The Trimble X7 is designed for surveying, construction, industrial and forensic applications. (Photo: Allison Barwacz)

Trimble launches X7 3D laser scanner at Intergeo 2019

September 17, 2019

Trimble has released its X7 3D laser scanning system at Intergeo 2019, which took place Sept. 17-19 in […]

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Belize’s Great Blue Hole revealed in expedition survey

September 10, 2019

A sonar survey, camera and sensor data of the world’s largest marine sinkhole is shining light on sea […]

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Spectra Geospatial offers MobileMapper 60 GNSS receiver and smartphone

September 4, 2019

Spectra Geospatial has introduced the MobileMapper 60, a durable, efficient and accurate handheld device for geographic information system […]

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Geocortex adds support for Arcade scripting and ArcGIS Online smart mapping

September 3, 2019

Latitude Geographics (a VertiGIS company) has released the 4.12 version of its flagship product Geocortex Essentials to make […]

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A satellite view of the Amazon wildfire on Aug. 13. (NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.)

Amazon fires in Brazil can be seen from space

August 21, 2019

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil have hit record numbers, and satellites have been able to capture […]

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Entropy Group’s Robert Myers scanned the interior and exterior of a 112,000-square-foot facility in less than three hours using a GeoSLAM handheld 3D laser scanner. (Photo: GeoSLAM)

Laser scan data improves response in active shooter simulation

August 14, 2019

A security technology firm reduced the time needed for public-safety personnel to engage a simulated active shooter by […]

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How NASA captured high-resolution Moon imagery in 1960s

July 29, 2019

I was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing on July 16 and our focus on […]

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Data from Earth Monitor reveals the number of cars and trucks in an area of Amsterdam. (Image: Airbus)

Monitoring the Earth for geopolitical and economic insights

July 26, 2019

The new Earth Monitor tool draws from the Airbus imagery archive and satellite tasking capabilities to provide advanced […]

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