Sensors and Systems
Breaking News
Aspia Space partners with Stelia to advance AI architecture for global-scale land intelligence  
Enabling faster, trusted, decision-ready intelligence from innovative data products...
Geo Week Examines How AI is Tackling America’s Trillion-Dollar Aging Infrastructure Crisis
Conference Sessions Demonstrate AI-Powered Solutions for Predictive Maintenance, Automated...
NV5 to Showcase at Geo Week 2026 Next‑Generation GeoAI and Mission‑Critical Geospatial Solutions
Expert NV5 Speakers to Present on Bathymetric Lidar, Airborne...

Top Stories

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

URISA Invites Comments on the Geospatial Management Competency Model

URISA invites experienced geospatial professionals of all kinds – particularly those with management experience – to review and comment on a draft Geospatial Management Competency Model (GMCM). Reviews by GIS professionals, professional surveyors, photogrammetrists and remote sensing scientists, programmers and application developers who specialize in geospatial applications, educators with specialized expertise in Geographic Information Science

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Twelve Percent of Marine Species in Tropical Eastern Pacific Threatened

Twelve percent of marine species surveyed in the Gulf of California, the coasts of Panama and Costa Rica and the five offshore oceanic islands and archipelagos in the tropical eastern Pacific are threatened with extinction, according to a study by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and its partners. Main threats to the region’s

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Optech Announces Keynote Speaker for 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that Mr. James Kavanagh will be the keynote speaker at its 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting. Mr. Kavanagh will bring his unique perspective to a broad range of issues that affect users of static and mobile

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Sigma Space – World’s 1st Operational Volcanic Ash Measurement LiDAR

Sigma Space’s Micro Pulse LiDAR (MPL) was installed at Bariloche airport in Argentina on January 30th at the request of the Argentinean Ministry of Defense. Since the June 2011 eruption of the Chilean Puyehue, Bariloche has been suffering from intermittent ash clouds blowing from the volcano, and the airport in Bariloche has been closed much

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Africa: Smart Public Policies Key to Powering Up Clean Energy Potential

Opening up energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies will be the key to unlocking Africa’s massive renewable energy potential, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In doing so, millions can be lifted out of poverty and the sustainable development potential of the continent

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Oman Invests In Energy Efficiency Projects

Oman has decided to invest US $2.9 billion in 13 new water and power projects that are commencing in 2012. According to the 7-Year (2011-2017) report from Oman Power and Water Procurement Company, demand for desalinated water and energy in the country is anticipated to rise at an average growth rate of approximately 9% annually

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Optech Keynote for 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting

Optech Incorporated, the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, is pleased to announce that Mr. James Kavanagh will be the keynote speaker at its 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting. Mr. Kavanagh will bring his unique perspective to a broad range of issues that affect users of static and mobile

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Icaros Inc and MAVinci Agreement MAVinci’s Post Processing Solutions.

Any MAVinci customer will be able to upload Images into Icaros’ server for Orthophoto and DTM extraction, directly from MAVinci desktop application, creating easy integration and seamless workflow between the two platforms. MAVinci is now offering its UAV’s customers easy integration of all major processing SW companies and allows their UAV customers to choose the process

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

GIS Mobile Guide System on iOS Platform

SuperGeo Technologies joined the plan held by Development Center of United Technology, Ministry of Education in Taiwan to assist LanYan Institute of Technology and Farmers’ Association of Yuanshan Township to develop a local mobile guide system—“Yilan Yuanshan Trip” for iPhone. Read More

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Kuwait Ministry of Public Works Receive GIS Training from SuperGeo

SuperGeo Technologies is invited to provide GIS training lectures for Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW). The party is invited by Institute for Information Industry (III), the organization supporting the development of the local information technology industry, to learn the GIS development and innovations in Taiwan. Read More