Monday, October 21st, 2013
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has completed the first ever detailed digital map of tree canopy cover across England and Wales. The National Tree Map has been created from the most up to date, high resolution aerial photography, colour infrared data and detailed height models. It includes three individual map layers, detailing more than 280 million
Saturday, October 19th, 2013
Students and teachers will once again have the opportunity to control a camera aboard the International Space Station and peer down on the planet below. The Sally Ride EarthKAM will run from Oct. 22 – 25, and students and teachers are encouraged to register for the mission.
Saturday, October 19th, 2013
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) has expanded its partnership with USGIF Strategic Partner DigitalGlobe, corresponding with the launch of The DigitalGlobe Foundation October 11.
Saturday, October 19th, 2013
Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that Spicer Group Inc., based in Saginaw, Mich., is the first professional engineering, land surveying and planning services firm in North America to purchase the Pegasus:One mobile mapping solution. One of the largest surveying firms in Michigan, Spicer Group handles contracts for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) as well
Friday, October 18th, 2013
CPE Technology, a Brazilian geotechnology company, has purchased the regions first ZEB1 mobile mapping system. The world’s first truly mobile, hand held rapid laser mapping system the ZEB1 system will be presented to potential users active in the fields of underground mining, construction and government agencies with responsibility for national heritage.
Friday, October 18th, 2013
SmartNet North America, the high-precision, high-availability network RTK correction service, has launched a new integrated cellular data service package called SmartConnect. Designed to simplify Internet connectivity with GNSS equipment, SmartConnect is a bundled service that allows SmartNet customers to access the SmartNet RTK correction services as well as other related online services requiring the
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Statement from MAPPS Executive Director John Palatiello on the Gesopatial and Engineering International Conference: I regret to inform you that due to the extended government shutdown, we have postponed the Geospatial & Engineering International Conference until 2014. Even with the government opening this week, the shutdown has had an adverse affect on our ability to
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
LizardTech, a provider of software solutions for managing and distributing geospatial content, is taking its products on the road. LizardTech will present at a “MrSID User Group Meeting” on Tuesday, October 22 at the Commons Learning Center in Austin, TX to show the geospatial community how compressing, manipulating and distributing aerial and satellite imagery with
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Astrium, world’s second-ranking space company, has released the first WorldDEM™ sample data sets for evaluation purposes, enabling potential customers to begin testing data for varied applications including line-of-sight analysis, 3D visualisation or orthorectfication of satellite imagery.
Thursday, October 17th, 2013
DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of commercial high-resolution earth observation and advanced geospatial solutions, today announced that it has finalized a lease for a new headquarters location in Westminster, Colo.
