Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to introduce aerial triangulation (AT) as part of its Correlator3D™ photogrammetry suite. SimActive’s AT is an automated process based on unique algorithms for tie point extraction and advanced minimization techniques for bundle adjustment. Leveraging the GPU and multi-core CPUs, rapid AT is possible allowing entire
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to issue an initial call for presentations for the third Imaging and Lidar Solutions Conference (ILSC) to be held in Toronto on June 25-27, 2013.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Despite a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area farmed organically has expanded more than threefold to 37 million hectares, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service (www.worldwatch.org). Regions with the largest certified organic agricultural land in 2010 were Oceania, including Australia,
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Safe Software, the leader in spatial data transformation technology, today announced the release of both FME 2013 Desktop and Server versions. This latest version of FME offers new ways to overcome interoperability challenges and also new possibilities of what can be achieved with data, plus usability and performance improvements that promise to improve productivity.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, announced the release of its free GeoViewer application for Android devices, designed to view geospatial imagery and vector overlays. With this latest application, Android users will be able to view their imagery in MrSID® and JPEG 2000 formats, as well as popular vector data
Monday, January 14th, 2013
MAPPS, the national association of private sector geospatial firms, has announced the selection of Susan Marlow, founder and CEO of Smart Data Strategies of Franklin, TN as a member of the association’s Board of Directors. Ms. Marlow was selected by the MAPPS Board to fill a vacancy caused by the retiremen t and resignation of Paul Harwig,
Monday, January 14th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) has adopted the OGC Wide Area Motion Imagery Best Practices Document (WAMI BP) as an official OGC Best Practice. The OGC WAMI Best Practices Document recommends a set of Web service interfaces for the dissemination of Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) products. It describes a performance centric, scalable grammar and schema
Friday, January 11th, 2013
NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is scheduled to launch Feb. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. A joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission, LDCM will add to the longest continuous data record of Earth’s surface as viewed from space.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Lockheed Martin delivered the core structure for the first in a series of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s next-generation geostationary weather satellites to the company’s Mississippi Space and Technology Center on NASA’s Stennis Space Center where it will undergo propulsion system integration.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013
NASA will hold a news briefing at 1 p.m. EST today, about the upcoming launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, Washington. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
