Thursday, June 20th, 2013
NASA’s communications experts have begun flight testing a prototype radio as part of the agency’s contributions toward fully integrating civil and commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS).
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) announced its inaugural Geospatial Challenge for students participating in Intergraph’s Global Education Program – Intergraph U.
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
In 2012, the continental United States suffered through one of its worst droughts in decades. Nearly 80 percent of the nation’s farm, orchard, and grazing land was affected in some way, and 28 percent experienced extreme to exceptional drought. As another summer arrives in North America, surface water conditions have improved in many places, but drought has persisted or
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today its Online Training Program for Imaging. The training courses can be ordered and accessed 24/7 via the Trimble Learning Center (http://www.trimblelms.com). The courses are designed to teach customers how to successfully use a variety of Trimble Imaging software solutions. Available on demand, participants can decide flexibly when to work on
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
On June 5, 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey Flight Operations Team transmitted the last command to the Landsat 5 satellite, effectively terminating the mission 29 years, 3 months and 4 days after its launch by NASA from Vandenberg Air Force Base on March 1, 1984. The Landsat program is a joint effort between USGS and
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
In a new report released today, the World Bank warned that climate change-driven increasing severe weather, sea-level rise, storm surges will threaten the food security and livelihoods of millions of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. According to the report, climate-related extremes events from current warming are already pushing the most vulnerable households below
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at the Optech, Imaging and LiDAR Solutions Conference (ILSC) in Toronto, Canada from June 25th to 27th. Come visit Blue Marble at booth number 7 for a complete overview of new features in Global Mapper v14.2. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide by
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Intermap, a leading provider of geospatial solutions on-demand created from its uniform, high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth’s surface, today announced that the Company was awarded a US $905,000 task order from Dewberry Consultants LLC for the fifth phase expansion of its previously announced airborne radar mapping services project in Alaska. Additional contract funding
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013
Trimble introduced TerraFlex today, a new software and services platform to manage data collection activities for everyday geospatial projects. Trimble TerraFlex helps managers maintain control of the flow of geo-enabled field data.
