Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
Feb.25, 2015 — The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) membership has approved the OGC® Augmented Reality Markup Language 2.0 Interface Standard (ARML 2.0). ARML 2.0 provides a free and open, non-proprietary encoding that augmented reality (AR) content providers can use to specify the visual appearance and real world “anchors” (including location) of virtual objects in an AR scene. Additionally, ARML
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
Feb.25, 2015 — GoGeomatics Canada recently launched a new service for job seekers looking for work in geomatics, GIS, remote sensing, surveying, cartography, and other related fields. Their Geospatial Resume and Cover Letter Writing Services are designed to offer an effective, affordable approach to help geospatial job seekers find employment, regardless of where they are
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Rome, Feb.24, 2015 — e-GEOS, a company established by Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%), has been awarded a contract from the European Commission worth 12 million euros, to provide satellite maps for emergency management. The contract, identified as Copernicus Emergency Management Service – Rapid Mapping, will be active in the period 2015
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Feb.24, 2015 — The QuickBird satellite designed and built by Ball Aerospace for DigitalGlobe de-orbited successfully last month after making 70,000 trips around the Earth during its more than 13 years on orbit.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Friedrichshafen/Ottobrunn, Feb.24, 2015 — After six months of intensive testing, the first Sentinel-2 satellite developed and built by Airbus Defence and Space for the European Space Agency (ESA) is getting ready for its mission in space.
Monday, February 23rd, 2015
Feb. 23, 2015 — Optech is pleased to announce that it will deliver an Optech Galaxy airborne lidar to GeoTerra (formerly 3Di and Bergman Photographic Services), based in Eugene, Oregon. Optech Galaxy’s PulseTRAK™ technology will be particularly useful for GeoTerra’s upcoming western projects, bringing new efficiency to surveys with challenging elevation changes or restrictive flying
Monday, February 23rd, 2015
Feb.23, 2015—To coincide with International Open Data Day, when countries across the globe will show their support for open data policies, Ordnance Survey (OS) announce plans to launch a world-leading digital map as open data and the creation of an engagement hub in London.
Monday, February 23rd, 2015
Washington, DC, Feb.23, 2015—At a news briefing on Monday, former Wyoming Governor James Geringer will highlight the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations’ (COGO) Report Card on the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) released on February 6, 2015. The Report Card describes the condition of the nation’s information about roads, water, land, air, bridges, dams, topography, and
Monday, February 23rd, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C.,February 23, 2015—MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello issued the following statement about the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) concerning operation and certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
