Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
The precursor laser technology to the EDRS SpaceDataHighway relayed a radar scan of the Brazilian coast to the DLR German Aerospace Center mere seconds after it was collected. It was then processed in a record-breaking 13 minutes, showing the surrounding ships just five minutes later. The information was gathered by Sentinel-1A over the South Atlantic
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
NORCROSS, Ga. and HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 2, 2016 — Hexagon Geospatial has released a GeoMedia® data server for SAP HANA®, enabling enterprise business and geographic information system (GIS) users to run spatial and non-spatial business applications and processes within the SAP HANA platform. Developed by Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure with support from SAP, the native integration between
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
02 March 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) announces that the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) through the Geomatics Committee and IPIECA (the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues) have issued, in cooperation with OGC and Resource Data, Inc., the OGC IOGP/IPIECA Recommended Practice for a
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Just two weeks after launch, the latest Sentinel satellite has offered a taster of what it will provide for the EU’s Copernicus programme. Sentinel-3A’s very first image, captured at 14:09 GMT on 29 February, shows the transition from day to night over Svalbard, Norway. As well as showing the snow-covered archipelago, the image also details
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Herndon, Virginia —The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) CEO Keith J. Masback has been appointed Vice Chair of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC). The NGAC provides recommendations to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), the interagency executive group responsible for providing leadership and direction in federal geospatial programs. Secretary of the Interior Sally
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Washington, D.C. – TerraGo announced today the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has deployed TerraGo Edge for the inspection of flood protection infrastructure including levees, dams and reservoirs. The DOTD’s Public Works and Water Resources Division inspects over 1,100 miles of levees, four times, each and every year. The legacy inspection system was a
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
Washington, DC and Baton Rouge, LA – As contribution to the effort to keep the most vulnerable citizens out of the path of dangerous storms and hurricanes, Boundless today announced its support of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) initiative to find cost-effective strategies which can provide early information on facilities and citizens in greatest potential
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
On behalf of the Organising Committee, the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) is pleased to announce that the GSDI 15 World Conference website is now live! The conference website offers prospective attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors the opportunity to view the conference schedule as it is being developed, learn about speakers, and easily register for
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS – March 1, 2016 – East View Geospatial is excited to announce an agreement with Valtus Imagery Services, part of Hexagon, adding fresh, high resolution aerial imagery to its continually growing product portfolio. East View Geospatial will now be able to offer aerial imagery collected through the Hexagon Imagery Program (HxIP): a high-quality, accurate
Monday, February 29th, 2016
The Digimap for Schools service has reached a new milestone with 1,000 secondary schools now signed up. The latest achievement, for the popular mapping system, gives hundreds of thousands of pupils across Great Britain access to the latest Ordnance Survey (OS) digital data, including the most detailed maps of the nation through OS MasterMap. Digimap for Schools,
