Monday, October 7th, 2013
Esri and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Esri Corporate Headquarters in Redlands, California on 3 October. This MoU confirms the two organisations’ long-standing relationship: it provides an official framework to the GICHD’s collaboration with Esri, the leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software company which
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Satellites see defined lines of nomadic pastoralism in one of the world’s poorest countries. Landlocked in western Africa, Niger is one of the world’s poorest nations. With less than 4% of the country’s land arable and prone to drought, food security is a major concern for the population of over 17 million.
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Using a state of the art airborne mapping system, aerial surveying company Bluesky is expanding its international operations. The integrated system, developed by Optech, includes a LiDAR and fully integrated thermal sensor and high resolution camera. Already proven in the UK the system, thought to be a world first, has already been successfully deployed in
Monday, October 7th, 2013
Ordnance Survey are pleased to announce details on the latest series of free OS OpenData masterclasses, giving developers the chance to get to grips with digital mapping data and understand how it can support their businesses, products, services and applications.
Monday, October 7th, 2013
1Spatial, global specialists in spatial big data management will be visiting London, Manchester and Dublin to address industry trends and challenges and will also reveal its new management suite, 1SMS. The Roadshows will involve lively sessions to discuss the challenges facing the industry and attendees will leave with the knowledge and understanding to take their
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
ScanEx, announced today the launch of the innovation partnership program “Open Landscape”. The program will officially start on October 1, 2013. Founding members of the “Open Landscape” program include : ScanEx Research and Development Center and NGO “Transparent World” together with the World Bank, the World Resources Institute,members of the Global Forest Watch 2.0 and the Global Tiger Initiative. The program is supported by DigitalGlobe, NASA, and other satellite imagery
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
The Santa Cruz River watershed, located on the Arizona-Sonora portion of the U.S.-Mexico border, depends for its perennial flow on an international treatment plant that treats wastewater on both sides of the border before discharging it into the river in Arizona. This treated wastewater has great value for nearby wildlife and ecosystem managers, property owners
Friday, October 4th, 2013
The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) announced the recipients of its 2013 Scholarship Program, awarding a total of $107,000 to outstanding students studying the geospatial sciences or a related field. Since 2004, USGIF has awarded a total of $691,000 in scholarships.
Friday, October 4th, 2013
On the 6th International Conference “Earth from Space – the Most Effective Solutions” winners of the “Living Map” Internet competition were awarded for their work with satellite images. First place went to the team “Rezhevsk gems” (secondary school № 2, Sverdlovsk Region, Rezh town) , headmaster – Anastasia Orekhova. Silver medal went to the team
Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
An international panel of marine scientists is demanding urgent remedies to halt ocean degradation based on findings that the rate, speed and impacts of change in the global ocean are greater, faster and more imminent than previously thought.
