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Monday, August 24th, 2015

Satellites Focus on Rescue and Damage Control Work (China)

BEIJING, August 24, 2015 — China has mobilized at least eight of its satellites to help with search-and-rescue and damage control work after last week’s massive blasts in Tianjin.

Monday, August 24th, 2015

VisionMap to Exhibit Upgraded Capabilities at InterGeo 2015

Tel Aviv, Israel, August 24th, 2015 — VisionMap, a leading provider of aerial survey and mapping systems, will be exhibiting its latest innovations at InterGeo 2015, Hall 4, Stand E4.087.

Monday, August 24th, 2015

Blaze Terra Gives Access to over 200,000 Landsat Images

August 24, 2015 — Data – Eternix Ltd., leading provider of next-generation software for GIS visualization and editing in 3D, announces the availability of Landsat’s database through Blaze Terra, allowing users to instantly review and analyze the entire data directly in a GIS setting.Blaze Terra gives access to all of Landsat’s close to two hundred

Saturday, August 22nd, 2015

Taiwan Utilizes SmartDO to Optimize the Remote Sensing Instrument of FORMOSAT-8 Satellite

August 22, 2015 – Taiwan began to collaborate with US company on designing and developing its own satellite since 1994. In  January of 1999, the first satellite FORMOSAT-1 was launched, and retired in 2004.  Later in 2004 and 2006 FORMOSAT-2 and FORMOSAT-3 were also launched. In 2010, FORMOSAT-5 passed all design verification, and is waiting to

Saturday, August 22nd, 2015

100 Resilient Cities — Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation — Teams with Trimble for Innovative Global Urban Resilience Initiative

SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 22, 2015 — 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) is partnering with Trimble (NASDAQ:  TRMB), which will offer a critical resilience building tool to 100RC’s network cities. Using Trimble® eCognition® Essentials software, cities can leverage readily available satellite and aerial imagery from manned or unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to

Friday, August 21st, 2015

OGC Requests Comment on Discussion Papers Extending Access to 4D Weather Data Collections

August 21, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on a proposed OGC Discussion Paper “A MetOcean Metadata Profile for WCS 2.0” and the supporting Discussion Paper “OGC Web Coverage Service Interface Standard – Coverage Collection Extension”.

Friday, August 21st, 2015

PTFS to Demo Multi-INT Change Detection Service with Social Media Feed at DoDIIS Conference

NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland, USA, August 21, 2015 — Progressive Technology Federal Systems Inc. (PTFS), a provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions, will demonstrate a Multi-INT change detection service at the 2015 Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems Worldwide Conference (DoDIIS). The new service enables clients to correlate change on the earth’s surface with other geospatial

Friday, August 21st, 2015

Juniper Systems Sees a Change in Leadership with New CEO

Logan, UT, August 21, 2015  — Rugged handheld computer manufacturer, Juniper Systems, is seeing a change in leadership as its current President and CEO, Rob Campbell, is stepping aside after fourteen years at the company’s head, to accept a position as President of Campbell Scientific, Inc., Juniper Systems’ parent company and a world leader in precision

Friday, August 21st, 2015

MapAction Wins Multiple Gold and Silver Awards at the Stevie International Business Awards

Saunderton, August 21, 2015 — MapAction is delighted to announce that it has won four Stevie International Business Awards, which will be formally presented on October 23rd 2015 in Toronto, Canada.   MapAction, the only volunteer-driven charity of its kind worldwide, provides rapid on-the-ground mapping to aid agencies in response to humanitarian emergencies.  Most recently it deployed

Friday, August 21st, 2015

One of the World leading Drone Companies, Parrot, will Sponsor Expodronica

Saragossa, August 21, 015 — Parrot, one of the world leading dronecompanies, will sponsor Expodronica, the 1st first International trade showon civil drones to be held in Spain, next September 24th & 25th.