Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Paris, Washington D.C., Montreal, Yokohama, March 30, 2016 – According to Euroconsult’s latest report, Earth Observation: Defense & Security, the number of countries expected to launch proprietary Earth observation (EO) defense capacity is expected to remain limited, despite increases in global tensions. Under exploration by multiple countries are other avenues to receive data capable of image
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Bruchsal, Germany, March 30, 2016 – The latest version of the geomarketing software RegioGraph is now shipping to customers. Available in English and German, RegioGraph 2016 gives users the ability to access map analyses online via a Web viewer, geocode IP addresses and import address data more quickly. The new dual-language version of GfK’s geomarketing
Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
Washington, DC — Boundless is proud to announce the creation of its academic engagement initiative. Innovation in education drives the foundation of this initiative. Boundless is committed to FOSS4G education with a focus on: Providing students and educators with the preeminent open source GIS platform at no cost. Helping educators and educational institutions develop
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
Leicestershire, 29 March 2016 – High resolution aerial photography is providing a map of hard to access land, to help the UK’s oldest Wildlife Trust plan, manage and report on a range of ground breaking habitat restoration projects. Downloaded from Bluesky’s online Mapshop by Norfolk Wildlife Trust (NWT), the aerial photographs detail an area of
Monday, March 28th, 2016
The launch of the GOES-R geostationary satellite in October 2016 could herald a new era for predicting hurricanes, according to Penn State researchers. The wealth of information from this new satellite, at time and space scales not previously possible, combined with advanced statistical hurricane prediction models, could enable more accurate predictions in the future. “For
Monday, March 28th, 2016
Grand Forks, ND — UAS Magazine announced this week the dates for the 10th annual UAS Summit & Expo, the upper Midwest’s premier unmanned aircraft systems event produced by UAS Magazine, in collaboration with the Red River Valley Research Corridor. Taking place August 22-24 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the 2016 event, focused on both small
Monday, March 28th, 2016
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released an updated list of pilot, air traffic controller and citizen reports of possible encounters with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The latest report covers August 22, 2015 through January 31, 2016. Reports of unmanned aircraft have increased dramatically since 2014. Safely integrating unmanned aircraft into the national airspace system is
Monday, March 28th, 2016
ARLINGTON, Va. — CACI International Inc (NYSE MKT: CACI) announced today it has been awarded a $180 million contract to provide Joint Geospatial Analytic Support Services (JGASS) to U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This five-year (one base plus four option years) contract represents new work for CACI and expands its presence in its Intelligence Services
Friday, March 25th, 2016
RENO – A team of Nevada scientists and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform. Cloud seeding flare tests were deployed from Drone America’s DAx8 UAS aircraft flown in Reno in late January. As the first phase in a new industry-academic research partnership between the Desert
