Esri provides mapping software for organizations fighting COVID-19

March 20, 2020

Communities in need of resources can access location intelligence technology at no cost with six-month trial Location intelligence […]

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NASA Disasters Program offers satellite imagery, maps for disaster response

July 21, 2019

Jeremy Kirkendall, senior GIS administrator for the NASA Disasters Program, gives GPS World an overview of the program […]

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USGS selects Dewberry to complete lidar mapping for Florida

January 16, 2019

High-resolution airborne lidar data to be acquired over 34,000 square miles for disaster response and recovery. Under an […]

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This article is tagged with Dewberry, disaster response, emergency response, Florida, Geospatial Solutions, lidar, search and rescue, State of Florida and posted in GIS News, Lidar, Technology

Satellite imagery details historic floods in India

August 23, 2018

DigitalGlobe has released pre- and post-event satellite imagery of the areas in India affected by heavy flooding. According […]

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An expanding search pattern for a UAV on the UgCS platform. (Image: Airborne Response)

Search pattern planning for UAVs helps rescue response

August 9, 2018

UgCS, a provider of mission planning software for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and public safety and disaster response […]

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OGC hosts disaster preparedness workshop

June 11, 2018

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is hosting the second Disasters Concept Development Study Workshop July 24-25 at the […]

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TCarta delivers surface models for Caribbean disaster recovery

April 17, 2018

TCarta, a global provider of marine geospatial products, has delivered pre- and post-disaster surface models for the Caribbean […]

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This article is tagged with digital surface model, disaster response, Geospatial Solutions, Hurricane Irma, TCarta, WorldView imagery and posted in Featured Stories, GIS News, Imagery, Technology

Credit: Simon Batzdorfer, Markus Bobbe, Martin Becker and Ulf Bestmann, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig

Teaming ground and air vehicles for an autonomous multi-sensor survey

April 9, 2018

By Simon Batzdorfer, Markus Bobbe, Martin Becker and Ulf Bestmann, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig All images courtesy of the […]

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This article is tagged with autonomous vehicles, disaster response, environmental sensors, GNSS, IMU, lidar, multi-sensor, orthophoto, photogrammetry, search and rescue, surveying, UAV, UGV and posted in Survey, UAV/UGV