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Tokyo is stepping up efforts to harness dual-use technologies...
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
Speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of IIT-BHU, ISRO...
Isro will not make any launch vehicle, all tech to be handed to private sector
IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka said Isro is moving launch...
North Korea fires ballistic missiles as US-South Korea drills near end
South Korea has condemned North Korea’s launch ⁠of more...
Orbitworks ships UAE-built Altair-1 to US ahead of October launch
Abu Dhabi-based satellite company Orbitworks has shipped Altair-1, the...

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Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

Teledyne Optech Announces the New ALTM Galaxy PRIME: Higher Point Density, Increased Range Performance and Superior Cost Reduction

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce the latest addition to its innovative line of airborne laser terrain mappers, the ALTM™ Galaxy PRIME. The new Galaxy PRIME builds on the advanced and unique PulseTRAK™ and SwathTRAK™ productivity features...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

YellowScan Unveils its New UAV-LiDAR System

The Surveyor Ultra is the new system from YellowScan, integrating the Velodyne VLP-32C scanner & the Applanix APX-15 IMU. Thanks to its high-density (600 000 shots per second), the system is ideally suited for high speed UAVs &...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

Trimble Acquires e-Builder to Expand its Construction Management Solutions

SUNNYVALE, Calif. —Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has acquired privately-held e-Builder, a leading SaaS-based construction program management solution for capital program owners and program management firms. e-Builder extends Trimble's ability to accelerate industry transformation by providing...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

Blue Marble to Showcase Global Mapper’s Pixels-to-Points Tool at the ILMF/ASPRS Annual Conference

Hallowell, Maine - Blue Marble Geographics (bluemarblegeo.com) is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting and delivering two presentations at the combined International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) and American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

SkyWatch Raises Seed Financing of $4M CAD [$3.2M USD] to Bring Satellite Data to the Mass Market

WATERLOO, Ontario - SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. (“SkyWatch”), a Waterloo-based startup, announced today it has raised $4M CAD to continue the development of the world’s largest aggregation and distribution platform for satellite data. Their innovative...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

DroneDeploy Launches New Cloud-Based Drone Software for Roofing Industry

SAN FRANCISCO - DroneDeploy, the leading drone mapping software platform in the world, today announced the launch of a drone solution for the roofing industry that automatically generates accurate and comprehensive roof analytics. For the first time,...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

HP Launches the World’s Most Secure Large Format Printers for GIS Mapping

PALO ALTO, Calif. — HP Inc. today introduced HP DesignJet T1700 printers, next-generation 44-inch solutions for CAD and geographic information system (GIS) workgroups to produce highly accurate documents and maps with powerful processing and a new level...

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

SkyPixel Unveils The Best Aerial Photos of 2017

SHENZHEN, China - SkyPixel, the world's most popular aerial photography community run in cooperation with DJI, today announced the winners of its 2017 Photo Story Contest. The contest, which ran from October to December 2017, received over...

Monday, February 5th, 2018

Indonesia’s Geospatial Information Agency Announces Winner of US$ 1 Million Peatland Mapping Prize

The Indonesian Government’s Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) announced the winners of the Indonesian Peat Prize on the World’s Wetlands Day yesterday. Read More at OpenGovAsia

Monday, February 5th, 2018

Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Launches UAE-Made KhalifaSat

DUBAI - Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai, launched the domestically manufactured satellite KhalifaSat on Saturday. Read More at Kuna