(4 August 2008).The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is considering building and launching a geostationary satellite to observe, around the clock, air pollution coming to Japan from China and other East Asian countries, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned Monday. The satellite’s purpose is to find sources of air pollutants, including exhaust gas, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide

Norcross, GA – ERDAS Inc. announces ERDAS APOLLO 2009, a new generation Geospatial Business System that eliminates the walls between GIS, photogrammetry and remote sensing, extending geospatial data to business applications throughout an organization. Many geospatial data providers and those in the public sector and civil engineering, oil, gas and land management industries work with

In November 2008, the ministers responsible for space activities in ESA’s member states and Canada will gather in The Hague to set the course of Europe’s space programme over the period ahead. They will be invited to endorse the next stages in a series of ongoing programmes and to commit to the start of new

Aug 01, 2008: Tele Atlas, a global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, announced it has expanded its digital map coverage in southern Europe, including near 100% coverage of Greece, Malta, Italy, Spain and Portugal, and broadened coverage of new regions to the east including Bulgaria and Turkey. These

Earth observation satellite data have never been in more demand than today as missions have demonstrated their ability to enable better understanding and improved management of the Earth and its environment.

PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of software and solutions for geospatial imaging applications, is pleased to announce the expansion of its India presence with a new international office in the National Capital Region (NCR).

New Eye on Earth online environmental observatory allows Europeans to understand the quality of the water they swim in and provides the power to call for change.

GOCE, the first of a series of Earth Explorer satellites to be launched into orbit, has taken off aboard an Antonov-124 cargo aircraft for its flight to the Arkhangelsk Airport in Russia, en route to Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow.

GOCE, the first of a series of Earth Explorer satellites to be launched into orbit, has taken off aboard an Antonov-124 cargo aircraft for its flight to the Arkhangelsk Airport in Russia, en route to Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow. Preparations for the transport of the spacecraft began on 23 July

France is leading an effort to create a unified European Union space policy. Taylor Dinerman examines the reasons why the EU desires a more robust space policy and its implications for cooperation with the US and other nations.

Dr Pablo Mateos spoke (on behalf of a missing Alex Singleton) at the 2008 ESRC Research Methods Festival on “What is GIS for the Google generation?” The ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) is a network of research groups, each conducting research and training in an area of social science research methods. The slides

The Environment Ministry is creating a map of the distribution of coral reefs in seas in Asia and Oceania by using photos from a Japanese satellite, officials said.

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of speaking with Matt O’Connell and Henry Dubois, the CEO and CFO of GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) respectively, in a recorded audio format. The interview covered a broad range of topics from what GeoEye does, to the launch of GeoEye-1 and GeoEye’s upcoming prospects in the satellite mapping

TopSat, the micro-satellite designed and built by a QinetiQ-led consortium of British firms, celebrated its 1,000th day in orbit this week – a significant milestone for a technology demonstrator built with a nominal one-year mission life.

Astrium, foreseeing the Earth observation industry undergoing significant change has, in the process, announced the purchase of further shares in Spot Image from the French Space Agency (CNES).

Space has always fascinated the human race, stimulating both our instinct to explore and our sense of wonder.