The forewarning of Pacific Rim nations before the Chilean tsunami arrived was proof that tsunami alerts are doing their job, said Reinhard Kind of the German earth sciences institute GFZ at Potsdama German who is building a similar system in the Indian Ocean.
Apart from ravaging the coast of Chile, the tsunami does not appear to …

Brazil and China have agreed to launch the fourth China Brazil Environmental Remote Sensing (CBERS) satellite in 2011. At the initial phase (1988-2003), two satellites, CBERS-1 and CBERS-2, were sent into space. The most significant feature of this agreement was the transfer of more responsibility to the Brazilians. China was responsible for 70 percent of …

SPOT 4 satellite operations have been resumed after orbital parameters corrections. Regular imaging and data transmission from SPOT 4 satellite was suspended in December 2009 for correction of orbital parameters. An orbital manoeuvre of SPOT 4 was required due to the approach of two operational satellites SPOT 4 and SPOT 5 flying the similar sun-synchronous …

The Sri Lankan Government has completed mapping of all forests in the country except in the Northern region barring encroachments by unauthorized persons, Environment and Natural Resources Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said. All forests were mapped out and boundary stones were laid to prevent any encroachments in the future. The mapping out of forests in …

One of the priority tasks of Ukraine’s state policy in the sphere of space activity is to form groups of remote Earth-sensing satellites consisting of 11 spacecraft in orbit by 2030, according to a plan for state policy in the sphere of space activity until 2030, which has been introduced for public discussion by the …

The ESA is to launch a satellite to investigate the Earth’s ice fields and map ice thickness over water and land. ESA’s ice mission satellite CryoSat will be placed into orbit 700 km above Earth by a Russian Dnepr rocket. CryoSat will be the third of ESA’s Earth Explorer satellites in orbit, following on from …

Spatial Energy has added 19 oil and gas producing basins to its BasinWatch imagery service. To provide this solution, Spatial Energy continually acquires new sub-meter satellite imagery of the world’s most active geologic basins and delivers them in comprehensive and up-to-date image data sets to support the hydrocarbon exploration and production activities of clientele worldwide. …

Avenza Systems announced the release of Geographic Imager® 3.0, the latest in software that adds geospatial functionality to Adobe Photoshop. Geographic Imager enhances the Adobe Photoshop imaging environment by adding all the tools and technology necessary to support geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery.  In addition to allowing the use of Adobe Photoshop and …

ERDAS announced support for WorldView-2 satellite products. Using ERDAS IMAGINE and LPS 2010, GEOINT and military analysts, state and local governments, civil organizations, first responders, and non-governmental organizations can now transform WorldView-2 imagery into timely, relevant and accurate geospatial intelligence. By exploiting WorldView-2 imagery in ERDAS products, users minimize their pre-processing requirements and utilize production …

An intelligence satellite equipped with sensors to pick up conversations and detect espionage activities is being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), according to a top defence scientist. The satellite, fitted with electronic sensors, will be more powerful than ISRO’s remote sensing satellites, a Defence …