Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The Microsoft UltraCam business unit today announced winners of its recently staged image contest. The competition invited UltraCam customers to submit their most impressive aerial photos, captured with any model of UltraCam, to be considered for judging, with the end goal of recognizing and publicizing the 12 best from among the submissions.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
A bill to develop a current, accurate Federal cadastre to inventory all Federal real property has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, earning praise from MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms. The Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform (“FLAIR”) Act, S. 1153, was introduced June 7 by U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
RapidEye USA announced today that it has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). RapidEye is a leader in wide area, repetitive coverage of Earth through its constellation of satellites and advanced remote sensing-based services. “We’re pleased to be providing our imagery to NGA,” commented Clint Graumann,
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Auditors, consultants, rural development project designers, NGOs, students, forest mangers and those interests in advance knowledge in the field of forest and carbon certification. Forest management auditing is evolving very quickly and auditors are required to be endowed with multiple capacities and expertise. An intensive course to prepare forest management auditors and a unique access to new
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Position Partners Pty Ltd. has joined the Pointools Partner Program in Australia. Pointools software streamlines scan-to-model workflows by enabling project teams to reference and reuse the largest point cloud models – the billions of measurement points taken by 3D laser scanners – inside the broadest range of applications. “Pointools provides an ideal solution for processing point
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
At the conference, GeoEye executives will give keynote speeches addressing the latest developments in the remote sensing industry and the role of public-private partnerships in the development of national space programs.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Intergraph has successfully concluded its series of Intergraph 2011 user conferences in Asia-Pacific with eight events held in six countries. Approximately 2,000 delegates attended, marking the highest-ever attendance for these annual user conferences in the region. The Intergraph 2011 Asia-Pacific user conferences were held in July and August this year in eight cities: Pattaya, Thailand; Jakarta,
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
DigitalGlobe today announced that the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has subscribed to the company’s FirstLook global event monitoring service for its Operational Satellite Applications Program (UNOSAT). When crises occur, FirstLook will deliver updated high-resolution satellite imagery and associated insight of the region to UNOSAT personnel within hours after the crisis begins.
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Award winning architect Pozzoni LLP is using computer-generated 3D models from Bluesky to help redesign a number of railway stations in the south east of England. Working for Solum Regeneration, a partnership between Network Rail and Kier Property, Pozzoni has already completed the design of a mixed use scheme at Haywards Heath including supermarket, hotel
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
On 18 September 2011, visitors to the DLR site in Cologne can reach for the stars and admire the Rhine Valley in 3D. ‘Encounter’ a satellite in orbit, view the Moon and the Rhine Valley in 3D, board SOFIA, the airborne observatory, or visit the wind tunnel or astronaut training facility to experience the extreme conditions
