Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that I.F. Rooks & Associates, Inc., an aerial photogrammetry firm based in Plant City, Fla., has expanded its services with the purchase of a Leica RCD30 medium-format digital camera. Rooks is the first firm in Florida to implement the complete RCD30 sensor solution on a helicopter.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Trimble introduced today a new premium map layer that adds private land ownership, Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) and parcel boundaries on topographic and satellite maps from MyTopo. The layer option is available via MyTopo’s popular print-on-demand Website mytopo.com . Private land ownership maps are used by professionals involved in real estate, land use planning, agriculture
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
OS OnDemand, Ordnance Survey’s online map service, has been a valuable asset to the Environment Agency during this winter’s flooding, providing millions of households and businesses with access to detailed flood mapping.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Blue Marble Geographics will be conducting a workshop at the forthcoming AAG (Association of American Geographers) Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. The workshop, entitled “LiDAR Processing and Terrain Analysis in Global Mapper”, is scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Esri has released new versions of Collector for ArcGIS and Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS. The Collector app now includes the ability to download maps to your smartphone or tablet device to collect and edit data when working offline. Operations Dashboard has added support for browsers so you can view operations on your iPad, Android tablet
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Sentinel-1A, Europe’s first satellite for Copernicus, is almost ready for launch on 3 April. Meanwhile, ESA is showing how its advanced radar will map ice, monitor subsidence and much more.
Monday, March 17th, 2014
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems and productivity-enhancing workflow software, is pleased to announce that it will have a strong presence at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2014 Annual Conference in Louisville, KY, on March 23-27. Visitors can benefit from a
Monday, March 17th, 2014
1Spatial, the spatial big data company is delighted to announce that they are Gold Sponsors of the Geospatial Conference in Tunis (GCT) taking place from the 17th to the 21st March at the Ramada Plaza Hotel Les Côtes de Carthage, Gammarth – Tunisia. 1Spatial will be exhibiting at the event, presenting a paper and hosting
Monday, March 17th, 2014
A glimpse into the power of geographic information systems (GIS) in 2001 was all it took to make an archaeologist decide he wanted to learn everything he could about GIS.
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Reaching the top of Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak, is a formidable challenge even to the most experienced alpinists – not only because of its elevation, but also because of its weather conditions. Strong winds and snowfall at the summit constantly cause altitude changes to the summit’s ice and snow cap. Such changes motivate expert
