ASD partners with LICA United Technology to distribute NIR instrumentation and solutions to remote sensing market in China – New reseller brings ASD’s high-performance, portable instruments to universities and research institutes
Town of Canmore Contracts Advanced Aerial LiDAR Survey to Assess Damage from Southern Alberta Floods
July 11, 2013 – Calgary, Alberta – The Town of Canmore, Alberta contracted LiDAR Services International Inc., (LSI), a Calgary based airborne LiDAR mapping company to mobilize their advanced helicopter equipped laser mapping system to conduct an aerial LiDAR and imaging survey of 54 square kilometers of the Bow River valley in the Canmore area […]
Russia Investigates Failed Rocket Carrying 3 GLONASS Satellites
Moscow, July 4 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has launched a criminal investigation into the failed launch earlier this week of a Proton-M space rocket that has sparked renewed doubts about the efficiency of the Russian space industry. Agents from the branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee at the Baikonur space center will question space program officials […]
NASA has issued an Asteroid Grand Challenge focused on finding all asteroids
UA Strong Ally in NASA’s Call to Find Dangerous Asteroids – NASA has issued an “Asteroid Grand Challenge” focused on finding all asteroids that could present a threat to Earth
Astrium and CNES to improve Pléiades images quality
Astrium Services will use a new algorithm developed by the French Space Agency (CNES) to automatically sharpen Pléiades’ satellite imagery All data, archived or newly acquired when processed now will automatically feature this upgrade
WorldView Global Alliance launches expanded product offering at User Conference
Last week at the WorldView Global Alliance User Conference a host of new offers and promotions were announced, including the capability to order GeoEye-1 and Ikonos data through the Alliance. The two hottest days of summer brought together well over 150 technical experts and data users representing 50 countries for two days of networking and […]
Visual Intelligence Partners with Pix4D for Aerial Imaging Innovation
Integration of camera sensors and software will help users push 3D modeling limits
GeoSage Rapidly Making Colorful Landsat-8 Imagery Composite
Rapidly Making Colorful Landsat-8 Imagery Composite with Free Advanced Image Stretching and Pan-sharpening Software from GeoSage
Blom acquires flood imagery of Norway
Initial Norwegian news reports predicted that the impact from this year’s spring flooding would be extensive; the damage would propagate down the rivers and reach more central areas. Blom reacted quickly, mobilising their aircraft over the affected waterways and rivers to acquire aerial imagery and document the results of the flooding. Blom has been […]
The European Very High-Res Imagery Challenge
Got Very High-Resolution (sub-metre) satellite imagery? Sign-up, submit your application and win your share of EUR 350,000. The Challenge The European Space Imaging High-Res Challenge invites people to create new and viable applications using Very High-Resolution (VHR) satellite data. Application ideas which are easily implementable, sustainable, cut costs and create efficiencies are of high interest. […]