RapidEye announced that it has imaged the area next to the epicentre of the heavy 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile. The images cover a total area of 13,125 km² and show the most damaged area around the city of Concepción. In order to be able to run change detection analyses, RapidEye also has images available of …

Rosum Corporation announced the launch of ALLOY™, a location and synchronization solution for indoor and urban environments.  The ALLOY™ chip, which was developed in partnership with Siano utilizes broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing and location information.  The chip opens up a multitude of new commercial opportunities by enabling femtocell synchronization and location, …

Teletrac and SpeedGauge have announced an agreement whereby Teletrac will provide SpeedGauge services as an integrated component of its fleet management vehicle technology, Fleet Director 7. SpeedGauge Web-based applications analyze GPS data streams in real time to help fleet managers identify high risk driving behaviour and lower fleet operating costs resulting from excessive speeding.
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Finder Technologies and Auto Page have announced that the two companies have finalized an agreement for Auto Page to distribute the Auto-Finder to automotive aftermarket accessory retailers and installers through their network of independent sales representatives.
The Auto-Finder is a new category of family safety products featuring Finder Technologies’ micro antenna system. The Fynder technology platform …

Leica Geosystems announced a new version of its IPAS GNSS-IMU processing software. The new Leica IPAS Freebird is designed to improve flight economy and simplify GNSS-IMU processing. Leica IPAS Freebird no longer requires a continuous lock of satellites and frees up your mission planning by allowing much tighter turns between flight lines. The results are …

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announced a new laser scanner, the GLS-1500, that speeds up point cloud collection – 30,000 points per second – in an ‘all-in-one’ design to reduce the amount of equipment needed in the field.
“The GLS-1500 is designed to provide quick and hassle-free setups to save time and improve productivity,” said Fred Moser, …

Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract by the Airports Authority of India to automate air traffic control services at the Chennai International. Raytheon will install AutoTrac III, its next-generation air traffic management system, to help reduce delays in aircraft arrival and departure. The new system will also have real-time meteorological information to assist air …

CARIS announced the release of Spatial Fusion Enterprise (SFE) 5.2 as part of its Ping-to-Chart™ product suite. SFE is Web-enabling technology for geospatial information that aims at leveraging the investment of collecting and maintaining data by making it more visible and accessible to stakeholders. Web-mapping has been around for more than a decade and recent …

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 …