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Blue Marble’s Geographic Calculator Supports INSPIRE Parameters
- April 8, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No CommentsBlue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) announces new support for the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) parameters, including the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) Irish Grid polynomial datum transformation definition.
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2008 Geospatial Technology Report Is Available
- April 8, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) announced the publication of the 2008 Geospatial Technology Report.
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First Satellite Application Facility (SAF) Products available via the EUMETSAT Archive
- April 8, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
(April 8). EUMETSAT reached an important milestone on 2 April by integrating the first set of metadata describing SAF products into its Operational Archive, allowing Users to query and order SAF products via the EUMETSAT Archive Web services.
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India to launch remote sensing satellite this month
- April 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Archive
India will later this month launch a remote sensing satellite equipped with high-resolution cameras and advanced scientific instruments, space agency officials said.
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Com Dev To Develop Payload Equipment For Asian Observational Satellite
- April 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Com Dev International Ltd. will develop components for an Earth observation satellite being developed by an unnamed Asian customer, Com Dev announced April 4.
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Satellite images reveal collapsing ice shelf
- April 4, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
Taiwan’s FORMOSAT-2 satellite is playing an integral role in assisting the international scientific community monitor the breakup of an ice shelf in Antarctica by providing detailed real-time images of the phenomenon, which began Feb. 28.
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ESA to study forest fires from orbit
- April 3, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
A new ESA study aims to deduce better ways of characterising the devastation caused by fires. It will develop computer techniques to improve the already existing methods of interpreting satellite data that shows burnt areas on the surface of the Earth.
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Announcing the new ERDAS, The Earth to Business Company
- April 3, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging today announced that it has changed its name to ERDAS, Inc. Recently making several acquisitions, the combined company is reintroducing the ERDAS name and will do business under this name moving forward.
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Telespazio purchases Spanish company Aurensis
- April 2, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Specialized in technologies for territorial applications and aerial, satellite and Earth observation services,
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Google to Start Charging for Map Searches to Combat Global Warming
- April 1, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Google is expected to announce a drastic change to their popular Google Maps application sometime within the next few months.