Clik here to view.
Satellite imagery in Colorado may face steep federal budget cuts
The Denver area has become a center of satellite imagery providers in recent years. Proposed steep cuts in the U.S. Department of Defense budget could affect satellite-imagery providers DigitalGlobe,...
View ArticleThe importance of U.S. commercial satellite imagery
High resolution imagery of sub-meter – less than 40 inches – is only available from GeoEye, DigitalGlobe, Astrium Geo, and ImageSat. It is what the stuff of Google is made of. GeoEye and DigitalGlobe...
View ArticleClik here to view.
WorldView-3 promises to be a “superspectral satellite”
Jeff Culwell vice president of operations, DigitalGlobe talked about what led up to their anticipated WorldView-3 satellite and the details about it. The satellite is slated for launch in mid-2014. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GeoEye announces proposal to acquire DigitalGlobe, DigitalGlobe rejects it
On Friday, May 4, GeoEye held an investor webcast announcing that it proposes to acquire DigitalGlobe, Inc., seen by DigitalGlobe as a “public hostile offer.” The combination of these two satellite...
View ArticleGeoEye and DigitalGlobe plan to merge
In a move that the geospatial industry had been expecting, on Monday, GeoEye announced plans to combine with competitor DigitalGlobe in a deal worth $900 million. This move is in response to the...
View ArticleDigitalGlobe and GeoEye merger completion
On January 31, 2013 DigitalGlobe, Inc.and GeoEye, Inc. announced the completion of their merger, creating one global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis, under the name DigitalGlobe....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big data and services were hot topics at Esri UC
Big data and services to manage big data were among the hot topics of Esri UC 2013. Companies that provided these opportunities were in large part Esri partners. As a result of the cloud and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crowd-sourcing search for Flight MH370
According to an article in The Telegraph, an unprecendented crowd-sourcing effort was launched to scour the internet looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Earth imaging Colorado-based...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New indepth coverage for September: Satellite Imaging
During the week of September 15th, GISCafe Voice will run a special feature blog on the topic, “Satellite Imaging.” If you wish to have your company included, please let me know, Susan Smith at...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 launched from Vandenberg today
Today DigitalGlobe of Longmont, Colorado, announced the successful launch of WorldView-3, the company’s sixth and highly advanced high-resolution, super-spectral commercial satellite. From Vandenberg...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Special Coverage: Greater Clarity from Space — Update on Satellite Imagery
Satellite imagery has undergone a paradigm shift in the past couple of years. Airbus MOJ Tracker Financing the building of satellites and contracting satellite imagery used to be the sole province of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Special Coverage: UAS: Disruption in the Skies
Unmanned Aerial Systems is one of the disruptive technologies of this century. Whomever would have thought that small flying planes, that look very much like the hobbyist planes that people fly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Startup AllSource uses commercial satellite imagery to monitor North Korean...
Chuck Herring, formerly of DigitalGlobe, is one of three founders (Joe Bermudez and Stephen Wood) of the startup company Allsource Analysis Inc. (ASA) Located in the heart of Colorado’s Front Range...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcement for Vendors: Special Coverage of “Emergency Response Solutions”!
During the week of March 17th , GISCafe Voice will run a special feature blog on the topic, “Emergency Response and Management Solutions.” Geospatial solutions, photos and maps are used increasingly in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GISCafe at GEOINT 2015
Next week GISCafe will be flying to GEOINT 2015 Symposium held June 22-25 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. According to event organizers, hosted and produced by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From the Exhibit Floor at GEOINT Symposium 2015
The exhibits at GEOINT Symposium 2015 this past week in Washington D.C. reflected the direction the government is heading with regard to new products, technologies and services. The new government...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Northrup Grumman Hosts Panel Discussion on New Technologies
Partnerships, unmanned spacecraft, technologies and sensors were some of the topics covered in a panel discussion and press luncheon held at GEOINT Symposium 2015 in Washington D.C. recently, by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Update on Ebola, Epidemiology, and Geo-intelligence
RADM Scott Giberson, Assistant US Surgeon General Commander, Commisioned Corp Ebola Response, moderated the panel discussion entitled “GEOINT and Epidemiology : The Role of Geospatial Intelligence in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Online GIS Education – The Next Generation
Many changes have taken place in Online GIS and geospatial course offerings over the past year, since we first covered the topic on GISCafe. The range of topics has increased to include even courses...
View ArticleClik here to view.
GISCafe Editorial Calendar 2016*
GISCafe Editorial Calendar 2016* January: Editorial topics: Trends and Predictions for 2016 Collaboration platforms and the Cloud February: 2/24-226 Esri Federal GIS Conference, Washington DC...
View Article
