Monday, May 9th, 2016
NASA has selected an Arizona State University undergraduate student team for a $200,000 grant to conduct hands-on flight research, through its NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Student Instrument Program (USIP). The project, called “Phoenix,” is to design and build a small satellite, the size of a small loaf of bread, called a “3U CubeSat.” The satellite
Monday, May 9th, 2016
Most cloud-to-ground lightning (about eight of nine events) is actually a rapid series of strikes, pop-pop-pop, each lasting a few hundreds of millionths of a second, too fast for our eyes to separate into individual events. The other one in nine (give or take) creates a channel in the air, through which a lightning current
Monday, May 9th, 2016
GREENBELT, MD, May 9, 2016 – Orbit Logic announced today that their SpyMeSatGov iPhone app is now available on the Geoint App Store (https://apps.nga.mil) for any U.S. government or authorized user. SpyMeSatGov provides real-time imaging satellite awareness and on-demand access to EnhancedView commercial satellite imagery archives. The mobile app includes the ability to browse and
Monday, May 9th, 2016
WELLESLEY, MA – Three-dimensional (3-D) scanners have expanded into a wide variety of commercial, scientific and artistic market niches. BCC Research reveals in its new report that key market trends include technology improvements, expanding applications across various industries, price reductions, and improvements in performance, all of which are spurring big demand in this vibrant market.
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
Leicestershire, UK, 05 May 2016 – Aerial mapping company Bluesky is cementing a period of growth with a number of key appointments. Investing in internal support, Bluesky has appointed Andrew Kociolek to the role of IT Engineer, while Suzanna Baynard joins as Management Accountant. Charlotte Ballard, previously a key member of the Bluesky production team,
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
Redlands, California —The new edition of GIS Tutorial 1: Basic Workbook, published by Esri, teaches the fundamentals of using geographic information system (GIS) technology, including making maps, geocoding data, and analyzing spatial data. The workbook, updated for ArcGIS 10.3 for Desktop software and later versions, also includes a new chapter on how to use the
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
Speaking today at the AUVSI annual conference in New Orleans, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced the agency is establishing a broad-based advisory committee that will provide advice on key unmanned aircraft integration issues. He also announced plans to make it easier for students to fly unmanned aircraft as part of their coursework. Huerta said the
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C.– May 4, 2016 – Blazegraph, creator of the industry’s first GPU-accelerated high-performance database for large graphs, today announced version 2.1.0, with significant updates that give users faster, easier access to key data sets, such as new support for processing geospatial coordinates and optimizing queries against the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) PubChem
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016
Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the draft charter for an OGC Land Administration Domain Working Group (DWG). Worldwide, effective and efficient land administration is an ongoing concern. Only 40 countries around the world have mature land information systems. Of the remaining nations, only 10% have some land administration capability in
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
B66 is an innovating camera developed in-house by the R&D department of IMAO. This XXL camera dedicated to aerial data acquisition has outstanding progress in the last months. Pierre FAROUT, CEO of IMAO is proud to announce that the final stages of radiometric and geometric calibrations have been achieved to a complete success. This adventure
