Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
Will Lead Conservation Innovation Center (Annapolis, MD) – Today, Chesapeake Conservancy announced that Susan Minnemeyer has been promoted to the role of vice president of technology. Minnemeyer joined the nonprofit in February 2019 as a geospatial program manager. As vice president for technology, Susan Minnemeyer leads Chesapeake Conservancy’s Conservation Innovation Center (CIC), which empowers conservation
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020
Lausanne, Switzerland, : Pix4D, the photogrammetry industry leader, announces today the release of a new app product for ground images acquisition: Pix4Dcatch. Pix4Dcatch empowers users to easily create ground-based 3D models using an iOS mobile device. No need to be an expert, the user simply scans the area of interest with Pix4Dcatch. The
Monday, November 9th, 2020
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), together with OGC Strategic Members the European Space Agency (ESA) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), have taken a fundamental step towards the full exploitation of IT clouds and Big Data processing. As part of the Earth Observation Applications Pilot, OGC Members have matured an architecture that allows software developers to easily
Monday, November 9th, 2020
GfK’s Map of the Month for November shows the distribution of the Corona Impact in Europe in 2020. The Corona Impact illustrates the differences in loss of prosperity among private households as a result of the coronavirus crisis, thus facilitating both national and regional comparisons within Europe. Liechtenstein (index: 15.2; European average = 100), Switzerland
Monday, November 9th, 2020
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Satellogic, the first company to develop a scalable Earth observation platform with the ability to remap the entire planet at both high-frequency and high-resolution, today announced the successful dedicated launch of 10 new satellites, delivered to sun-synchronous low-Earth orbits at 3:18:50 am UTC on November 6, 2020. Today’s launch firmly positions
Friday, November 6th, 2020
BELLEVUE, Wash. – EagleView, a leading technology provider of aerial imagery, data analytics, and GIS solutions for government, construction, and insurance has received its first post-event images following Hurricane Zeta. As soon as weather conditions permitted, EagleView’s fixed-wing aircraft were in the air capturing ultra-high-resolution Reveal™ aerial imagery at Property Level, which ranges between 0.8-3 inches
Friday, November 6th, 2020
Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, has announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to acquire and process lidar data across various counties in Nebraska, and Nevada, as part of the Geospatial Products and Services (GPSC) contract for the 3D Elevation Program. Weather permitting, the firm will collect data
Friday, November 6th, 2020
Redwood City, Calif. — Skydio, the leading US drone company and world leader in autonomous flight, announced the addition of three key product and engineering leadership hires as it continues its rapid growth into the enterprise and public sector markets. Roy Goldman is appointed Head of Product Management, Ryan Reading appointed Head of Software Engineering and Mike Ross appointed Senior Director of
Friday, November 6th, 2020
LYON, France – Elistair, a leader in tethered drone solutions, announced today the development of its new Orion 2 tethered unmanned system for military, government, and industry users. Unlike other multi-rotor drones, the Orion 2 hexacopter delivers round-the-clock surveillance for up to 24 hours at a time, making it a true persistent surveillance platform. (See video here.) “Small,
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
DATE: Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020 LAUNCH TIME: 06:24 p.m. EST (~15 minute launch window) WHERE: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida CONTACT: Chip Eschenfelder, 303-564-3392; [email protected] The fourth Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) is scheduled to launch Thursday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on
