Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
Heavy city traffic contributes significantly to air pollution and health problems such as asthma, but University of Texas at Dallas researchers think another kind of traffic — data traffic — might help citizens better cope with pollution. “Online maps are accessed millions of times daily by people using computers and mobile devices to find the
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
While many students returned from the semester break with stories of vacations taken or jobs worked, Boston College freshman Branick Weix had something unusual and inspiring to share: his weeklong trip to Costa Rica to help researchers track endangered sea turtles. Through his company, SkyLink Productions, the Minnesota native partnered with the nonprofit group Seeds
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
Innovapptive Inc., a leading provider of SAP® Mobile and User experience software and solutions, and Critigen, a full-lifecycle spatial systems integrator, today announced a technology partnership in geospatial integration and mobility to deliver market-leading technologies for enterprises looking to help SAP customers take advantage of geospatial system integration capabilities. “Critigen helps clients integrate geospatial technologies with
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
The research project InventAIRy will be part of this year’s DRONEMASTERS Summit during CeBIT 2016in Hannover, Germany. Aibotix and Fraunhofer IML, Dortmund, Germany, will present the first results of the project. Aim of the project is to develop an autonomous flying inventory UAV. Inventory of the Future: A Drone based Auto ID Parkour – this
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
Portland, Maine, USA – Commercial UAV Expo today announced the release of its most recent report, titled “6 Predictions: UAV Experts Discuss Important Developments for Commercial Drone Applications.” This free report provides insights from industry experts on the changes to come for the commercial drone industry in 2016, including the highly anticipated FAA ruling scheduled
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
8 March 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) has announced the recent successful completion of the OGC Incident Management Information Sharing Internet of Things Pilot Project (IMIS IoT Pilot). The IMIS IoT Pilot was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and the IJIS Institute. The project
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Skybox Imaging, acquired by Google in 2014, is now Terra Bella. Introducing Terra Bella Seven years ago, we started Skybox Imaging with the vision of a new era in space technology. Small satellites with big capabilities are no longer a dream. Today, two years and nearly 100,000 images separate us from the launch of our
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
The three instruments on the Sentinel-3A satellite are now offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s in store for Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring effort. The latest images, which feature Europe and Antarctica, come from the sensor that records Earth’s radiant energy. Launched just three weeks ago, Sentinel-3A carries a suite of cutting-edge instruments to provide systematic
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
8 March 2016 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) is pleased to announce that long-time member Harris Corporation has raised its membership from Technical to Principal level. As a Principal Member, Harris Corporation will participate in OGC’s Planning Committee to provide leadership to the OGC through the exploration of market and technology trends relevant to OGC’s
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in earth imagery and information about our changing planet, is delivering crowdsourced damage assessments derived from satellite imagery to the government of Fiji in response to the devastating cyclone that struck the island nation on Feb. 20. Beyond imagery alone, DigitalGlobe is committed to helping
