Sensors & Systems

MAVinci Sirius Certified at UVEX 12

May 17, 2012

MAVinci's Spanish UAS distributor "Grupo Acre" was present at UVEX 12 in Madrid. They presented SIRIUS I, a UAS for civil applications and specialized for “Orthophotos and Mapping”. In order to carry out demo flights all UAS operators had to prove the abilities of their systems to the aviation authorities during...

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Thailand: Mapping Urban Farming

May 16, 2012

A Geographical Information System (GIS) is being used to map vegetable production in the greater Bangkok region, seat of Thailand’s capital, to analyse how urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) contribute to food security in the city of more than 14 million. The V-GIS (vegetable-GIS, or “veggies”,) project is a computerized...

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ESA Declares End of Mission for Envisat

May 09, 2012

Just weeks after celebrating its tenth year in orbit, communication with the Envisat satellite was suddenly lost on 8 April. Following rigorous attempts to re-establish contact and the investigation of failure scenarios, the end of the mission is being declared. A team of engineers has spent the last month attempting...

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Mapping Carbon in the Forests: Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees

May 08, 2012

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First Civilian Photogrammetric UAV Flight Over Singapore

March 26, 2012

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Tuning the BALLADE Geospatial Infrastructure for Plug-in Electric Vehicles

March 12, 2012

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Mapping Carbon in the Forests: Seeing Both the Forest and the Trees

First Civilian Photogrammetric UAV Flight Over Singapore

Tuning the BALLADE Geospatial Infrastructure for Plug-in Electric Vehicles

Himalayas Warming Faster, Facing Severe Climate Change Impact

A scientific study published on Wednesday revealed that the Himalayas, one of world's richest biodiversity zones, is warming faster than other parts of the globe. The research, conducted by Boston-based University of Massachusetts and Bangalore-based Ashoka Trust for Research...

May 18, 2012

Stanford Professor, IT Specialist Create Interactive Map of the Roman Empire

Imagine you're in Rome, it's 205 CE, and you've got to figure out the quickest way to transport wheat to Virunum, in what's now Austria. Your transportation choices are limited: ox cart, mule, ship or by foot, and your budget is tight. What do you do?

May 18, 2012

Conference on the Use of Earth Observation to Support Environmental Policy Making in Africa

Organized by the African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD) and the Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission, the purpose of AMESD is to facilitate access to and exploitation of Africa-wide environmental information derived...

May 18, 2012

IHS Announces Agreement with EnVizTec to Meet Market Demand for Operational Risk Solutions that Support Enterprise Sustainability

IHS, (NYSE: IHS), the leading source of information and analytics, today announced an agreement with Australian technology and service provider EnVizTec to meet surging market demand for information management solutions that can help global organizations manage operational risks...

May 18, 2012

Dave Lovell Named Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association President-elect

Members of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association have chosen EuroGeographics’ Secretary General and Executive Director, Dave Lovell OBE FRGS CGeog as its President-elect. The election took place during a meeting of the Association’s Council held before...

May 18, 2012

May 08, 2012 171

The Fusion of ERDAS and Intergraph is Just the Start for Hexagon

Over the past year, there has been a great deal of work on the integration of ERDAS and Intergraph software offerings to make a more complete geospatial platform. Matt Ball recently spoke with Mladen Stojic, Vice President – Geospatial at Intergraph, about this ongoing work…

Apr 15, 2012 713

Collaborative Visualization to Advance Landscape Planning

Recently the University of British Columbia unveiled a decision theatre, an interactive and immersive computer visualization lab for collaborative advancement of landscape planning. Special correspondent Matteo Luccio spoke with Stephen R.J. Sheppard, the project lead and…

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Vast Sensors, Big Data: Big Opportunities

Every ten years or so, we achieve a technological breakthrough that drives innovation for the next decade. We are…

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GeoDesign as a Teaching Concept

I recently had the good fortune to attend a GeoDesign workshop presented by Bill Miller, who is the Director of…

Real-Time Simultaneous Precise 4D Surveying Above and Below Water

The industry’s first custom designed 4D (X,Y,Z and TIME) land and marine survey vessel was launched at the Miami Port and Terminal Technology USA 2012 conference and exhibition. Following the success...

