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
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
WASHINGTON — U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor today announced the Department has tapped business leader Jeffrey D. Klein to lead the Natural Resource Investment Center (The Center) as its first executive director. Klein is charged with fostering partnerships with the private sector to develop creative financing opportunities that support economic development goals while advancing
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Redlands, California —Esri took part in the Expanding Opportunity with Open Data: A White House Demonstration on March 7, 2016. The event showcased digital tools that help people advocate for resources in their communities through the ability to access neighborhood-level information about opportunities, such as jobs. Families, community organizers, nonprofits, local leaders, and the media
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
LIVERMORE, Calif. — Topcon Positioning Group announces its director of geospatial solutions will participate as a speaker at the upcoming Association of Equipment Management Professionals (AEMP) 34th Management Conference and Annual Meeting, March 15 – 17 in Houston, Texas. Dave Henderson from Topcon will present “Unmanned Aerial System: Your New Perspective” at 1:15 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Bruchsal, Germany, March 8, 2016 – GfK will release the latest version of the geomarketing software RegioGraph along with up-to-date maps and market data on March 24. RegioGraph 2016 gives users the ability to access map analyses online with a Web viewer, geocode IP addresses and import address data more quickly. RegioGraph is a powerful,
Monday, March 7th, 2016
Lokeren, Belgium — Orbit GeoSpatial Technologies and Latitude Geographics showcase Mobile Mapping and Oblique integration for GeoCortex at Esri Partner Conference, Palm Springs. “We are pleased to announce that Latitude Geographics and Orbit GT have managed to present a standard integration of Orbit GT’s plugins into Geocortex,”, says Peter Bonne, CEO of Orbit GT. “Latitude’s Geocortex
Friday, March 4th, 2016
4 March 2016 — The membership of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) seeks public comment on the candidate OGC® Coverage Collection Extension Standard. The candidate OGC® Coverage Collection Extension Standard specifies a useful mechanism for grouping coverages together into a collection. Geospatial coverages, as defined by OGC and ISO, represent homogeneous collections of values located in
