Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company announced that it has been selected by GeoEye, Inc. to build the company's next-generation, high-resolution Earth imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2.More>>

The Central and Southern Andes GPS Project (CAP) team led by Mike Bevis at Ohio State University have computed the coseismic displacement field associated with the recent M 8.8 Maule earthquake in south-central Chile. Peak measured displacement is 3.04 meters near the city of Concepcion, Chile.More>>

ESRI Canada announced that Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") has selected ESRI as its platform for building a global enterprise geographic information system (GIS). Through a three-year enterprise license agreement (ELA), Teck will deploy ESRI technology throughout the organization to support the...More>>

Get It Surveyed (GIS) always brings out a small roar of laughter at the local RPLS chapter meeting. Hardee, har, har. The irony is that if you laugh at that joke, then you might as well wear a sign on your head that says “GIS Dummy.” GIS isn’t about accuracy. More>>

Ashtech announced new MobileMapper Field and MobileMapper Office, a new GIS and mapping software suite with advanced data collection and processing features. More>>

Leica Geosystems' new Leica Zeno GIS series enters the U.S. GIS data collection market with rugged products. Leica Zeno GIS is part of the Leica Viva family of products.More>>

ESRI is assisting organizations responding to the recent 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile. Get shakemaps and resources.More>>

Last Sunday morning, I received a call from my sister who was in Hawaii (Kauai) along with my parents and my aunt. I hadn’t turned on the television yet nor been on the internet that morning so I hadn’t heard about the massive earthquake off the coast of Chile nor the tsunami warning in Hawaii. More>>

Leica Geosystems, Inc. has launched SmartNet North America, a subscription-based service. SmartNet offers GNSS Network RTK corrections throughout North America with Leica Geosystems directly operating, managing, and maintaining all segments of the network. From the reference stations in the field...More>>

Last year I helped coordinate a three-week workshop for 50 scientists from 15 African countries, introducing the basics of GPS for applications with socioeconomic benefits and scientific exploration. Held in Trieste, Italy, the workshop was quite successful, producing new initiatives on the...More>>