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South Korea’s Space Agency Seeks 47% Budget Hike for 2027; Regular Nuri Launches, Lunar Lander Development to Begin
The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) has proposed a 2027...
Space42 launches Future Spacers Programme to develop UAE space talent
Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has launched the...
US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
Amid the rapidly-evolving field of military space operations, Beijing...
ISRO Puts India’s First Geo Imaging Satellite In Orbit, PM Modi Hails EOS-05 Launch Aboard GSLV-F17
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully launched EOS-05,...
China releases first nationwide geometric benchmark imagery, setting a unified ‘spatial scale’ for satellite remote sensing
China's Ministry of Natural Resources has released its first...
India to have its own space station by 2035, says ISRO chairman
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Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
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North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
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Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
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Thursday, February 8th, 2018

Leica Geosystems Introduces Latest in Linear Mode LiDAR

Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, industry leader in measurement technology, announced today the launch of TerrainMapper, its next generation linear mode LiDAR system. As part of the RealTerrain airborne LiDAR mapping solution, the new sensor builds on...

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

Trimble Announces New MX9 Mobile Mapping System for Surveying, Engineering and Geospatial Professionals

SUNNYVALE, Calif —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today the release of the Trimble® MX9 mobile mapping solution. The Trimble MX9 combines a vehicle-mounted mobile lidar system, multi-camera imaging and field software for efficient, precise and high-volume data capture...

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

Delair Introduces Industry’s Most Advanced Fixed-Wing UAV for LiDAR-Based Aerial Surveying and 3d Mapping

DENVER, Colo. – Delair, a leading supplier of drone solutions for commercial industries, today introduced the next generation of its high-performance Delair DT26X LiDAR UAV, the industry’s first long-range fixed wing drone to combine highly accurate Light...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

International Peat Mapping Team Wins $1 Million Indonesian Peat Prize

On World’s Wetlands Day, Feb. 2, 2018, Indonesia’s Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) announced that the International Peat Mapping Team, which is comprised of scientists from Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH (RSS), the Agency for the Assessment and Application...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

South Korea to Build its Own Korean Positioning System

South Korea: South Korea will build its own global positioning system (GPS) by combining seven GPS satellites. The Korean Ministry of Science is finalizing the third space development promotion plan, which includes the construction of the ‘Korean...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

EarthSense Appoints Thomas Hall as Managing Director

EarthSense Systems, the air quality monitoring, measuring and modelling specialist, has appointed Thomas Hall as Managing Director. A remote sensing specialist with over 19 years’ experience in the geospatial industry, Hall has a proven track record of...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

DJI To Sponsor AUVSI XPONENTIAL’s Inaugural Humanitarian Awards

AUVSI XPONENTIAL, the event that brings more than 8,500 unmanned technology industry leaders and forward-thinking users from the defense and commercial sectors together to learn the latest on policy, business solutions and technology applications, is pleased to...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

GfK Releases New Digital Maps for Australia

GfK has released a new, completely overhauled map edition for Australia. Along with more detailed coastlines, the new digital maps reflect the latest status of the country’s more than 57,000 statistical areas and 357,000 mesh blocks. Detailed,...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

Category Winners Announced at the Inaugural LIDAR Leader Awards Ceremony

Denver, CO – The inaugural LIDAR Leader Awards ceremony took place today at International LIDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver. ILMF – in cooperation with Spatial Media’s LIDAR Magazine – designed the unique program to recognize excellence...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

Ellipse 2 Micro Series Brings Industrial-grade IMU, AHRS, and INS to High Volume Projects

Carrières-sur-Seine, France - SBG Systems releases at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum the Ellipse 2 Micro Series, a new product range reducing size and cost of high performance inertial sensors for volume projects. Ellipse 2 Micro Series...