Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has signed an agreement with Glavkosmos / NPO Lavotchkin for the launch of the UK technology demonstration mission, TechDemoSat-1, by the Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in Q3 this year.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Leica Geosystems announces several new product features and support updates as part of the company’s continued investment in precision agriculture solutions. The company also releases additional steering solutions for several existing and new tractor models for the Leica mojo3D as well as access to the GLONASS constellation for the Leica mojoMINI.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
The rapid growth of connected devices around the world has dramatically increased demand for wireless spectrum. Google is working with industry and regulators to make more spectrum available by enabling dynamic spectrum sharing through a database. This TV white spaces database is part of Google.org’s efforts to make more spectrum available for broadband access. To
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Recent airborne geophysical surveys near Decorah, Iowa are providing an unprecedented look at a 470- million-year-old meteorite crater concealed beneath bedrock and sediments. The aerial surveys, a collaboration of the U.S. Geological Survey with the Iowa and Minnesota Geological Surveys, were conducted in the last 60 days to map geologic structures and assess the mineral and
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
MGGP Aero Ltd. has contracted with Microsoft’s UltraCam business unit and subsidiary to purchase an UltraCam Eagle digital aerial camera system with a 210mm lens, which is well suited for high altitude flying. MGGP Aero has been providing aerial mapping and photogrammetric services to customers in the government, environmental, infrastructure and archeology sectors for over
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Australian insurers must adopt cutting-edge mapping technology to better respond to natural disasters and address rising customer ambivalence towards their brands, according to a leading geo-insurance specialist. The warning comes as Australian insurers face some of their darkest days – with the industry hit with more than 59,010 claims worth $661.3 million as a result
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Blue Marble Geographics will be exhibiting at Booth 19 at the upcoming URISA GIS/CAMA conference from March 4 – 7th in Albuquerque, NM. Blue Marble will showcase the benefits of Global Mapper as a low cost, all-in-one GIS software solution for GIS/CAMA professionals. Blue Marble’s geospatial data manipulation, visualization and conversion solutions are used worldwide
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Lining Up Data in ArcGIS: A Guide to Map Projections,Second Edition, is an easy-to-navigate troubleshooting reference for any geographic information system (GIS) user who works with coordinate systems. Complete with full-color maps and diagrams, this book presents practical techniques to help readers identify data projections, create custom projections to align data, and resolve common issues.
Monday, March 4th, 2013
The results of the 2013 election have been tallied by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Tellers Committee and they reported that Lynn Usery, U.S. Geological Survey, won the election to become ASPRS Vice President for 2013. With the installation of officers at the ASPRS Annual Conference in March, Stephen D. DeGloria
Monday, March 4th, 2013
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced the formation of a new OGC Technical Committee Standards Working Group (SWG). The purpose of this SWG is to progress the GeoSciML data model and application schema for geoscience information interchange to the state of an adopted OGC standard. The OGC members convening this group invite the public to
