine – Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that Beijing E-Carto Technologies Co., Ltd. has joined the growing list of partner companies reselling and supporting Blue Marble’s products throughout the world. Focusing on the rapidly emerging geospatial sector in mainland China, Beijing E-Carto Technologies will be tasked with promoting, distributing, and supporting
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
Atos has been selected by the European Commission and European Space Agency to deliver Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) in a broad European consortium with T-Systems, Thalès Alénia Space, DLR German Aerospace Center, EOX IT Services, Sinergise, Spacemetric, e‑GEOS, and GAF. This will make the integration of Copernicus data and information into flexible
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
PALO ALTO, Calif. ― SSL, a business unit of Maxar Technologies (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.) (NYSE: MAXR; TSX: MAXR) and a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, announced today that the Restore-L mission to provide satellite servicing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) has completed an extensive NASA review called the Mission
Thursday, December 21st, 2017
British ‘New Space’ pioneer Earth-i today announced that images and video from its new prototype satellite due for launch early January 2018 will be managed, catalogued and geometrically corrected using software from Swedish photogrammetry and imagery specialist, Spacemetric. Earth-i is building the first commercial constellation in the world to provide full-colour video; and the first
