Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Before there were satellites, weather data transmitters, or computer databases, there were the ship’s logs of Arctic sea voyages, where sailors dutifully recording weather observations. Now, a new crowdsourcing effort could soon make of the weather data from these ship logs, some more than 150 years old, available to climate scientists worldwide.
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
TerraGo® Technologies has delivered to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a data integration solution to automatically integrate and update data from disparate, dynamic sources and produce multi-layer map books for crisis managers and incident responders in support of its Wide Area Recovery & Resiliency Program (WARRP).
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, will present the following products and services at its stand at the 2012 Euronaval show, to be held at the Paris-Le Bourget Exhibition Centre from 22-26 October
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Leica Geosystems and Critigen have entered into a formal partnership to meet increased demand for improved Asset Collection and Management solutions.Many organisations are now placing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the centre of their asset management operations and are demanding better data to help them better understand the location, condition and nature of assets
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Much of the border Canada and the United States share is water. The Great Lakes, the world’s largest freshwater resource, and the St. Lawrence Seaway, as well as thousands of rivers and streams traverse this 8,000-kilometre boundary. Until recently, there had been no consistent data on these water bodies to help prevent and resolve transboundary
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
MDA Information Systems LLC (MDA) is pleased to announce the growth of its business development team. Leveraging its revenue growth, MDA has made an investment in four recent strategic hires to enable continued success over the coming years.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, has presented at the ESA Preliminary System Requirement Review the major results of its Lunar Lander Phase B1 study. Carried out on behalf of the European Space Agency ESA, the study has consolidated the mission concept for automatic landing near the Moon’s south pole in 2019 as well as
Sunday, October 21st, 2012
Landsat satellites have witnessed over four decades of changes on Earth. In advance of the next Landsat spacecraft launch, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), announces the selection of the Landsat Science Team. This expert team of scientists and engineers will serve
Sunday, October 21st, 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) partner to launch a redesigned database of standardized geoscience information, the National Geologic Map Database (NGMDB).
Thursday, October 18th, 2012
Sentinel USA, an oil and gas utility industry GIS services and consulting provider, has enhanced the collection and dissemination of pipeline data with the deployment of TerraGo GeoPDF maps.
