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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
An experimental GPS receiver, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), has successfully achieved a GPS position fix at 23,300km altitude – the first position fix above the GPS constellation on a civilian satellite. The SGR-GEO receiver is collecting data that could help SSTL to develop a receiver to navigate spacecraft in Geostationary orbit (GEO)
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at the European Lidar Mapping Forum (ELMF) conference in Salzburg, Austria the week of December 3rd . Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts at software, oil and gas, mining, civil engineering, surveying, and technology companies, as well as governmental and university
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
GeoEye, Inc., a leading source of geospatial information and insight, has partnered with the Japan Space Imaging Corporation (JSI), a Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary, to provide a major Japanese ministry with access to comprehensive high-resolution satellite imagery of all of Japan through GeoEye’s EyeQ™ platform.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Quality Positioning Services (QPS) has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Esri, the world leader in GIS technology. The agreement enables QPS to bundle its QINSy and Fledermaus products with Esri software and provide a complete hydrographic survey, data management, and charting solution.
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide area repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced today that it is now using the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Collision Probability Assessment Service.
Wednesday, November 21st, 2012
ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite has already delivered the most accurate gravity map of Earth, but its orbit is now being lowered in order to obtain even better results. The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) has been orbiting Earth since March 2009, reaching its ambitious objective to map our planet’s gravity with unrivalled precision.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
George Y. Lee and Charles Mondello have been named the 2013 ASPRS Fellow Award winners. The ASPRS designation of Fellow is conferred on active Society members who have performed exceptional service in advancing the science and use of the mapping sciences (photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying, geographic information systems, and related disciplines). The designation of Fellow
Friday, November 16th, 2012
Clifford W. Greve and Vincent V. Salomonson have been selected as the next Honorary Members of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Their nominations were recently approved by the ASPRS Board of Directors. This is the highest award bestowed by ASPRS and there can be only 25 living Honorary Members of the
Friday, November 16th, 2012
Astrium, a world leader in space technologies, and EADS North America today jointly announced the creation of Astrium Americas, America’s newest space company. A subsidiary of EADS North America, Astrium Americas will bring Astrium’s broad global space capabilities to North America. Astrium Americas will also provide government customers with secure satellite communications services formerly marketed
Friday, November 16th, 2012
RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide area repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced that a new product, the RapidEye Mosaic, is now available. RapidEye Mosaics are a five meter, natural color, seamless orthorectified imagery product using the most recently acquired RapidEye data available.
