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Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

Blue Marble to Highlight Use of LiDAR Data for Forestry at NERCOFE 2014

Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at the NERCOFE 2014 Workshop at the University of Maine on March 10-11, 2014.  Throughout the conference Blue Marble will be demonstrating the LiDAR Module for Global Mapper and how it is utilized throughout the forestry industry. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

Exprodat Introduces the Member-Only ‘GIS Benchmarking Club’

Exprodat, the UK-based provider of Esri-based petroleum GIS services, software and training, has created an exclusive forum for oil & gas companies to benchmark their geospatial capabilities.

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

Keystone Purchases Two UltraCam Falcon Systems with UltraNav

Keystone Aerial Surveys, Inc., a PASCO Group company, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase two UltraCam Falcon digital aerial camera systems with the UltraNav GNSS-Inertial Direct Georeferencing + Flight Management System.

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

Optech to Exhibit Coastal and Marine Solutions at Oceanology International 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 be exhibiting at the Oceanology International 2014 conference in London, UK on March 11-13. Attendees are invited to visit Optech at booth G100, shared with sister company Teledyne

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

INTERGEO to celebrate its 20th Anniversary in the German Capital

    The INTERGEO leading conference trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management is to return to the German capital for its 20th anniversary. Surrounded by the heady mix of politics, organisations and media found there, INTERGEO is turning its attention first and foremost to those questions thrown up by the increasing digitisation of

Tuesday, March 4th, 2014

President’s 2015 Budget Proposes $1.1 Billion for the USGS

  The President’s fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey is $1.1 billion, an increase of $41.3 million above the FY 2014 enacted level. The FY 2015 Budget reflects the President’s ongoing commitment to scientific discovery and innovation to support decision making in addressing critical societal needs and to support a

Monday, March 3rd, 2014

Optech Launches Improved Website

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 the launch of our new and improved website.

Friday, February 28th, 2014

The National Map and National Atlas Merge

During this year, National Atlas of the United States and The National Map will transition into a combined single source for geospatial and cartographic information. This transformation is projected to streamline access to maps, data and information from the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP). This action will prioritize our civilian mapping role and consolidate core

Friday, February 28th, 2014

Google Introduces the Map Gallery for the Discovery and Sharing of Maps

  If you’ve ever wondered which trails Lewis & Clark traveled for their famous expedition, or looked for maps of the best schools in your region, you may have found yourself scouring the web without much luck. The best results for your search may come from governments, nonprofits and businesses, but historically that information has been

Thursday, February 27th, 2014

NASA and JAXA Launch New Satellite to Measure Global Rain and Snow

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, a joint Earth-observing mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), thundered into space at 1:37 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 27 (3:37 a.m. JST Friday, Feb. 28) from Japan.