Friday, February 7th, 2014
On January 21-23, 2014 London became the venue to the annual Defence Geospatial Intelligence (DGI 2014) conference on geospatial intelligence and geospatial technology. Specialists of ScanEx Research & Development Center attended the event as guests. For 10 years this conference is the world’s largest event in geospatial intelligence technology. More than 800 representatives from leading
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has successfully delivered its high-speed and automated Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) system to the USDA’s Forest Service office in Region 5 (California and Pacific Islands).
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Some tricky manoeuvres are now under way to steer ESA’s trio of Swarm satellites into their respective orbits so that they can start delivering the best-ever survey of our magnetic field. Since the Swarm constellation was launched last November, engineers have been busy putting the satellites through their paces to make sure that the craft
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
While felines in space may be what you’re thinking, the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) is a much more helpful accompaniment planned for the International Space Station. CATS will study the distribution of aerosols, the tiny particles that make up haze, dust, air pollutants, and smoke.
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Aerial survey specialist Bluesky is to conduct trials of the world’s first integrated night mapping system. Combining a specially adapted camera with Bluesky’s state of the art LiDAR and thermal imaging sensors it is hoped the trials will produce essential data to help combat light pollution, energy wastage and help manage urban habitats. The resulting
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
The risk of powerlines sparking major bushfires can be significantly reduced with cutting-edge mapping technology, according to a visiting international expert. Chris Kelly – founder of US vegetation management software company Clearion – has been invited to Australia to advise utilities on how Geographic Information System (GIS) technology can help mitigate a chief cause
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
A new trial, regarded as a UK first, has been agreed between Glasgow and Ordnance Survey which could lead the way to other data initiatives with local authorities. Future City / Glasgow has been working in partnership with the national mapping authority to release information which has been produced using Ordnance Survey data and mapping.Councils
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
Bergman Photographic Services has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Hawk digital aerial camera system. Bergman Photographic has been an adopter of the UltraCam product line since its purchase in 2009 of the first UltraCamL to be based in the US Pacific Northwest, followed by upgrades to an UltraCamLp
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014
MAPPS, the association of private sector geospatial firms, will testify before Congress Tuesday, February 4, 2014 on federal navigation programs.
Monday, February 3rd, 2014
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that is has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Satrec Initiative, a leading solution provider for Earth observation missions, based in Daejeon, South Korea.
