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.
Monday, January 20th, 2014
Dealing with the consequences of natural catastrophes continues to increase in importance around the world. Specifically, efforts are being made to control existing potential danger in a way that minimizes repercussions for people and the infrastructure. The UN has been dealing with this topic since 1999 and has established an international strategy to reduce the
Monday, January 20th, 2014
A step-by-step guide to reducing impacts on whales and other marine species during seismic sea floor surveys has been developed by experts with IUCN’s Western Gray Whale Advisory Panel (WGWAP) and Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd.
Monday, January 20th, 2014
CITIC Pacific Mining has taken a high-tech approach to managing underground infrastructure at the largest magnetite project under construction in Australia, with the development of an industry-first, interactive buried services reporting and mapping system. The company has joined forces with Australia’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist, Esri Australia, to develop the reporting and mapping
Friday, January 17th, 2014
Spatial data specialist 1Spatial has completed the acquisition of the final 10 per cent of the issued share capital of geospatial software company Star-Apic, which specialises in solutions for land, property and infrastructure.
Friday, January 17th, 2014
Safe Software, the leader in spatial data transformation technology, today announced the release of FME® Desktop 2014 and FME Server 2014, the latter of which is also available through FME Cloud. Developments in the FME platform have been designed to help users adopt the latest innovations in the technology landscape through new capabilities and usability
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
Blue Marble Geographics is pleased to announce the release of Global Mapper version 15.1. This minor release features read/write support MS SQL Server Spatial databases, as well as updates to both the path profile and raster calculator tools. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by thousands of GIS analysts
Thursday, January 16th, 2014
When a crisis develops, what sort of governance is best? Crises have traditionally resulted from situations of social turmoil, such as military invasion, revolution, or corruption, but expectations are that modern-day emergencies are more likely to arise from disturbances due to climate change and other environmental disruptions. Rising sea levels and severe weather patterns are
