A new online system that maps a rich trove of environmental data of southern U.S. forests onto satellite images from the past 35 years was launched today by the World Resources Institute (WRI).

The system, located at SeeSouthernForests.org, highlights risks to these forests such as pest and pathogen outbreaks, active wildfires, potential climate change impacts, and …

Applanix introduced the latest LANDMark™ Marine mobile mapping solution. LANDMark Marine enables the creation of seamless models of near shore environments by providing a highly accurate georeferenced point cloud which integrates with equivalent multibeam sonar data.

“This is a significant advance for Applanix and our marine customers,” said Peter Stewart, Product Manager of Marine Systems for …

China has launched Yaogan IX, remote-sensing satellite from the Jiuquan satellite launch centre in north-western Gansu Province. Yaogan IX is believed to be the first generation of naval surveillance satellite, whose purpose and performance are similar to the US white cloud system. Yaogan IX may be used for geolocation of U.S. Carrier Fleet and …

The Minister of Mines & Development of North Eastern Region, India Shri B.K. Handique reviewed the action taken on measures to curb illegal mining in the country. He lauded the joint initiative of the Indian Bureau of Mines and ISRO in their efforts in using satellite imagery for identifying illegal mining especially in Orissa and …

RapidEye announced that they have successfully completed a contract to image 7.8 Million km² of the country of China ahead of schedule. The contract between RapidEye and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) for the People’s Republic of China, was coordinated through their Chinese distributor Beijing Earth Observation (BEO).

“What the Ministry wanted was an …

A bill to authorize the program known within the geospatial community as “Imagery for the Nation” is being presented for introduction in Congress, MAPPS announced.

“‘Map it once, use it many times’ is not only a mantra in the geospatial community, but it is technologically feasible through the use of satellite and aerial imagery and GIS. …

April 2010

XXIV FIG International Congress 2010

11-16 April 2010

Sydney, Australia

www.fig2010.com

Geo-Serbia 2010

27-29 April

Novosibirsk

www.geosiberia.sibfair.ru

ASPRS 2010

26-30 April

San Diego,CA,USA

www.asprs.com/San Diego2010

May 2010

TIDES 2010

20 – 21 May

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

derc@mail.pccu.edu.tw

International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems

31 May – 02 June 2010

Saint Petersburg, Russia

http:/www.elektropribor.spb.ru

June 2010

Toulouse Space Show 2010

8 -11 June

Toulouse, France

Contact@toulousespaceshow.eu

www.toulousespaceshow.eu

IMTA Asia Pacific Conf. & Trade Show

18 -19 June

Melbourne, Australia

www.maptrade.org/events

GEA’2010

22 -24th June

Cracow, Poland

jacek@gea.com.pl

http://gea.com.pl/targieng.php

July 2010

ISPRS Centenary …

Donald G DeGryse

says Donald G DeGryse, Vice President, Navigation Systems for Space Systems Company, Lockheed Martin

The Navigation Systems business unit was established in 2001 and has had an eventful journey so far. What in your opinion are three ‘landmarks’ achieved by the unit since 2001?
Navigation Systems was established to combine Lockheed Martin’s world-class system engineering …

Key European Industry and University representatives rallied in Brussels to stress their deep concerns with regard to the future of GNSS Research in Europe and to celebrate the launch of a Manifesto for “a More Committed Europe towards the Development of GNSS Applications”.

Funding originally allocated within the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) to support GNSS …

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 …