Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
MDA’s Information Systems group has signed a contract with Accent Micro Technologies Inc. (AMTI) to provide comprehensive 3-D terrain models for the territory of the Philippines in support of a national disaster management program. Under the contract, MDA will supply Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) using RADARSAT-2 for use by the University of the Philippines, in
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
NASA has announced this year’s International Space Apps Challenge, the second annual event aimed at solving practical problems in space and on Earth. The challenge will run in 75 cities around the world, and NASA has curated over 50 challenges for participants to tackle. There will also be a “make your own challenge” option for
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Slagboom & Peeters has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial camera system with an 80mm lens. This transaction marks the company’s second UltraCam Eagle purchase announcement in the last 12 months. Slagboom & Peeters, from its headquarters in the Netherlands, provides aerial mapping and photogrammetric services
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has supplied Enfield Council with BlomOBLIQUE aerial images covering the whole of the north London Borough. The imagery, taken at an angle of approximately 45 degrees, allows for sides of building to be seen and easier interpretation of the environment by non-specialist users. The product BlomOBLIQUE is captured by Blom UK,
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
A new rapid water-quality test may prevent beaches from being closed by providing accurate same day results of bacteria levels, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. With increasing outbreaks of waterborne illnesses, beaches have been at the forefront of recent research on human health risk. This new rapid water-quality test, developed
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, has announced the operational and commercial launch of the fully complete Pléiades constellation as well as SPOT 6, following the successful in-orbit qualification of the Pléiades 1B and SPOT 6 satellites.
Monday, March 18th, 2013
Dr. Carl Reed, OGC CTO, will deliver a keynote at COM.Geo 2013 conference which will be held on July 22-24, 2013, San Jose, CA. Dr. Carl Reed is currently the Chief Technology Officer and an Executive Director of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). Dr. Reed is responsible for facilitating the OGC standards development process, chairing
Sunday, March 17th, 2013
Participants of the 6th International Conference “Earth from Space the Most Effective Solutions”, which is to take place on October 1-3 near Moscow, will discuss the issues of using multi-temporal images during territory conditions monitoring: control of construction progress, study of natural events and of those as a result of human activities. Participants will share
Sunday, March 17th, 2013
The second Lockheed Martin built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing March 4 in preparation for a March 19 liftoff aboard an Atlas Vrocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Friday, March 15th, 2013
As you are likely aware, due to the failure of Congress to reach a deal on balanced deficit reduction to avoid sequestration, the President was required by law to issue a sequestration order on March 1, 2013 canceling approximately $85 billion in budgetary resources across the Federal government for the remainder of the Federal fiscal
