Establishing the location of a scene can sometimes be critical to the story. Thanks to the United States Geological Survey USGS, one can download satellite images of almost any location. One can use a series of these images to zoom in on the location. There are a number of great...
LAS VEGAS, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Columbus Geographic Systems GIS Ltd. ("Columbus") (Pink Sheets: CGSE) today announced it has reached an important understanding with DigitalGlobe, world leader in high-resolution commercial imagery. DigitalGlobe also supplies the popular Google Earth website with its images. According to the understanding, Columbus will have...
PARIS AFP — New evidence has emerged that a large plate of floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica is breaking up, in a troubling sign of global warming, the European Space Agency ESA said on Thursday. Images taken by its Envisat remote-sensing satellite show that Wilkins Ice Shelf...
GILBERT, Ariz., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems announced today that it has shipped GeoEye-1, a next-generation earth imaging satellite, to its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The satellite departed from the General Dynamics space systems factory in Gilbert, Ariz., early on...
GeoEye-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite Begins Final Launch Preparations DULLES, Va., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoEye, Inc. , a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced today that its GeoEye-1 satellite safely arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base VAFB, California, in preparation for its scheduled launch on...
The new system provides 360-degree panoramic photos taken from the street level, rather than the typical overhead satellite images. Instead of looking down on a house or business, the viewer sees the images as if driving by in a car or walking along the street, which is...
TEHRAN AFP — Iran has banned sports and movie stars from appearing in commercial advertisements on the grounds that celebrities should not promote consumerism, the government newspaper Iran reported on Tuesday. "The use of any images of cultural, athletic and national figures is banned in commercial advertisements," said...
Portfolio covers DVD menu selection and web-based satellite image map use technology SAN FRANCISCO -- Oil industry veteran and inventor Hill Branscomb today announced the multi-million dollar sale of a fundamental patent portfolio covering DVD scene selection and satellite image map navigation technology to an undisclosed buyer. The...
Former Anexa Executive Will Focus on Acute Care Sector FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. -- Del Global Technologies Corp. (OTCBB: DGTC) ("Del Global" or "the Company") today announced that Dennis Runyan has been appointed Vice President of Sales for Del Global's digital radiographic solutions in the Americas. Mr. Runyan and...
Expanded World City Image Offering Adds Never-Before-Offered Views LONGMONT, Colo., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe (http://www.digitalglobe.com/) today released CitySphere 2.0, an enhanced version of its extensive library of on-demand digital satellite imagery of the most populated global cities. CitySphere 2.0 features the...
4C Controls Acquisition of Interests in Satellite Business, Electronic Surveillance and Access Control Solutions NEW YORK -- 4C Controls Inc. (OTCBB: FOUR.OB) today announced that the shareholders of BQT Solutions Limited (ASX: BQT) have approved proposals for 4C Controls to acquire up to approximately 18% ownership of BQT...
Garibaldi Resources Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: GGI), is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed one of the largest fixed wing hyperspectral surveys ever launched in the Sierra Madre. The objectives of the survey were to define the alteration signature of epithermal style gold and silver deposits that...
GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO) today announced theintegration of Google MapsTM API Premier into the tracking platform ofthe gpVectorTM Personal Location Service PLS technology. The company'sPLS system consists of a matchbook-sized, location-reporting module thatutilizes GTX Corp's "always-on" Assisted-GPS tracking capabilities.Cellular transmission services are provided by the company's wirelesscarrier partner, AT&T, to...
A spy satellite is to be trained on the vast rainforests of central Africa as part of a British project designed to protect them from illegal logging under plans to be unveiled today. The 1m high-resolution camera will beam images of the Congo Basin Rainforest to a...
Advanced Mapping and Satellite Imaging Technology Enhances gpVector[TM] Global Tracking Function LOS ANGELES -- GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO) today announced the integration of Google Maps[TM] API Premier into the tracking platform of the gpVector[TM] Personal Location Service PLS technology. The company's PLS system consists of a matchbook-sized, location-reporting...
NEW YORK & PARIS -- 4C Controls Inc. (OTCBB: FOUR.OB) today announced the appointment of three corporate officers to serve in leadership roles for newly formed business units of the Company's operations. Two of the officers will additionally become members of 4C Controls' board of directors. All of the appointments...
The massive scale of environmental devastation across the continent has been fully revealed for the first time in an atlas compiled by UN geographers. Michael McCarthy reports Nature laid waste It was long shrouded in mystery, called "the Dark Continent" by Europeans in...
Primary Mirror Blank Assembly Delivered to ITT for GeoEye-2 DULLES, Va., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoEye, Inc. , a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced that the glass mirror blank for its advanced, next-generation Earth imaging satellite has been delivered to ITT Corporation ....
SEATTLE, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- ForeclosurePoint, which provides online information and technology services to real estate professionals, today announced that RE/MAX Regional Services will use ForeclosurePoint's BrokerOffice product across multiple regional websites, helping RE/MAX Regional Services turn its websites into foreclosure property destination sites that generate a high rate...
WHEN GOOGLE'S CFO, George Reyes, announced his retirement last August, the company expected to fill his shoes by year-end. Reyes is still there, however, and the company synonymous with Web search--not to mention online advertising, satellite imaging, a growing family of Web-based applications, and so much more--seems to be stalled...
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