RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada—May 30, 2013: PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, announced today that it now supports Landsat-8 imagery within its software suite. Having officially entered its operation phase, Landsat-8provides continuity to the Landsat Mission, which has been capturing imagery of the earth since 1972, dating back […]
ASPRS Initiates Development of Manuel of Remote Sensing, 4TH Edition
BETHESDA, Md., May 28, 2013 — The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) has initiated development of the fourth edition of the Manual of Remote Sensing (MRS) under the leadership of Stan Morain as Editor-in-Chief, Mike Renslow as Associate and Technical Editor, and Amelia Budge as Associate and Design Editor. This project, planned […]
Moore, Oklahoma, before and after the tornado, seen by Pléiades
ITT Exelis advanced geo weather instrument passes critical test
ROCHESTER, N.Y.–May. 16, 2013– The ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS)-developed Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing. The ABI was exposed to harsh space-like conditions with hundreds of degrees of temperature variation in Rochester, N.Y., marking the second part of its environmental testing regime. The ITT Exelis-developed Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) (pictured […]
HiRISE Mars Camera Reveals Hundreds of Impacts Each Year
Scientists using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, or MRO, have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across. Researchers have identified 248 new impact sites on parts of the Martian surface in the past decade, […]
RapidEye Kicks Off 2013 North American Agricultural Imaging Campaign
Major agricultural areas, including the ‘Corn Belt’, to be imaged four times over four months
First GOES-R instrument ready to be installed onto spacecraft
The first of six instruments that will fly on GOES-R, NOAA’s next-generation of geostationary operational environmental satellites, has been completed seven months before its scheduled installation onto the spacecraft. The instrument, the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors, or EXIS, will provide forecasters at NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center with some of the most important […]
Dr. Morley, founder first President of Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) Passes
This comes via the Canadian Remote Sensing Society CCRS… It is with great sadness that we convey the news that remote sensing pioneer Lawrence W. "Larry" Morley passed away on 22 April 2013. In the early 1970s, Dr. Morley was the founder and first President of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) and the first […]
First homogeneous satellite coverage of European urban zones nearing completion using WorldView-2
European Space Imaging to cover European Cities with 50 cm satellite imagery – The first homogeneous WorldView-2 coverage for Copernicus/GMES Urban Atlas zones nearing completion
Meridian Aerial Solutions Offers 10% Discount Off Archive and New Collection Satellite Imagery
Vancouver, BC (April 15, 2013) – Meridian Aerial Solutions is offering a 10% discount off any archive or new collection satellite imagery purchase ordered from April 15, 2013 through June 15, 2013. Meridian Specializes in high and medium-resolution satellite image products from cutting edge imaging platforms such as WorldView-2, Pleiades, and RapidEye. “This limited-time discount […]