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Friday, March 22nd, 2013

OGC announces Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot Demo Webinar

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that it will demonstrate the results of the OGC Climate-Hydrologic Information Sharing Pilot, Phase 1 (CHISP-1) at a webinar to be held from 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The public is invited to register for the webinar. After the webinar, detailed CHISP-1 Engineering

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Intermap Announces $410,000 NEXTMap Licensing Sale for RiskPro Solution Contract

Intermap (IMP.TO), (ITMSF:BB), a leading provider of geospatial solutions on-demand created from its uniform, high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth’s surface, today announced that it has received a $410,000 NEXTMap licensing sale for a RiskPro solution in Southeast Asia. The data will be immediately delivered from the Company’s NEXTMap data library.

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Danish Meteorological Institute Partners with MDA for the Creation of Ice Charts for the Greenland Sea

MDA’s Information Systems group announced today that it has signed a contract to provide the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) with RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2 data to create up-to-date ice charts and reports that are sent via satellite to ships navigating the ice-infested Greenland Sea.

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Real-Life Disaster Imaging Needed for Next Aussie Crisis

Cutting-edge imagery technology that has guided rescue efforts during the world’s worst natural catastrophes could be the lynchpin in Australia’s next disaster response and recovery, according to a visiting international specialist. The world’s most advanced imagery software – known as ENVI – compiles and analyses data captured from remote sensors before, during and after a

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

First Images Released From Latest Landsat Earth Observation Satellite

NASA and the Department of the Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first images from the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite, which was launched Feb. 11. The natural-color images show the intersection of the United States Great Plains and the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming and Colorado. In the

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

MDA to Provide RADARSAT Information for Environmental Monitoring and Emergency Response Services

MDA’s Information Systems group (MDA) announced today that its Geospatial business unit will deliver RADARSAT-2 data products and change monitoring services to the Ukraine Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Ministry) to support environmental monitoring and emergency response services in key areas within the Ukraine.

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Hand Held 3D Mapping System Used to Explore Aboriginal Caves

ZEB1, the world’s first truly mobile handheld rapid laser mapping system has been used to explore Aboriginal cave markings in South Australia. The strange markings, called finger flutings, were thought to have been left in the Koonalda Cave between about 30,000 and 10,000 years ago. Created by hands being dragged along established grooves in the

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

SuperPad 3.1 Supports Comune di Ovodda for Accurate Field Boundary and Prosperity Assessment

Supergeo Technologie announced that SuperPad 3.1 was selected by Comune di Ovodda to complete field data collection for accurate field boundary and prosperity assessment. Today, economic development and governmental policy were the main driving factors of land-using change. In this procurement, Superpad 3.1, the mobile GIS software, is utilized by Comune di Ovodda to frequently

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

The OGC Announces Best Practices Document for Earth Observation Product, Service and Sensor Discovery

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has adopted as an official OGC Best Practice a document titled, “OGC EO Product Collection, Service and Sensor Discovery using the CS-W ebRIM Catalogue.” This OGC Best Practices Document describes the relations that exist between several metadata conceptual models: Earth Observation (EO) Product, EO Product Collections, Sensors and Services. Specification

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

TerraGo Closes $5.5 Million Financing to Support Growth in Location Intelligence Markets

TerraGo, a leading global provider of location intelligence, geospatial collaboration and field data collection software solutions, announced today the successful completion of $5.5 million in financing to drive corporate growth and expedite product innovation strategies.