The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced the release of new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover across most of the nation for the 2009 crop year. The images, referred to as cropland data layers (CDL), are a useful tool for monitoring crop rotation patterns, land use changes, water resources and …

The Nature Conservancy launched Climate Wizard with the intent of making climate change a place-based issue so that people would consider how changes in the earth’s climate affect them. The Nature Conservancy Climate Wizard, powered by ESRI, displays free maps of historic climate change and future projected change. Climate Wizard offers scientists, planners, environmentalists, and …

A one-stop source for biogeographic information collected from U.S. waters and oceanic regions is available from the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Programme. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)-USA website offers a combination of tools, resources and biodiversity information to aide scientists, resource managers and decision makers in the research and analyses critical to sustaining …

The intense public debate on how rapidly the Himalayan glaciers are retreating highlights the necessity for the constant monitoring of glaciers worldwide by satellites. Considering the valuable role satellites can play in determining the state of Earth’s glaciers, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) has called for the systematic monitoring of glaciers by satellites in …

NIIT GIS Ltd has entered into a strategic relationship with ITT Visual Information Solutions (ITT VIS). As part of this partnership, NIIT GIS Ltd. will become the exclusive distributors of the ENVI suite of image processing software products for India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka. This suite of ITT VIS products includes ENVI, …

VisionMap launched its stereoscopic mapping technology designed for integration with small tactical unmanned aerial vehicles. It has released its new lightweight MIST system for the rapidly growing small UAS market that provides security authorities with intelligence and reconnaissance mapping. According to VisionMap’s representative, the approximately 22 pound tactical UAV data collection system is designed to …

DMCii is using satellites to acquire new images of the Congo rainforests from space, validating a system that can map the vast Congo Basin every year to measure changes in its forest cover. If adopted, the new system will provide more accurate and up to date information for forest management, policy making and programmes such …

The geoNorge portal allows users to download maps and other county specific data through the Norway web digital download central system. Users can login to access these data collected in a central system. By accessing the system, users can consult and download files on elevation data, administrative boundaries, transformation formulae, as well as related topics …

RapidEye announced that it has completed a baseline image campaign covering the Helmand river basin in Afghanistan. Covering over 250,000 square kilometres, the Helmand river basin is the largest in Afghanistan, accounting for almost half of the country’s territory. It is the world’s largest opium production region. The project was initiated to obtain baseline imagery …

Starting with the January 2010 issue of the ASPRS journal, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS), ASPRS members will have access to the full digital version of the journal online.  This digital edition is complete with peer-reviewed articles, just as they appear in the printed version. Members will have to log into the ASPRS website …