Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Esri has released new versions of Collector for ArcGIS and Operations Dashboard for ArcGIS. The Collector app now includes the ability to download maps to your smartphone or tablet device to collect and edit data when working offline. Operations Dashboard has added support for browsers so you can view operations on your iPad, Android tablet
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Sentinel-1A, Europe’s first satellite for Copernicus, is almost ready for launch on 3 April. Meanwhile, ESA is showing how its advanced radar will map ice, monitor subsidence and much more.
Monday, March 17th, 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 that it will have a strong presence at the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) 2014 Annual Conference in Louisville, KY, on March 23-27. Visitors can benefit from a
Monday, March 17th, 2014
1Spatial, the spatial big data company is delighted to announce that they are Gold Sponsors of the Geospatial Conference in Tunis (GCT) taking place from the 17th to the 21st March at the Ramada Plaza Hotel Les Côtes de Carthage, Gammarth – Tunisia. 1Spatial will be exhibiting at the event, presenting a paper and hosting
Monday, March 17th, 2014
A glimpse into the power of geographic information systems (GIS) in 2001 was all it took to make an archaeologist decide he wanted to learn everything he could about GIS.
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
