Sensors and Systems
Breaking News
Teledyne FLIR Defense Wins $91 Million Contract from U.S. Army for Black Hornet 4 Nano-Drones
BOSTON -Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated...
Umbra Selected by Space Development Agency to Integrate Remote Sensing Capabilities into Future Space Architecture
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Umbra, a vertically integrated space...
Vexcel Collects High-Resolution Aerial Imagery After Hurricane Milton
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Vexcel has completed a wide-scale, multi-day...

Corporate News

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

CartoDB’s Location Intelligence Platform Continues Revolutionizing the Future of Smart Cities

NEW YORK, November 25, 2015 — CartoDB, the leading company for location data analysis and visualization, revealed the first stages of one of the most comprehensive location intelligence projects in development with Mexico City at the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) in Barcelona.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

Bundeswehr Acquires TanDEM-X Global Elevation Model

November 25, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space and the German Ministry of Defence have signed a contract for the utilisation of TanDEM-X mission data, to update the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the Bundeswehr. The agreement includes both licences for the utilisation of the global elevation data set covering the 150 Mio km² of

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

FARO Announces New Entry-level Laser Scanner, the Focus3D X 30

Lake Mary, FL, November 2015 — FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:FARO), the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement, imaging and realization technology, announces the release of the new FARO Laser Scanner Focus3D X 30.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

Lidar Scanning Can Help Identify Structurally Heterogeneous Forest Areas

November 25, 2015 — The inequality of tree sizes in a forest is an important factor affecting its structure and ecology. Forest management practices favouring natural regeneration can result in greater heterogeneity and complexity of forests, which may be desirable for some purposes, but at the same time makes forest monitoring and management more difficult.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

OceanWise Marine GIS Workshop Proves Popular

November 25, 2015 — OceanWise, the UK’s leading independent marine data management, publishing and GIS specialists, hosted its annual Marine GIS Workshop in London on Tuesday 17  November. This year’s event considered “why data is important and why good data management is critical to the health of projects, programmes and your company bottom line”. For

Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

European Data Portal Launched

Luxembourg, November 24, 2015 — The European Commission has launched a quality-assured beta version of the European Data Portal, with more than 240,000 datasets, at the European Data Forum. An international consortium, which is led by Capgemini and of which con terra is a member, is responsible for the implementation.

Tuesday, November 24th, 2015

Trimble Field Link Adds GNSS Capabilities to its Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Construction Layout Solution

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 24, 2015 —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today that its mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) construction layout software, Trimble® Field Link, can now be used with the Trimble R8s GNSS receiver. This addition extends Trimble’s portfolio of positioning and scanning solutions for MEP contractors. The solution enables MEP contractors to take advantage of

Monday, November 23rd, 2015

University of Edinburgh Teams up with Ecometrica to Establish Earth Observation Lab

EDINBURGH, November 23, 2015 —The University of Edinburgh has teamed up with sustainability software and data firm Ecometrica to establish a new Earth Observation Lab aimed at deriving maximum benefit from the vast amounts of spatial data produced by satellites. It will allow researchers around the world to share data and create customised applications to

Monday, November 23rd, 2015

Study Incorporates Ecological Processes Into Earth System Models to Improve Climate Change Predictions

BLACKSBURG, Va., Nov. 23, 2015 — A professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment ( www.cnre.vt.edu) is launching a new project to enable scientists to look many decades ahead and predict the effectiveness of land management practices in agriculture and forestry to mitigate climate change.

Monday, November 23rd, 2015

Sentinel-3A on its Way

November 23, 2015 —The latest satellite for the European Commission’s Copernicus environmental programme has left France bound for the Plesetsk launch site in Russia and launch late next month.