Monday, January 7th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), in cooperation with Directions Media, invites you to attend an OGC GovFuture webinar to learn how Canadian organizations are using open standards to support planning, design, implementation, measurement, and visualization of Integrated Community Energy Solutions (ICES). This free one-hour webinar will be held on 29 January 2013, at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Today, DigitalGlobe announced the winner of the Top Satellite Image of 2012 contest. After a close race with the media-favored image of Mt. Fuji, Japan, the Burning Man Festival image had a late surge in the second round and clinched the win.
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) professional and technologist certification programs have each received accreditation from the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB). CESB voted to approve accreditation for the professional Certified Photogrammetrist (CP), Certified Mapping Scientist/Remote Sensing (CMS/RS) and Certified Mapping Scientist/GIS-LIS (CMS/GISLIS) programs, along with three related technologist
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
An oversized semi-trailer truck carrying NASA’s Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has arrived at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in preparation for launch. This NASA and U.S. Geological Survey mission will continue a 40-year record of measuring change on the planet from space. LDCM is the eighth satellite in the
Friday, December 21st, 2012
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the immediate availability of eB Insight V8i (SELECTseries 3). This newest version of eB Insight, the foundation of Bentley’s AssetWise system of servers and services, provides records management enhancements that comply with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) 5015.02 Records Management standard. As a result, eB Insight is now listed
Friday, December 21st, 2012
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized changes to Clean Air Act standards for boilers and certain incinerators that will achieve extensive public health protections by slashing toxic air pollution, including mercury and particle pollution, while at the same addressing feedback provided by industry and labor groups, increasing the rule’s flexibility and dramatically reducing
Friday, December 21st, 2012
Today the U.S. Geological Survey announced that Landsat 5 will be decommissioned over the coming months, bringing to a close the longest-operating Earth observing satellite mission in history. By any measure, the Landsat 5 mission has been an extraordinary success, providing unprecedented contributions to the global record of land change. The USGS has brought the
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
MDA’s Information Systems group announced today that its space-based imagery is being used to assess the impact of Typhoon Bopha that struck the Mindanao region of the Philippines on December 4, 2012.http://www.asmmag.com/components/com_jce/editor/tiny_mce/plugins/article/img/readmore.png); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; word-spacing: 0px; “>MDA provided imagery acquired by the RADARSAT-2 satellite
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Today GeoEye released its 2013 online calendar, “Evolution of Insight: 1999-2012”, which is now available for viewing and download at www.geoeye.com/2013calendar. The calendar, designed to be used as desktop wallpaper or to be printed, features GeoEye’s top image picks as well as a few honorable mentions (including the Moon!).
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Intergraph announces the release of Geospatial Portal 2013 as part of Intergraph Geospatial Portfolio 2013. Intergraph’s powerful set of server solutions is now harmonized on the front end by one, integrated web client. Geospatial Portal is a full-blown application that provides both a web client and framework to find, build, exploit, and deliver geospatial web applications
