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Remote Sensing

Airborne LiDAR to Find Clues of Inhabitants in Amazon River Basin

In recent news by Archaeology, European Research Council has funded an international project to search the Amazon River Basin for clues to the forest’s inhabitants for the past 3,000 years.

Remote Sensing

DigitalGlobe Announces Availability of 30 cm Satellite Imagery to All Customers

Higher Resolution Satellite Imagery Now a Highly Competitive Alternative to Aerial Imagery for Global Applications LONGMONT, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb. 25, 2015– DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth

Remote Sensing

27 Indian Satellites Currently Operational: Govt

25 Feb. 2015 – As many as 27 satellites, including 11 which facilitate the communication network in the country, are currently operational and one more is to be launched next

Business Software

New Stable Version of GRASS GIS 7.0.0 is Released

After many years of development the new stable major release GRASS GIS 7.0.0 is available. The graphical user interface based on wxPython has been enriched with many new features in

Webinars

Webinar: AirGon Presents small UAS Metric Mapping Workflows

AirGon Presents small UAS Metric Mapping Workflows Wed, Mar 4, 2015 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CST In this webinar we will be taking a look at a complete workflow

Business GIS

Supergeo Renews Partnership with Star Vision for GIS Development in Southeast China

Supergeo Technologies, the global leading GIS software and solution provider, announced the extended partnership with Star Vision, the professional GIS consulting and surveying firm in Hong Kong, to further develop

Business GIS

To Drive Economic Growth and Digital Innovation through Open Data

To coincide with International Open Data Day, when countries across the globe will show their support for open data policies, Ordnance Survey (OS) announce plans to launch a world-leading digital map

Remote Sensing

ESA’s Earth Explorer Mission to Study Vegetation Biomass

Following the initial selection in 2013 for Biomass to become ESA’s seventh Earth Explorer mission and the completion of preparatory activities, ESA Member States yesterday gave the green light for

GIS

A Decade of Change in America’s Arctic: New Land Cover Data Released for Alaska

The latest edition of the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD 2011) for Alaska is now publicly available. The extensive NLCD database continues to add to our understanding of where land

Business GIS

New Esri Book Applies the Science of GIS to Literature, History, and Culture

Maps created using geographic information system (GIS) technology can be used to explore and interpret events in literature, history, and culture. That’s the premise of Abstract Machine: Humanities GIS, a