Thursday, December 17th, 2015
Redlands, California—December 17, 2015 — Esri and NASA are collaborating to improve access to imagery and raster data stored in the cloud using a combination of two technologies, Meta Raster Format (MRF) and Limited Error Raster Compression (LERC). MRF is an Open raster format originally designed at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) to optimize
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
December 17, 2015 (Portland, Maine) — Dave Gallo, Oceanographer and Director of Special Projects at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will deliver the keynote “Beyond Titanic: The Pursuit of Tactical Oceanography” at International LiDAR Mapping Forum on Monday, February 22, 2016 in Denver. Dr. Gallo has been at the forefront of ocean exploration for over 25 years
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
MORGAN HILL, Calif., Dec. 17, 2015 —The mobile mapping market is poised for remarkable growth, thanks to breakthroughs in LiDAR technology, a host of new applications, and the economics of the business – so said Erich Smidt, European Sales Director for Velodyne LiDAR, during a keynote presentation at “Capturing Reality,” the 3D, Laser Scanning &
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
December 17, 2015 — The national parks of the United States are often compared to, and indeed inspire, works of art. In fact, the USGS has been regularly contributing new and updated works of art for the national parks—maps.
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
December 17, 2015 — Members of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®) request comments on the OGC® Coverage Implementation Schema(abbreviated as “CIS”). This candidate OGC Standard complements the OGC Abstract Topic 6 Standard (which is identical to ISO 19123) with a concrete coverage model whose implementations are conformance testable and, hence, are interoperable. ISO has expressed interest to
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
December 16, 2015 — Earth-i (www.earthi.space), the innovative distributor of imaging and data services from the DMC3 / TripleSat constellation, has new detailed sample imagery available for assessment by customers who wish to take advantage of the constellation’s unique combination of optical and temporal resolution. The company is already supplying data to early adopter customers
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
December 16, 2015 — European Space Imaging announced today that the company has signed an additional multi-year framework supply contract with the European Commission for the provision of very high-resolution (VHR) satellite data and associated services in support of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
December 16, 2015 — The 2016 AAG Gilbert White Public Service Honors are awarded to Carrie Stokes and Aaron Wolf.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
Swindon, UK, December 16, 2015 — CartoConsult has signed a joint venture agreement with Proteus to develop and promote the use of the latest laser scanning technology. As new systems are launched to market, such as handheld mobile mappers, UAV mounted sensors and even vehicle guidance systems, the partnership will assess their application for real world projects
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
December 16, 2015 — Provalis Research announces today the release of a new version of its powerful text analytics software, WordStat 7.1. The software release includes a geographic information system (GIS) mapping and data editing module, allowing businesses to obtain insightful geospatial intelligence. This innovative module provides users with the ability to create a wide range of
