Monday, March 11th, 2013
The Cambridge Conference – long established as the premier meeting of senior executives from national mapping and cadastral authorities around the world – will take place from 21–24 July 2013, in Churchill College, Cambridge, Great Britain. This will be followed by the Third Session of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM3), which will
Monday, March 11th, 2013
Leica Geosystems announces the new retro-fit electric steering system Leica SteerDirect ES. The easy-to-install solution allows farmers to add assisted steering to the majority of tractor, sprayer and harvester models without removing the steering wheel.
Monday, March 11th, 2013
Optech is pleased to announce the keynote speakers for its third Imaging and Lidar Solutions Conference, ILSC 2013. This is a special year for Optech and ILSC, which will be held June 25 – 27 at the Holiday Inn Toronto Yorkdale, Canada. Many positive changes have been occurring, and the leaders of the industry will
Monday, March 11th, 2013
In its User Group meeting at the 2013 ASPRS conference in Baltimore, Maryland, Microsoft’s UltraCam product team will introduce its latest technological advancements that the company expects will set new standards for the aerial mapping industry. The meeting will take place on Monday, March 25th from 8:00am – 12:00 noon eastern time in Harborside Ballroom
Sunday, March 10th, 2013
Vegetation growth at Earth’s northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study based on a 30-year record of land surface and newly improved satellite data sets.
Saturday, March 9th, 2013
A new NOAA study projects that heat-stress related labor capacity losses will double globally by 2050 with a warming climate. The impact will be felt the most by those who work outside or in hot environments, such as firefighters, bakery workers, farmers, construction workers, factory workers, and others who will be forced to slow down
Friday, March 8th, 2013
In 2012 there were 24 civil, commercial and military spacecrafts for Earth observation launched, belonging to 13 world countries and organizations. The undisputable leader in the number of launched national Earth remote sensing spacecrafts is again China for the fourth time in a row since 2007 (8 satellites), well outrunning Russia (3 satellites), France (satellites),
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today the Ashtech ADU800 for GNSS attitude determination and real-time positioning. The ADU800 is a 6D positioning solution providing position plus orientation for system integrators. The ADU800 provides precise heading, pitch and roll with 3D positioning up to centimeter-level accuracy and velocities at a rate of up to 20 Hz for static
Friday, March 8th, 2013
A double-header luncheon session on implementation of the recently-enacted MAP-21 Act, featuring senior officials of the Federal Highway Administration (FHwA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), will highlight the annual MAPPS (www.mapps.org) Federal Programs Conference opening on Tuesday, March 12 in Washington, DC. The conference will include presentations by Federal agencies, members of Congress, and
Friday, March 8th, 2013
A recent major milestone to develop the next-generation of polar-orbiting satellites was reached when operational control of America’s newest environmental satellite was transitioned to NOAA. These satellites are critical to providing advanced warning for severe weather including tornado outbreaks, heavy snowfall, hurricanes, heat waves, floods, and wildfires.
