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Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
One year ago, on February 11, 2013, NASA launched the Landsat 8 Earth-observing satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, Calif. A flawless launch, followed by the transfer of operational control on May 30 to the U.S. Geological Survey, marked the start of the satellite’s mission to extend an unparalleled record of observing Earth’s
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Optech, the world leader in high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems and productivity- enhancing workflow software, is pleased to announce that it will be attending the International LiDAR Mapping Forum 2014 as both a presenter and exhibitor. Held on February 17-19, 2014 in Denver, CO, the forum examines the use of lidar in applications such as
Monday, February 10th, 2014
The UK’s leading woodland conservation charity, The Woodland Trust, has deployed a next generation corporate geographic information system from specialist British software developer, Cadcorp. The system will play a key part in helping the trust to manage its existing woodland sites and in supporting its role as the leading advocate for British woods and trees.
Monday, February 10th, 2014
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is exhibiting this week at the Esri Federal User Conference in Washington, D.C. in booth number 315. In addition, the company is scheduled to present at the 8th US Government Geospatial PDF Working Group Meeting on February 13. The meeting will take place
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Ordnance Survey’s graduate recruitment scheme has launched, offering seven graduates the opportunity to lead the way on developing innovative and inspirational solutions for digital data.
Friday, February 7th, 2014
The rover’s view of its original home planet even includes our moon, just below Earth. The images, taken about 80 minutes after sunset during the rover’s 529th Martian day (Jan. 31, 2014) are available at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17936 for a broad scene of the evening sky, and at http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17935 for a zoomed-in view of Earth and the
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.