Global Monitoring Introduces Messenger Remote Monitoring Unit

Global Monitoring (http://www.globalmonitoring.com) offers the Messenger GMU8120 Remote Monitoring Unit (RMU) for...

Floating Robots Use GPS-enabled Smartphones to Track Water Flow

A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River in a field test organized by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley. The smartphone-equipped floating robots demonstrated...

Satellite to Monitor Ice in Arctic Ocean Shipping Lanes

The forecasting company Weathernews Inc. unveiled a micro satellite Tuesday that it developed to monitor Arctic Ocean ice for purposes of guiding ships through the area in summer. The 10-kg cube-shaped...

First Satellite Tag Study for Manta Rays Reveals Habits and Hidden Journeys of Ocean Giants

Using the latest satellite tracking technology, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Exeter (UK), and the Government of Mexico have completed a ground-breaking study...

Satellites Stay Current on Ocean Currents

Satellites offer a frequent overview of our entire planet – covered mostly by water – and provide valuable data to monitor and understand global ocean circulation. Understanding water currents at the...

A Network of Knowledge on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Europe

A group of European experts on biodiversity will gather from the 21th to the 23rd May 2012 in Brussels in order to further improve the transfer of biodiversity knowledge from the scientific community into...

New Zealand is the First to Catalogue All Its Species

New Zealand is the first country in the world to catalogue its entire known living and fossil life. The third and final book in the series New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, edited by NIWA's Dr Dennis...

WWF Living Planet Report Warns of Biodiversity Loss

We may not recognize it, but virtually every decision we make comes with a price to our planet—a small, but not insignificant, withdrawal of the earth’s resources. Added together, these withdrawals...

Energy, Land and Food

With 1.3 billion people around the world currently lacking access to electricity and a further 2.7 billion unable to enjoy clean and safe cooking facilities, the need to radically expand access to sustainable...

Mastering Global Energy Changes Through Technology

The current trend in global energy policy of lessening dependence on fossil fuels requires more than just political will -- one of the key factors for successful implementation will be modern technology....

Online Energy Map Set to Reduce Household Bills in Nottingham

A pioneering new online energy tool has been launched in Nottingham, England that can help residents make big savings on their energy bills. The Nottingham Energy Calculator allows residents to select...

U.A.E Ministry of Interior/Abu Dhabi Police GIS Center for Security Joins the OGC as a Principal Member

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced that the U.A.E. Ministry of the Interior, represented by Abu Dhabi Police GIS Center for Security, has become a Principal Member of the OGC to chair a new,...

Top Officials to Confront Interface of Environment and Security in January Conference

Administrators and directors of government agencies, leaders of global nonprofit institutions, international diplomats, military admirals, and international foundation and development communities are tasked...

Japan, ASEAN Leaders Meet to Pledge Closer Maritime Security Ties

Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met Friday to boost cooperation over maritime security and safety at a time when China is becoming increasingly assertive at sea. Prime...

Brazilian Business and Ecosystem Services Partnership Launches

Last week, experts from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and our colleagues from Brazilian businesses and organizations gathered at the Botanical Garden in Rio de Janeiro. WRI, the Brazilian Business...

Water & Ecosystem Goods and Services

The aim of this meeting will be to accelerate the practical application of ecosystem goods and services thinking into workable procedures throughout the wider water sector, in order to meet the urgent...

The Countries of the Congo Basin are Using Geo-spatial Technologies for the Sustainable Development of Forest Ecosystems

The partnership established in 2010 between the AFD and Astrium aims, in the long term, to freely distribute SPOT satellite images to governments, public institutions and NGOs that work for the sustainable...

Event Coverage

The European Location for the Geospatial World Forum Increases Its Profile

Created on April 29, 2012

Written by Matt Ball

GWF_logo The Geospatial World Forum took place this past week in Amsterdam, drawing an international crowd of more than 1,000 geospatial technology leaders from 78 countries. This is the fourth event in a series, and the first time the event has taken place outside of India. The European location served well to elevate the participation and the program, with a high degree of sessions aimed at cutting-edge policy and technology frontiers, including the sustainable development of the developing world. The conference drew CEO-level participation from many geospatial organizations, representation from mapping agencies worldwide, and top-level participation from the Indian government, including an integral role for India's 11th president, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.