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Iraq’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village in Kulak Is Now Operational
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Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
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UAE Space Agency Signs Agreement With Technology Innovation Institute to Execute the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt’s Lander Project
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Private Japanese lunar lander enters orbit around moon ahead of a June touchdown
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Sanborn to Begin Acquisition for Arkansas Statewide Orthoimagery Project

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) aerial acquisition team will mobilize to Arkansas to collect high-resolution imagery to map the entire state of Arkansas under the 2017-2018 Statewide Orthoimagery Program. The firm will...

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

DigitalGlobe Adds New, Innovative Partners to Its Rapidly Growing Geospatial Big Data Ecosystem

WESTMINSTER, Colo.- DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet, announced the growth of its ecosystem of content producers and consumers who leverage the Company’s Geospatial Big Data analytics...

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

Leica Geosystems Partners with Geolantis to Integrate a Cloud Based Utility Mapping Platform

(Heerbrugg, Switzerland; Klagenfurt, Austria, 8 February 2017) – Leica Geosystems, global leader of measurement and digital reality capture technologies, has teamed with Geolantis, a provider and developer of the best-in-class cloud based utility mapping and managing software,...

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

PCI Joins the Geological Remote Sensing Group

Following an incredibly successful 2016 for the Geological Remote Sensing Group (GRSG), 2017 has started at a similarly active pace with the news that Canadian-based supplier of geo-imaging software solutions, PCI Geomatics has decided to join as...

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

In ISRO’s Launch of 104 Satellites Next Week, 88 will be from U.S.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is on the cusp of making history when it sends 104 satellites into orbit on its PSLV-C37 rocket on February 15. Only three of them are Indian satellites. Read More at...

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

Schiebel Camcopter S-100 UAS Wins Contract with Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy awarded Schiebel a contract for the supply of its Camcopter S-100 system and three years of follow-on contractor logistics support.The Royal Australian Navy released an international Request for Tender (RfT) in late February...

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

Call for Papers – Now Open EnerGIS 2017

Attention, geospatial professionals, are you involved in the energy industry, or provide mapping, engineering, or data solutions to the energy industry? Share your expertise with your colleagues at EnerGIS 2017, to be held June 5-6 in suburban...

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

NRCS California Concludes Eight-Year Mapping Survey of Los Angeles Soils

Conservation Service (NRCS) in California has concluded an eight-year project creating an inventory of the soil properties and their associated landscapes within the southeastern section of Los Angeles County. The City of Los Angeles, included in this...

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

Teledyne Optech’s Latest Products to be Highlighted at ILMF 2017

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will attend the 2017 International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) on Feb 13-15 in Denver, CO. Our latest survey systems will be on display at booth 79, including the Optech...

Monday, February 6th, 2017

Australia Officially Moved 1.8 Meters

As of January 2017, Australia’s coordinates officially moved 1.8 meters northeast, following the launch of the Geocentric Datum of Australia 2020 (GDA2020). The first update to Australia’s coordinate system in two decades, GDA2020 is a step toward...