GeoEye, Inc. announced that it recently signed seven-figure agreements with two international partners in the Middle East and Asia for both the renewal and expanded use of GeoEye imagery products.
TerraGo Technologies Inc. has acquired the complementary software products and technologies of Manhattan Beach, CA-based Geosemble Technologies Inc. Terms between the privately held companies were not disclosed. Both firms are In-Q-Tel portfolio companies.
Hexagon AB announced it has acquired all shares in the Norwegian company My Virtual Reality Software AS (myVR).
Using a large network of GPS stations, a team of researchers has found that the Rio Valley Rift in the Southwest United States — previously suspected to be dead — is slowly expanding, at a rate of about 0.1 millimeter per year. The Rio Grande Rift extends from Colorado’s central Rocky Mountains to Mexico.
Can GPS be used to detect underground nuclear explosions? A research team is developing a software program that uses GPS to analyze the ionospheric effect of nuclear explosions. Results would show when and where a country has conducted a secret underground nuclear test.
Monitoring Water Level with GNSSA receiver can selectively acquire scattered signals and the resulting measurements can be interpreted to reveal certain characteristics of the source of the scattering. This article discusses the design and application of a GNSS instrument that uses scattered signals for monitoring the level and roughness of inland and coastal water surfaces for the betterment of planet Earth.
Water Vapor Tomography in the Swiss AlpsA team of Swiss researchers is using data from a network of GPS receivers and the technique of tomography to obtain profiles of how moisture is distributed with height, which might lead to better weather forecasts.
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