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Thursday, February 25th, 2016

Russia May Launch Remote Earth Sensing Satellite for Iran in 2018

Russia may launch a remote Earth sensing satellite for Iran at the end of 2018, the head of Space Monitoring Systems, Information & Control and Electromechanical Complexes (VNIIEM) said on Wednesday. Read More via Russia & India...

Thursday, February 25th, 2016

ISRO, Minstry of Urban Development Working for Preparation of GIS Database Using Satellite Data for 500 Towns

New Delhi, Feb 25 : ISRO is working with Minstry of Urban Development for enabling preparation of large scale GIS database using satellite data for 500 towns under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). Read...

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

Taeyoung Information Systems Selects SuperGIS Desktop to Process Geospatial Data

Supergeo Technologies Inc., the global geospatial software and solution provider, together with Allwavetech Inc., Supergeo’s reseller in South Korea, announces that mapping company Taeyoung Information Systems has chosen Supergeo’s desktop software for GIS data processing. Taeyoung Information...

Wednesday, February 24th, 2016

Singapore Airshow: Airbus Experiments with UAV Deliveries

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has signed an MoU with Airbus Helicopters to conduct a parcel delivery experiment in Singapore. The signing took place at the Singapore Airshow on 17 February, with the proof-of-concept trials...

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

New Leica LS15 Digital Level Provides Industry-Leading Accuracy, Ease

Heerbrugg, Switzerland, 23 February, 2016 — Leica Geosystems, industry leader in digital levels, released today the new Leica LS15 digital level, offering experienced measuring professionals reliable accuracy with ease while measuring levelling projects for buildings, roads, railways and...

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

6th Digital Earth Summit & ISDE’s 10th Anniversary

The 6th Digital Earth Summit, together with a celebration of the tenth anniversary of ISDE, will be held on 7-8 July 2016 in Beijing, China. This series of summits is one of the academic events regularly organized...

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

VisionMap to Release LightSpeed Version 4.0

Tel Aviv, Israel – February 23, 2016 — VisionMap, leading provider of aerial survey and mapping systems, has announced the upcoming release of LightSpeed 4.0, the newest version of its flagship photogrammetric processing suite. LightSpeed 4.0 includes several...

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

Zeroing in on the Market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Velodyne LiDAR Announces New Puck LITE

MORGAN HILL, Calif.  (Feb. 22, 2016)  — Aiming at the burgeoning market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Velodyne LiDAR today unveiled its new Puck LITE™ -- at 590 grams, the world’s lightest 16-channel LiDAR sensor. Puck LITE...

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

More N. Korea Launches Mean Better Missiles

Yasunori Matogawa, a professor emeritus at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), discussed North Korea’s latest missile test, under the guise of launching a satellite, in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. Excerpts from the interview follow....

Monday, February 22nd, 2016

Can Dry Winters in Kashmir this Year be Linked with Global Climate Crisis?

There has been a significant rise of 1.45 degrees in the average temperature of Kashmir in past two decades, according to state’s department of ecology, environment and remote sensing report in 2013. Read More via I am...