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Monday, March 16th, 2015

Blaze Terra Users Enjoy Newest NASA Data in Form of 3D Terrain Web Layer

March 16, 2015 — Eternix Ltd., leading provider of next-generation software for GIS visualization and editing in 3D, announces the addition of a new 30-meter global digital-terrain web layer to Blaze Terra’s collection of instantly accessible web layers, available as of version 4.1 of the software.

Monday, March 16th, 2015

Chemring Technology Solutions Delivers World’s Most Comprehensive C4 Capability

March 16, 2015 — Chemring Technology Solutions has successfully integrated SmartLink™, a portable network-in-a-box, with TACCOMS, a unique software application, to deliver a complete C4 (command, control, communication and coordination) capability for tactical operations.

Friday, March 13th, 2015

2nd ISPRS/IEEE joint workshop on Multi-Sensor Fusion for Dynamic Scene Understanding

March 13, 2015 — The fusion of dynamic 2D/3D multi-sensor data has not been extensively explored in the vision community. MSF 2015 workshop will encourage interdisciplinary interaction and collaboration from computer vision, remote sensing, robotics and photogrammetry communities, that will serve as a forum for research groups from academia and industry.

Friday, March 13th, 2015

Airbus Defence and Space to Build CERES Signals Intelligence Satellites for French Defence

March 13, 2015 — Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, has been selected by the DGA (Direction générale de l’armement) to build the three CERES satellites, which will provide France with its first operational SIGINT capability.

Friday, March 13th, 2015

USGS Scientist Roger Sayre Honored for Public Service with ESRI Award

March 13, 2015 — U.S. Geological Survey scientist Dr. Roger Sayre was honored with the annual Making A Difference Award at the ESRI Federal Users Conference in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2015. The award recognized Sayre’s vision and leadership in recent collaboration between the USGS and ESRI to produce a new map of global

Friday, March 13th, 2015

Climate Change Vulnerability Index System

March 13, 2015 — To handle climate changes and reduce the loss of lives and properties, Taiwan government establishes a SuperGIS-powered platform, to provide latest information to support decision making.

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

Electric Propulsion System Improves Maneuverability of Small Satellites

March 12, 2015 — Small satellites are becoming increasingly popular tools for Earth-imaging, communications, and other applications. But they have major control issues: Once in space, they can’t accurately point cameras or change orbit, and they usually crash and burn within a few months.

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

GIS Experts Visit UC Merced for Summit

March 12, 2015 — Several speakers will visit UC Merced this week to discuss Geographic Information Systems technology, which can be used for such diverse tasks as determining the most efficient bus routes and tracking disease patterns.

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

SLANTRANGE Selected As Finalist In Prestigious SXSW Accelerator Competition For Drone-Based Precision Agriculture Technology

March 12, 2015 — SLANTRANGE, Inc., a drone-based agricultural crop sensor and data analytics company, announced today it was selected from many elite startups internationally to present its new technology at SXSW.  SLANTRANGE will present their business solutions to a panel of hand-picked judges and a live audience March 14-15, 2015 in Austin, Texas at

Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

London Stock Exchange Recognises 1Spatial as One of Britain’s Most Inspiring Companies

Cambridge, March 11, 2015 — 1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company was acknowledged for the second year running in The London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) research report as one of the ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’, launched yesterday at the LSE opening.