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Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

BRI Announces the Results of Its Mid-Atlantic Baseline Studies Project to Assess the Distribution and Abundance of Wildlife Along the Eastern Seaboard

 Portland, ME, October 27, 2015 —Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) and collaborators announce the results of a three-year, multi-state project that fills significant ecological data gaps on bird, marine mammal, and sea turtle distributions and movements. The goal of this project, one of the largest of its kind ever conducted, was to improve the understanding of

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

New Report Offers NASA Framework for Establishing Priorities Among Earth Observations

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2015  — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers NASA a framework for prioritizing satellite observations and measurements of Earth based on their scientific value.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

Advanced and Productive Survey Solutions at 2015 Latin America Geospatial Forum

October 27, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will present its latest solutions for the surveying market at the 2015 Latin America Geospatial Forum (LAGF) in Mexico City on November 10-12.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

RealVisuals Recreates Museum Artefacts as 3D Models Using Pointfuse Software

Shepperton Studios, London, October 27, 2015 — RealVisuals is bringing historical artefacts to life with interactive 3D computer models created from laser scanner data generated using Pointfuse software. The Belgium based technology company has pioneered the use of Pointfuse for heritage applications, scanning and producing models of complex museum collections including pieces from the Flax Museum “Texture”

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

The Regeneration of Open Data through SuperGIS Server

October 27, 2015 — Integrating different sources of open data often generates great value and new information. For example, by integrating earthquake and tsunami locations with a coastal city vulnerability index, you will be able to find which cities are most vulnerable to tsunamis. Generally, data itself may not contain any information, but contrarily information

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

United States Forest Service Deploys the Avenza PDF Maps App for Fire-Fighting

TORONTO,October 27, 2015 —The United States Forest Service (USFS) fights wildfires and other natural disasters in more than 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, totaling an estimated 193 million acres or 30% of all federally-managed lands. The USFS Geospatial Management Office (GMO) is responsible for the implementation of the Forest Service geospatial program which

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

Supergeo Cooperates with GNSS Solution Provider CHC Navigation

October 27, 2015 — The global GIS total solution provider, Supergeo Technologies Inc., is now building a bridge with the fast-growing GNSS/GPS solution provider, CHC Navigation. SuperSurv, the mobile GIS product of SuperGIS, was selected as the value-added software that could be pre-installed for CHC users.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

Bathymetric Solutions from Teledyne Optech on Display at OI China

October 26, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that Senior Scientist Dr. Viktor Feygels will make a presentation on performing lidar bathymetry in difficult water conditions with the Optech CZMIL Nova at the Oceanology International China (OI China) 2015 Conference and Exhibition, which takes place in Shanghai on November 3-5.

Monday, October 26th, 2015

United States and European Union Sign Cooperation Arrangement on Copernicus Earth Observation Data

October 26, 2015 — The United States and the European Commission signed the “Copernicus Cooperation Arrangement” which will facilitate data sharing from the Copernicus constellation of Sentinel Earth Observation satellites among a broad spectrum of users on both sides of the Atlantic. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science, Space and Health Jonathan Margolis

Monday, October 26th, 2015

DigitalGlobe Appoints Dr. Roger Mason, Jr. to Board of Directors

WESTMINSTER, Colo., October 26, 2015 — DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced the appointment of L. Roger Mason Jr., Ph.D., to the DigitalGlobe Board of Directors, effective October 21, 2015.