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Iranian Scientists to Build Satellite Constellation for 2 Simultaneous Missions
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China provides geospatial intel and other military support to Russia, US says
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Japanese lunar lander company ispace raises $53.5 million in stock sale
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Esri and Prince Sultan University Advance GIS Education Through Strategic Partnership
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Elevation

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Geoimage Becomes a Reseller of Intermap Products in Australia

Geoimage is pleased to announce that it will be distributing NEXTMap products in Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and the Pacific countries after signing an agreement with Intermap Technologies.

Sunday, December 25th, 2011

Highly Accurate Elevation Data Worldwide

Whether planning an infrastructure network, conducting a military intervention mission in unknown terrains, or analysing terrain features for oil and gas exploration: accurate terrain height information is critical. Precise and reliable elevation data supports a wide range of...

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

Astrium Launches the GEO Elevation Product Suite

The GEO-Information division of Astrium Services is pleased to announce the launch of anew comprehensive offer of elevation data: the GEO Elevation product suite. These elevation models are used for high-quality image orthorectification, multi-scale mapping, terrain knowledge,...

Sunday, June 19th, 2011

OpenTopography v 3.2 Release Adds TIN-Based Gridding

The TIN (Triangulated Irregular Network) interpolation function now offered by OpenTopography uses Martin Isenburg’s high-performance code for generating raster digital elevation models (DEMs) from mass points via streaming Delaunay triangulation. A TIN model represents the landscape as...

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Paper – GNSS Heighting and Its Potential Use in Malaysia

A system of vertical control is realised with the establishment of a levelling network whereby the height value of points may be defined. In early 1977, the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM) began to undertake...

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Quake Shifted Japan; Towns Now Flood at High Tide

The mostly devastated coastal communities now face regular flooding, because of their lower elevation and damage to sea walls from the massive tsunamis triggered by the quake. In port cities such as Onagawa and Kesennuma, the tide flows...

Friday, June 25th, 2010

TanDEM-X Adds More Elevation Data

The TanDEM-X satellite was successfully launched recently. It is expected to provide a 12 m resolution digital elevation dataset for use around the globe. It marks yet another step in the...