Thursday, January 31st, 2013
On Wednesday afternoon, the Air Force’s imaging and targeting support directorate let it be known it’s looking for the next generation of tools for geospatial (GEOINT) imagery. Everything’s on the table, hardware and software, and so the Air Force is dreaming big. According to a request for information about what’s technologically feasible, aimed at the
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a multi-million dollar sole source delivery order under its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
The specialized extension, SuperGIS 3D Analyst 3.0, is officially launched to increase more capabilities to SuperGIS Desktop 3.1. SuperGIS 3D Analyst 3.0 provides users with 3D visualization and surface analysis method to input image, vector or elevation data to analyze surface change, query information or calculate visible range of the specific point on the surface.
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
The U.S. Army Geospatial Center (AGC) and TerraGo Technologies, an innovative provider of widely adopted geospatial collaboration software solutions, have developed eIndex Server, a browser-based application to deliver on-demand maps and imagery from the AGC’s extensive library of geospatial resources.
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
Exelis Visual Information Solutions (Exelis VIS), a subsidiary of Exelis Inc. (NYSE: XLS), will showcase “Imagery Everywhere” solutions for geographic information system (GIS) users at the annual Esri International User Conference July 24-26.
Monday, July 16th, 2012
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, has once again met commitments for its EnhancedView contract by completing a series of upgrades to its ground systems. The upgrades were conducted in a collaborative effort with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) over a two-year period and more closely align DigitalGlobe’s security capabilities with
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
A video posted on YouTube yesterday demonstrates a high-resolution imagery capture with Autodesk’s Octo-Copter to search for ancestral trails in Kenya. The drone platform has previously been demonstrated by Autodesk in a flight around their headquarters, with the capture still images and video for rendering in 3D via their 123D catch software.
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Very high resolution satellite images, acquired by OrbView-3 satellite in 2003-2007, have been posted in free access. This was announced at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on January 9, 2012. More than 180 000 scenes with the resolution of 1 meter (pan) and 4 meters (multispectral) of the territory of different Earth areas are now
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
The new generation of weather and environmental satellites, GOES-15, officially became operational as GOES-West on Dec. 13, 2011. As a result, communities across the Western United States and Pacific region will begin to benefit from improved weather forecasts and environmental intelligence. ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems, an operating division of ITT Exelis, designed and built the
