The Naval Research Laboratory’s Spatial Heterodyne Imager for Mesospheric Radicals (SHIMMER) has successfully observed a second northern season of Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs), which are the Earth’s highest clouds. This successful observation fulfills the primary goal of the Space Test Programme Satellite-1 (STPSat-1) Extended Mission. SHIMMER was originally launched as the primary payload of STPSat-1

Start Date End Date Event Web Venue 19-nov-08 20-nov-08 GeoMatics Atlantic 2008 – Discovering the Way to a Sustainable Future web New Brunswick,Canada 25-nov-08 26-nov-08 ESA Council meeting at ministerial level web The Hague, Netherlands 26-nov-08 28-nov-08 5th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography web Salzburg, Austria 26-nov-08 29-nov-08 Eurocities 2008 web The Hague, Netherlands

Richmond Hill, Ontario – PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of software and solutions for geospatial imaging applications, is pleased to announce the completion of a contract with the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to build an automated production system for the orthorectification, mosaicking and pansharpening of KOMPSAT-2 satellite imagery. This fully automated system is built

Wayland, Massachusetts – The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) announced the completion and availability of Version 2.0 of the OGC Reference Model (ORM) at http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/orm. The ORM provides a framework for the ongoing work of the OGC and a guide for those who seek to implement interoperable solutions and applications for geospatial services and data. The

V1 Perspectives Jeff Thurston We are at a point in time along the geospatial maturity curve where product development and innovation has been mastered to a high degree for many technologies. The focus for many people has changed from tightening and adjusting the nuts and bolts under the hood, to one of acting to solve

Munich – GAF has been awarded a contract to design and establish the new automated and countrywide Mining Registry and Cadastre System for Mongolia. After the successful completion of contract negotiations GAF will start work on-site in November 2008. The project under the Governance Assistance Program (GAP) aims to improve governance in the mining sector,

17th November 2008 – Infoterra, a leader in the provision of geospatial products and services, is working with British Transport Police to implement ERDAS APOLLO 2009, a unified enterprise platform for managing and serving large volumes of geospatial data across an organisation.

By Samir Salama, Associate Editor. Published: November 16, 2008, 23:50. Abu Dhabi: DubaiSat 1, the UAE’s first remote sensing/Earth Observation satellite, is all set to launch, a senior official said on Sunday. “The UAE’s first earth observation satellite, developed by South Korea’s SatrecI with in-depth participation of UAE engineers from the Emirates Institution for Advanced

(Thales Alenia) – Scheduled for launch in 2012, Ingenio is Spain’s first Earth observation satellite and the first to be built by a consortium of Spanish companies.

With the help of 14 orbiting satellites currently in orbit and the National Aeronautics and Space scientists have been able to observe daily the Earth’s environment to help predict and prevent infectious disease outbreaks around the world, including Ebola, West Nile virus and Rift Valley Fever. The ability of infectious diseases to thrive depends on

Bari, Italia – Planetek Italia today announced that is now an authorized distributor of DigitalGlobe’s high resolution world imagery solutions to customers in Italy and Greece. Planetek Italia is one of the leading companies in Italy, with more than 15 years experience in the data processing and system development for geographic data management. With this

Sofradir will supply a new three-band Short Wave Infrared Red detector aimed at more accurate mapping of the Earth’s environment Veurey-Voroize, France, November 12th, 2008 – Sofradir, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors for military, space and industrial applications, announced today that it has signed a EUR 6.7 million (approx. USD 10

OHB subsidiary Kayser-Threde awarded contract for implementing the national earth observation mission EnMAP by the German Aerospace Center. With a total volume of EUR 90 million, the largest contract ever received by Kayser-Threde / Kayser-Threde assigned system responsibility for the entire mission

On 11 November 2008, almost four years after the devastating tsunami catastrophe, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia inaugurated the InaTEWS tsunami early warning system (Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System) in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Germany has made a significant contribution to this system. The German Remote Sensing Data Center (Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum; DFD) of the

The scientific community is celebrating 7 years of high resolution hyperspectral satellite imagery from the highly successful CHRIS multi-spectral payload imager. The instrument has been so successful that an advanced variant is under development, offering new functionality for Earth observation missions in a wide range of applications in resource monitoring and mapping, environmental science and

C-CORE announces its recent expansion through the asset acquisition of Vantage Point International, a private company located in Ottawa, Canada. This acquisition positions C-CORE as one of Canada’s largest providers of Earth Observation application development and monitoring services. C-CORE is pleased to announce the purchase of Kanata-based Vantage Point International (VPI) assets. C-CORE is a