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.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the addition of its Trimble® UX5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to its Agriculture product portfolio for aerial imaging and mapping. The Trimble UX5 system can enable Ag service providers to easily capture aerial images for scouting and monitoring crop health such as detecting pests, weeds and nitrogen deficiencies. The system can
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
MundoGEO is pleased to announce a whole new event in 2014, focused on developing solutions to society using geospatial information. MundoGEOXperience – Geographic Ideas Marathon (http://mundogeoxperience.com/2014/) – will be held from May 7 thru 9, parallel to the 4th edition of MundoGEO#Connect LatinAmerica 2014 – Conference and Trade Fair of Geomatics and Geospatial Solutions. This
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
A quarter of the world’s sharks and rays are threatened with extinction according to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, with ray species found to be at a higher risk than sharks. The findings are part of the first ever global analysis of these species carried out by the IUCN Shark Specialist Group (SSG).
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
The same NOAA satellites that helped forecasters predict severe weather, such as the Moore, Okla., tornado last May and November’s deadly Midwest tornado outbreak, also played a key role in rescuing 253 people from potentially life-threatening scenarios throughout the United States and its surrounding waters last year.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
Aiming for launch at the end of March, the first satellite built specifically for Europe’s ambitious Copernicus environmental monitoring programme is now in the last stages of testing before being shipped to French Guiana for liftoff. Rising to the challenges of global change and the need to manage the environment more effectively, Copernicus offers
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
Near the centre of Antarctica, measurements from CryoSat show an unusual pattern in the ice sheet’s elevation. Scientists have now found the reason for this pattern – and the discovery is leading to even more accurate measurements from ESA’s ice mission.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014
Aero-Graphics has purchased an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial photogrammetric camera system with a 100mm lens and an UltraNav GNSS-Inertial Direct Georeferencing + Flight Management System from Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary.
