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Monday, March 18th, 2013

OGC CTO Dr. Carl Reed to Delivery Keynote at COM.Geo 2013

Dr. Carl Reed, OGC CTO, will deliver a keynote at COM.Geo 2013 conference which will be held on July 22-24, 2013, San Jose, CA. Dr. Carl Reed is currently the Chief Technology Officer and an Executive Director of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Dr. Reed is responsible for facilitating the OGC standards development process, chairing

Sunday, March 17th, 2013

Role of Satellite Data in Monitoring Territories to be Discussed at the 6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions”

Participants of the 6th International Conference “Earth from Space the Most Effective Solutions”, which is to take place on October 1-3 near Moscow, will discuss the issues of using multi-temporal  images during territory conditions monitoring: control of construction progress, study of natural events and of those as a result of human activities. Participants will share

Sunday, March 17th, 2013

Nation’s Newest Missile Warning Satellite Encapsulated in Launch Vehicle Payload Fairing

The second Lockheed Martin built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing March 4 in preparation for a March 19 liftoff aboard an Atlas Vrocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

Friday, March 15th, 2013

Postponed: The National Map 2013 Users Conference and USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI) Workshop

As you are likely aware, due to the failure of Congress to reach a deal on balanced deficit reduction to avoid sequestration, the President was required by law to issue a sequestration order on March 1, 2013 canceling approximately $85 billion in budgetary resources across the Federal government for the remainder of the Federal fiscal

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

PCI Geomatics Software Supports SPOT-6 Sensor

PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it now supports SPOT-6 imagery within its software suite. SPOT-6, a new satellite built and operated by Astrium was launched on September 9th, 2012 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. SPOT-6 is an optical imaging satellite capable

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Learn the Security Basics for Esri’s ArcGIS 10.1 for Server

Organizations control, by security role, which users are authorized to manage, publish, or use geographic information system (GIS) services. This helps to maintain the data’s accuracy and consistency and the system’s integrity.

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

RapidEye Imagery-Based MALAREO Project Complete

RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide area repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of five satellites, announced today that the African Malaria Control Project, MALAREO, which incorporates RapidEye data, has come to a close and results are now available on the project’s website.

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Kenyan Firm Ramani Geosystems Purchases First UltraCam

Ramani Geosystems, an aerial mapping and surveying company based in Nairobi, Kenya, has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit to purchase an UltraCamX photogrammetric digital aerial camera system. The new camera will be used to complete wide-area mapping, urban planning and infrastructure projects throughout Africa.

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

3D Laser Mapping and RIEGL Bring Laser Mapping Technology to Ocean Business 2013

Laser scanning specialist 3D Laser Mapping and laser scanning manufacturer RIEGL are attending Ocean Business, the hands on ocean technology exhibition, for the first time. Taking place from the 9-11 April 2013 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, Ocean Business will showcase more than 300 companies offering the latest global ocean technologies. The exhibition,

Thursday, March 14th, 2013

Gold Partner Exprodat Attends Esri Business Partner Conference 2013

Exprodat, the specialist oil and gas GIS services, software and training supplier will be attending both this year’s Esri Business Partner Conference and Esri International Developer Summit in Palm Springs.