Monday, March 24th, 2014
GameSim is a Florida-based company that continues to grow rapidly as a provider of software products and services, with a specific interest in GIS visualization software. Sensors & Systems (S&S) editor Matt Ball spoke with Andrew Tosh, founder and president of GameSim, about the company’s strong growth, and unique positioning between the gaming world and
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Sensors & Systems (S&S) editor Matt Ball spoke with Dirk Robinson, vice president of Image Systems at Skybox, about the company’s progress, the focus on an online data platform, and some of the early responses to their new imagery and video from SkySat-1.
Thursday, March 6th, 2014
There has been an ongoing evolution of Intergraph’s (now Hexagon Geospatial) geospatial software, with continued work to integrate across the suite, streamline workflows, and add functionality. Sensors & Systems (S&S) editor Matt Ball recently spoke with Mladen Stojic, president, Hexagon Geospatial about the Geospatial 2014 portfolio release, the organizational changes that include the new
Monday, December 16th, 2013
A recent opinion piece by Kirk Goldsberry, visiting scholar at Harvard University, gained a good deal of attention because it advocated for a return of a geography department to that august institution. Sensors & Systems (S&S) special correspondent Matteo Luccio spoke with Goldsberry about his background, about the need to reveal spatial patterns, and
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Astrium Services has been significantly increasing their earth observation capacity for some time, including a diverse array of sensors at different resolutions, as well as commercial radar imagery that can capture data at night and through clouds. Sensors & Systems (S&S) editor Matt Ball recently spoke with Bernhard Brenner, executive director GEO-Information Division at
Monday, October 14th, 2013
SkyTruth has a mission to use remote sensing and digital mapping to educate the public and policymakers about the environmental consequences of human activity. Sensors & Systems (S&S) special correspondent Matteo Luccio recently spoke with John Amos, president of SkyTruth, about the organization’s motive and mission. Included in the conversation are details on imagery sources,
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Thermopylae Sciences and Technology provides a variety of geospatial products and solutions that build on DoD research and development as well as their Google Enterprise Partnership. Sensors & Systems (S&S) editor Matt Ball spoke recently with AJ Clark, president of TST, about the company’s work as a Google developer and reseller, and the move
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
Pictometry successfully commercialized the collection and display of oblique aerial photography, finding a nice home in county governments where both emergency responders and tax assessors (among others) find great utility in the imagery. Pictometry recently merged with EagleView Technologies, a company focused on automated measurement, with products that are used widely in the roofing and
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
TerraGo has provided one of the easier to use geospatial toolsets that has seen widespread adoption, particularly in the field and for the warfighter with their GeoPDF and mobile tools. Recently there have been some leadership changes, and a move of the company’s headquarters. Sensors & Systems (S&S) editor Matt Ball spoke with Chris
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Esri has continued to expand their mapping and geospatial offerings, staying in tune with broader technology trends. Their latest extension of Web-based GIS functionality adds a great deal of data, and the ability to do many traditional geospatial analysis functions online without opening desktop software. Sensors & Systems (S&S) editor Matt Ball spoke recently
