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Ethiopia Prioritises National Geospatial Data Infrastructure in New Strategy
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Russia Says It Will Launch Tanzania’s First Earth Observation Satellite in March 2027
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South Korea Tests First Indigenous Hypersonic Missile
South Korea conducted its first test-firing of an indigenously...
UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
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Japan targets 30 rocket launches a year by 2030s
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China’s LandSpace Launches 10 Satellites to Advance Orbital Computing and Communications
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South Korea launches Nuri rocket carrying 15 satellites, its 1st liftoff of 2026
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

YellowScan and Quantum Systems Partner to Provide a Cutting Edge VTOL+LiDAR System

YellowScan and Quantum Systems combined their R&D expertise to provide a reliable VTOL+LiDAR solution, able to cover large areas and fly longer (up to 60 minutes) for a high quality data acquisition. The YellowScan Surveyor LiDAR and...

Tuesday, September 26th, 2017

Teledyne Optech and IGI Announce New Cooperative Agreement and First Product Offering

Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce a new cooperative agreement with IGI - Integrated Geospatial Innovations, Germany, a long-time industry leader in the development, sale, deployment and service of advanced remote sensing technologies within Europe and abroad....

Monday, September 25th, 2017

Bombing Missions of the Vietnam War

Between 1965 and 1975, the United States and its allies dropped more than 7.5 million tons of bombs on Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia—double the amount dropped on Europe and Asia during World War II. Pound for pound,...

Monday, September 25th, 2017

Severn Trent Water Trials Rezatec’s Innovative Geospatial Data Analytics to Monitor Asset Risk and Detect Pipeline Leakage

Harwell, Oxfordshire: Severn Trent Water are now trialling Rezatec’s unique and pioneering asset risk monitoring and pipeline leakage detection data products with a view to reducing their costs and improving operational efficiency. The satellite-powered geospatial data analytics...

Monday, September 25th, 2017

Ordnance Survey to Support Singapore with its Status as a Smart Technology World Leader

Ordnance Survey International (OSI) has been contracted to support project lead the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Government with its continued vision to be a Smart Technology world leader. The two-year project will address the...

Monday, September 25th, 2017

Pix4D Announces Machine-Learning Point Cloud Classification

Machine learning meets photogrammetry Machine-learning point cloud classification With Pix4Dmapper 4.0 you get machine-learning tools for photogrammetry applications in your hands. It allows you to classify 3D point clouds into categories like buildings, roads or vegetation.  ...

Monday, September 25th, 2017

North Korea’s Latest Nuclear Test was so Powerful it Reshaped the Mountain Above it

New radar satellite images show the Sept. 3 nuclear test by North Korea was powerful enough to sink a roughly 85-acre area on the peak of a mountain above the tunnels where the test likely took place....

Monday, September 25th, 2017

ADB, Afghanistan Launch New GIS Policies to Improve Geospatial Data

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Afghanistan this week unveiled two foundation policies that will help develop a central information portal to increase access to accurate and comprehensive geospatial data in the country. Read...

Monday, September 25th, 2017

India to Resume Satellite Launches by December

India will resume launching satellites in November or December, unfazed by the failure of its rocket in deploying a spare navigation satellite in the Earth's lower orbit on August 31, said a top official on Friday. Read...

Monday, September 25th, 2017

China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System gets Powerful Chip to Improve Positioning

A new powerful chip technology has been introduced in China’s national satellite navigation system to provide high-precision positioning. The chip, which will be attached to the satellites of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, was unveiled by the Global...