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Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Blue Marble Geographics has been selected to present on the COAST Tool at the 2013 MAPPS Summer Conference. The conference will be held at the Samoset Resort in Rockland, Maine on July 22nd – 26th. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software, oil
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, and CNES, have achieved a major improvement in Pléiades image quality, including sharper products and enhanced geometry.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities (Medelhavsmuseet) in Stockholm, Sweden is pioneering an entirely new way for visitors to interact with a collection of six ancient mummies. Instead of staring into glass cases to see only the surface of each mummy, what if visitors could operate a large touch-screen, digital “table” display allowing
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
Predicting where a dangerous wildfire is going to start can be very difficult, but geographic information systems (GIS) can quickly analyze geographic data about fire-contributing conditions to aid in effective wildfire planning and prevention.
Monday, June 24th, 2013
A system for public monitoring from space to establish a dialogue with the authorities at the highest – orbital – level is being created in Russia. ScanEx Research and Development Center launches the “Space Patrol” project. It deals with the regular operational updating of satellite imagery data in open public access.
Monday, June 24th, 2013
RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide-area repetitive coverage of Earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced today that they have extended and enhanced their ongoing partnership with Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT). As of early April, RapidEye has an increased data downlink capacity through greater access to KSAT’s larger antenna network Svalbard, Norway. These
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
NASA’s communications experts have begun flight testing a prototype radio as part of the agency’s contributions toward fully integrating civil and commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS).
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) announced its inaugural Geospatial Challenge for students participating in Intergraph’s Global Education Program – Intergraph U.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its Online Training Program for Imaging. The training courses can be ordered and accessed 24/7 via the Trimble Learning Center (http://www.trimblelms.com). The courses are designed to teach customers how to successfully use a variety of Trimble Imaging software solutions. Available on demand, participants can decide flexibly when to work on
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
On June 5, 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team transmitted the last command to the Landsat 5 satellite, effectively terminating the mission 29 years, 3 months and 4 days after its launch by NASA from Vandenberg Air Force Base on March 1, 1984. The Landsat program is a joint effort between USGS and
