Clifford W. Greve and Vincent V. Salomonson have been selected as the next Honorary Members of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS). Their nominations were recently approved...

The Swiss manufacturer Leica Geosystems has announced a faster, easier option for Leica ScanStation C10 laser scanner users to apply the brilliance of external camera imagery to laser scan point-cloud...

On 28th October 2011, a new, experimental NPP meteo-satellite was launched into polar orbit aboard the Delta-2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA. The spacecraft was put into...

Under the leadership of the Japan Association of Surveyors, the new Fodis Measure3D system was benchmarked against total stations and single frame array cameras for detecting RFID tag positions. One...

NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the Gulf of Mexico on April 25, 2010 using its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument. With the Mississippi Delta on the left,...

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned similar droughts similar to that seen last year could become more frequent in the Amazon region in the future. A...

Thousands of planes are grounded across Europe due to the spread of volcanic ash following the recent eruption under Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull glacier. Volcanic eruptions eject large amounts of ash and...

Every year, Bentley recognises the efforts of the users of its products. The Be Inspired: Infrastructure Best Practices Symposium and Awards, taking place from 12th to 14th October in Charlotte,...

Eos Systems has just released a new version of PhotoModeler with improved Automation and the new RAD Targets. PhotoModeler and PhotoModeler Scanner are now version 6.3. The main benefits are...

Vexcel Corporation (CO, USA) has announced the availability of its VxEos MODIS ground station offering. The VxEos is a scaled-down MODIS version capable of receiving and processing the direct broadcast...