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Spatial Energy Announces Remote Sensing Energy Challenge
Friday February 3, 2012
Spatial Energy, the leading source of digital imagery, content hosting and information solutions for the energy industry, today announced the inaugural Remote Sensing Energy Challenge. With $10,000 in total awards for winners in two categories – commercial and student – the competition seeks to identify new remote sensing technologies with the potential to assist oil and gas companies in meeting the increasing demand for energy.
Earthnet Online & EOPI on new platform
Thursday February 2, 2012
Earthnet Online and the ESA EO Principal Investigator’s Portal have now been integrated into one new and improved service.
GAF Capacity building for the development of mining sector in Afghanistan
Thursday February 2, 2012
(Munich, Kabul, February 2nd, 2012). GAF has established in Kabul a training centre and an attached demonstration mine to support the training of mines inspectors of the Ministry of Mines in Afghanistan. The newly constructed mock-underground mine sets the realistic stage to train and exercise international best practice. A 1-year curriculum for mining inspectors has been developed covering theoretical and practical training for a full suite of topics including underground and open pit mining, ventilation, drilling, explosives, energy techniques, transportation, mining health & safety and environmental protection. Two groups of trainees from the Ministry currently receive training.
Rolta India Limited : Rolta upgrades its Cutting-Edge Geoimaging Technology
Wednesday February 1, 2012
Rolta upgrades its Cutting-Edge Geoimaging Technology
Exelis Visual Information Solutions Continues to Offer Robust and Flexible Imagery Solutions Under New Name and Leadership
Tuesday January 31, 2012
ITT Corporation has spun off its three business units into three standalone, publicly traded companies. ITT Defense & Information Solutions became Exelis, Inc. when this change officially took place on October 31 of this past year. As a part of the change, ITT Visual Information Solutions became Exelis Visual Information Solutions (VIS). With this new organization, Richard Cooke was promoted from president of ITT VIS in Boulder, Colorado to lead a larger business within Exelis that oversees the Exelis VIS business. Exelis VIS promoted from within to appoint Jaye Lampe, a 14-year company veteran, as president. V1 editor Matt Ball recently spoke with Lampe about the transition, and the company’s ongoing technology approach within the imagery analysis and image delivery segments.
PCI Geomatics renews Gold-Tier Partnership with Esri Inc.
Tuesday January 31, 2012
RICHMOND HILL, Ontario, Canada—January 30, 2012: PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of geoimaging software and systems, announced today that is has renewed its Gold-Tier Partnership with Esri Inc. for 2012 through the Esri Partner Network (EPN). An Esri partner since April 2009, PCI Geomatics provides leading-edge technology that integrates with Esri’s ArcGIS solution and allows users to automatically process and analyze satellite imagery from many different sensors.
Global warming cutting wheat yields
Tuesday January 31, 2012
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 30 (UPI) — Rising temperatures caused by global warming are cutting wheat yields in India, suggesting difficulties ahead for global food supplies, a researcher said.
Wheat will age prematurely in a warmer world
Sunday January 29, 2012
It could be much more difficult than we thought to feed everyone in a warmer world. Satellite images of northern India have revealed that extreme temperatures are cutting wheat yields. What’s more, models used to predict the effects of global warming on food supply may have underestimated the problem by a third.
EUMETCast Expands Global Dissemination To Include FY-3B Data
Sunday January 29, 2012
(20 January 2012) As part of the ever growing cooperation with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), EUMETSAT now receives and disseminates sounding data from a second Chinese polar-orbiting satellite, benefitting users in Europe and beyond.
3D EARTH
Sunday January 29, 2012
The German Earth observation satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X have completely mapped the entire land surface of Earth for the first time. The data is to create a high-precision, 3D digital elevation model of Earth. The radar system views the ground from two different points in space only around 150 metres apart. Analysis creates an exceptionally accurate, global and homogeneous 3D elevation model. Since different land areas reflect or absorb the radar signal differently the satellites need to make several passes to acquire all the data they need. Now they should combine that with Google Maps.
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New images from ESA’s Mars Express show the Syrtis Major region on Mars. Once thought to be a sea of water, the region is now known to be a volcanic province dating back billions of years.
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PR 2 2012 - On 13 February, the European Space Agency will perform the first qualification flight of its brand new Vega launch vehicle.
ESA today signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to modify Europe’s Ariane 5 launcher to carry four navigation satellites at a time.
Media representatives are invited to a briefing on new observations of the Milky Way and other galaxies by ESA's Planck mission.
