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Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Satellites Detect Illegal Vessels in Komandorsky Nature Reserve

Starting from 2012 ScanEx RDC  specialists have been working to identify illegal shipping within marine protected natural areas. Several test areas in the Arctic Region and the Far East have been chosen to evaluate the effectiveness of satellite data for monitoring the navigation situation within the reserve. One of the test zones was the “Komandorsky”

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

GeoVation Winners Launch New Community Payback App

A team of GeoVation winners from Staffordshire and West Midlands (SWM) Probation Trust have launched a new app to help the public choose what Community Payback work criminals do. The new app called ‘Get Community Payback’ was one of four winners in the 2012 GeoVation Challenge, under the theme of transforming Britain’s neighbourhoods. The successful

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Trimble Improves Real-time Deformation Monitoring to the Next Level

Trimble introduced today the latest version of its deformation monitoring software–Trimble 4D Control version 4.2. The new version of the monitoring software delivers enhanced communications with the Trimble NetR9 and new NetR9 Ti-M GNSS receiver, REF TEK seismic sensors and the Trimble S8 total station. It also supports geotechnical sensors, weather stations, level data and

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Optech Announces Ladybug 5 Camera for Lynx Mobile Mapper

Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that its Lynx MG1 and Lynx SG1 Mobile Mapper product lines now support the use of the Point Grey Ladybug 5 spherical imaging system. The Ladybug 5, which boasts six high-sensitivity 5-Megapixel imagers that

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Third Generation UltraCam Hawk Announced by Microsoft

At the INTERGEO 2013 conference in Essen, Germany, Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit unveils the UltraCam Hawk, a new base model UltraCam digital aerial system that leverages the third generation UltraCam architecture first introduced to the market in 2011. The UltraCam Hawk will be available for delivery to customers in early 2014.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Astrium Enhances TerraSAR-X Resolution and Coverage Capabilities

Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, has launched two new TerraSAR-X imaging modes. The enhanced imaging capabilities facilitate the delivery of higher resolution imagery as well as the coverage of larger areas.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

Ordnance Survey Celebrates Two Years of AddressBase

Ordnance Survey is celebrating two years of its addressing product range, ‘AddressBase’ by sharing its successes since its launch. AddressBase, AddressBase Plus and AddressBase Premium are the three products available and are a source of address data that combines information from local government’s National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG), One Scotland Gazetteer (OSG), Ordnance Survey’s

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

GeoInt Symposium Postponed to Spring 2014

The GeoInt Symposium, scheduled for Oct. 13-16 in Tampa, Florida has succumed to issues related to the government shutdown and have postponed their event to next Spring. The event and community have already been impacted by sequestration, but the final blow came when Defense Department personnel have been told not to travel, except in direct

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

Trimble Launches New Geospatial Solutions for Aerial Imaging

Trimble announced today new additions to its aerial imaging portfolio –the Trimble AX60, a new airborne LIDAR system; and an updated version of its Inpho processing software. The announcement was made today at INTERGEO 2013, the world’s largest conference on geodesy, geoinformatics and land management.

Tuesday, October 8th, 2013

PCI Geomatics and Sysdeco Italia Announce Geomatica Day at the University of Rome

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, today announces that, along with its Italian reseller, Sysdeco Italia, it will be holding Geomatica Day on the 14th of October, 2013 at the historic Faculty of Engineering at the Sapienza University of Rome in Rome, Italy.