Intermap Technologies (CO, USA) has announced that it has provided the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS)...

DigitalGlobe (CO, USA) has announced it has named Thomas A. Hennig senior director of U.S. Defense Business Development. In this position, Hennig will interact with senior Department of Defense and...

RADARSAT-2, Canada’s second Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Earth observation satellite will offer users imaging flexibility and increased data information content, ensuring continuity of all existing RADARSAT-1 beam modes along with...

Applanix (Canada) has announced that Wuhan University, one of the largest universities in China with a well established geomatics engineering facility, has purchased its POS AV 510. The university’s School...

Infoterra GmbH (Germany) has announced that PASCO Corporation (Japan) is the first distribution partner for data products of the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite. After a first agreement had already been...

On 30th November 2005 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced Space Activities Commission (SAC) approval for launch of ‘Daichi’, Japan’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) within a time window...

Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (IFSAR) is emerging as a highly cost-effective 3D mapping technology. Digital elevation models and ortho-rectified radar imagery are core commercial Intermap Technologies products using its airborne...

Unique, near real-time satellite radar altimeter data on the recent Tsunami in South East Asia was captured and processed by the Faculty Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in...

MDA’s Geospatial Services (Canada) has announced that it will extend its RADARSAT-1 oil spill monitoring and detection services to the Canadian Arctic region in response to Transport Canada’s expansion of...

Applanix (Canada) has announced the launch of its POS AV 610 (Position and Orientation System - Airborne Vehicles), designed for direct georeferencing of airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and high-altitude...