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Friday, February 21st, 2014

R&D Center SCANEX is co-organizer of the II International conference “Geoinformation Sciences and Environmental Development: New Approaches, Methods, Technologies” (GeoiD 2014)

The II International conference “Geoinformation Sciences and Environmental Development: New Approaches, Methods, Technologies” will take place on 5-9 May, 2014 in Limassol, Cyprus. Organizers of the Conference are the Southern Scientific Center (Rostov-on-Don, Russia)of the Institute of Arid Zones of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Oceanography Center, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, UNIGEO Consortium, Russia

Friday, February 21st, 2014

Leica Geosystems and Airborne Hydrography AB Launch Next-Generation Multispectral LiDAR Solution for Shallow Water Surveys

Leica Geosystems Inc. and Airborne Hydrography AB today announced the availability of CHIROPTERA II, an innovative LiDAR solution for topographic mapping and shallow water surveying in depths of up to 15 meters (49 feet). The system simultaneously captures the full waveform in both the 35 kHz bathymetric channel and the 500 kHz topographic channel to

Friday, February 21st, 2014

Cloud-based GIS System for Agricultural Resource Management

GIS technologies give Council of Agriculture in Taiwan the ability to establish a Cloud-based agricultural information system for easy access to GIS resources and support the nation’s sustainable agriculture.

Friday, February 21st, 2014

Sentinel-1 Spreads Its Wings

  When Sentinel-1 is placed in orbit around Earth in a few weeks, it has to perform a complicated dance routine to unfold its large solar wings and radar antenna. Engineers have recently been making sure the moves are well rehearsed.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Trimble Launches New Airborne LiDAR Systems

Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced two new additions to its airborne LiDAR portfolio. The Trimble® AX60i and AX80 are highly capable, versatile systems that meet the demands of aerial survey operators for corridor and wide area mapping projects. The new airborne systems, together with flight planning and analysis software tools, have been designed to provide rapid

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Esri Encourages GIS Community to Join CodeAcross 2014

Esri is a proud sponsor of Code for America’s third annual CodeAcross, which will be held February 21–23. This year’s theme, Beyond Transparency, focuses on making open data actionable. Esri is calling on volunteers domestic and international to share their knowledge and expertise during this event to advance open government initiatives.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Linking U.S. and Canadian Border Waters

Clearer views of waters along the U.S. and Canadian border are now possible with new seamless digital maps. These maps make it easier to solve complex water issues that require a thorough understanding of drainage systems on both sides of the International Boundary.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2014

Optech CZMIL HydroFusion Wins 2014 MAPPS Geospatial Award for Technology Innovation

Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of high-accuracy lidar 3D survey systems and productivity-enhancing workflow software, is pleased to announce that the Optech CZMIL HydroFusion software solution has won the 2014 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Award for Technology Innovation.

Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

NASA Purchases Leica Geosystems Instrumentation for Space Launch System (SLS) Program

When NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS) fires up its RS-25 engines for the first launch in 2017, the integrity of the SLS liquid hydrogen tank will be crucial to success. This core stage will be more than 200 feet tall with a diameter of 27.6 feet, and will store the cryogenic liquid hydrogen and

Friday, February 14th, 2014

1Spatial Announces Immediate Availability of Geocortex Essentials 4.0 in the UK & Ireland

When using ArcGIS® web mapping, Geocortex Essentials helps you do more, faster, at less cost and risk, with better results. On servers and in the cloud, Geocortex Essentials 4 helps you accomplish even more with Esri’s ArcGIS platform.