Friday, March 14th, 2014
The ‘SMOS Ice 2014 campaign’ focuses on verifying sea-ice forecasts and satellite-derived ice products. The campaign brings together scientists working on different types of sea-ice observations, specialists working on computer models generating ice forecasts, and engineers studying the trafficability of thin ice for ship-routing applications.
Friday, March 14th, 2014
Researchers aboard NASA’s P-3 research aircraft left the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va., March 10 for Greenland to begin a new season of collecting data on Arctic land and sea ice.
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Reaching the top of Mont Blanc, Europe’s highest peak, is a formidable challenge even to the most experienced alpinists – not only because of its elevation, but also because of its weather conditions. Strong winds and snowfall at the summit constantly cause altitude changes to the summit’s ice and snow cap. Such changes motivate expert
Thursday, March 13th, 2014
Jena Instruments Ltd. has purchased an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial photogrammetric camera system from Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary. The system is equipped with 100mm and 210mm exchangeable lenses; UltraNav, a flight management and georeferencing system that includes state-of-the-art GNSS-Inertial technology, pilot displays, and flight-planning software; and a gyro-stabilized UltraMount.
Wednesday, March 12th, 2014
Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Michigan, the University of Arizona, and the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia) are collaborating with scientists in Brazil on a three-year research project that investigates a basic yet unanswered question in Earth-system and global carbon-cycle science: What controls the response of photosynthesis in Amazon tropical forests
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
ASPRS, The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society, announces the results of its 2014 elections for National Officers. The Tellers Committee reported that Charles Toth, of The Ohio State University (OSU), won the election to become ASPRS Vice President for 2014. With the installation of officers at the ASPRS Annual Conference in March, Stewart Walker moves
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today the InSphere platform for geospatial information management. An innovative approach for central management of geospatial operations, Trimble InSphere improves workflow, maximizes efficiency and transforms the way geospatial professionals work and access critical operational information.
Monday, March 10th, 2014
Each year at the Esri Partner Conference (EPC), Esri presents awards to acknowledge those partners that are aligned with its mission to advance the use of GIS and apply best practices to address real-world problems.
Monday, March 10th, 2014
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 the release of the HydroFusion Turbid Water Module, a powerful new tool that enables the Optech CZMIL Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar to collect bathymetry data in water conditions
Monday, March 10th, 2014
A recent USGS-led study shows new, recently-formed patches of permafrost in one of Alaska’s retreating lakes, a finding that, at first glance, would seem at odds with prevailing theories about arctic climate.
