Friday, January 24th, 2014
URISA is pleased to announce the 2014 members of its Vanguard Cabinet. The Vanguard Cabinet (VC) is a URISA initiative (which debuted in 2011) to engage young GIS practitioners, increase their numbers in the organization, and better understand the concerns facing these future leaders of the GIS community. The VC is an advisory board who
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
Bluesky International Ltd. has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial photogrammetric camera system with a 100mm lens, an UltraNav GNSS-Inertial Direct Georeferencing + Flight Management System and a gyro-stabilized UltraMount. The UltraCam Eagle has an ultra-large footprint that results in enhanced data collection capabilities.
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
NASA has created a unique spherical film showing water’s journey and extensive impact as it cycles through Earth. “Water Falls,” created in partnership with the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, will premiere this month on spherical movie screens at special events hosted by The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, N.Y., and The Space Foundation in Colorado
Thursday, January 23rd, 2014
TerraGo, a leading global provider of location intelligence solutions, is pleased to announce the v.6.0.4 release of its geospatial collaboration software, including TerraGo Publisher, TerraGo Composer and TerraGo Toolbar, with a webinar on January 30th to demonstrate key capabilities.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
3-GIS, a global leading innovator of smart geospatial solutions, has added their newest Executive Solutions Consultant, Lori Sullivan. Sullivan has a background in geospatial sales and consulting expertise, with diverse industry experience. Sullivan’s experience will help 3-GIS continue to grow their sales reach and help expand their footprint in the GIS industry.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it has updated its Historical Airphoto Processing (HAP) workflow. The HAP workflow, released to the public in March of 2013, provides a semi-automated means to align, orthorectify, and mosaic digitally scanned airphotos. The system can greatly reduce manual
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
As global temperatures gradually increase, more water is expected to evaporate into the atmosphere. But using satellite data, scientists have discovered that El Niño-induced droughts have caused global declines in evapotranspiration despite rising temperatures. Terrestrial evaporation, or evapotranspiration, is the transfer of water from soil and vegetation into the atmosphere. It’s a critical component of
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
The USGS, in cooperation with other Federal agencies, has posted new Idaho US Topo quadrangles (1,193) and New Mexico quads (1,980 maps) which include Public Land Survey System (PLSS). These are added to the growing list of states west of the Mississippi River to have PLSS data added to US Topo maps.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce multiple sales of Correlator3D™ UAV licenses across the world. The new customers are based in North, Central and South America as well as Europe, Asia and Australia. The product is used for aerial triangulation and generation of DSMs, DTMs and orthomosaics from consumer-grade
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
Supergeo Technologies, a leading global provider of complete GIS software and solutions, announced that SuperGIS Desktop 3.2, the newest desktop GIS software, is officially launched to offer powerful and plentiful GIS tools for supporting better decision-making.