Wednesday, February 19th, 2014
Esri is a proud sponsor of Code for America’s third annual CodeAcross, which will be held February 21–23. This year’s theme, Beyond Transparency, focuses on making open data actionable. Esri is calling on volunteers domestic and international to share their knowledge and expertise during this event to advance open government initiatives.
Wednesday, February 19th, 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 the Optech CZMIL HydroFusion software solution has won the 2014 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Award for Technology Innovation.
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014
When NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) fires up its RS-25 engines for the first launch in 2017, the integrity of the SLS liquid hydrogen tank will be crucial to success. This core stage will be more than 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet, and will store the cryogenic liquid hydrogen and
Friday, February 14th, 2014
When using ArcGIS® web mapping, Geocortex Essentials helps you do more, faster, at less cost and risk, with better results. On servers and in the cloud, Geocortex Essentials 4 helps you accomplish even more with Esri’s ArcGIS platform.
Friday, February 14th, 2014
Newly released US Topo maps for Washington now feature segments of the Pacific Crest and Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trails. Several of the 1,446 new US Topo quadrangles for the state now display parts of the Trails along with other improved layers.
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Italian Remote Sensing srl (IRS) has contracted to purchase an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial photogrammetric camera system with an 80mm lens from Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary.
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Aerial mapping company Bluesky is launching a service to map air quality across towns and cities. Having successfully completed a project to map air pollution in the city of Leicester Bluesky is seeking new sites in the UK to trial its ground breaking survey technology. Using a world first spectrometer, developed by scientists at the
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Coordinating geospatial projects is no small task, but add 5,000 miles across an ocean, almost continuous cloud cover and difficult terrain and the logistical challenges increase exponentially. By overcoming these challenges, Photo Science Inc., a Quantum Spatial Company (Sheboygan, WI), was recognized for its professionalism and technological ingenuity as the Grand Award recipient of the
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Esri Canada honours the life and work of Dr. Roger Tomlinson, who passed away on February 7, 2014, at the age of 80. Known as the “father of GIS”, Dr. Tomlinson was a visionary geographer who conceived and developed the first geographic information system (GIS) for the Canadian federal government in the 1960s. He initiated, planned
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Radiant skin is considered a sign of good health in humans, but plants also glow when they are well. A potential new ESA satellite could use this fluorescence to track the health and productivity of vegetation worldwide.
