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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) roared into space at 1:02 p.m. EST (10:02 a.m. PST) Monday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The LDCM spacecraft separated from the rocket 79 minutes after launch and the first signal was received 3 minutes later at a ground station in Svalbard, Norway. The solar arrays deployed 86...

REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The State of Maryland has signed a statewide software license agreement with Esri to make geographic information system (GIS) technology available for all K?12 classrooms and formal after-school programs. This agreement marks another step for the state as it expands its efforts to develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-proficient students with the ability to pursue postsecondary study and careers in...

ESA Satellite radar data are being used to map Earth’s vital resources. The latest advances and applications of the POLinSAR remote sensing technique were highlighted at a conference held last week. Polarimetric InSAR – or POLinSAR – is a remote sensing technique based on polarimetric information in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. With this technique, a radar sends polarised pulses towards the target, and the information in the signals backscattered from Earth can be...

“The Global Military Satellites Market 2012-2022” is a new research report added to ReportsnReports.com store. Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) January 27, 2013 “The Global Military Satellite Market 2012-2022” offers the reader detailed analysis of the global military satellite market over the next ten years, alongside potential market opportunities to enter the industry, using detailed market size forecasts. The demand for military satellites is anticipated to be driven by the need for...

REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri's utility industry experts are prepping for the DistribuTECH Conference and Exhibition, an event centered on crucial transmission and distribution issues such as smart grid, energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy integration. DistribuTECH will be held January 29-31, 2013, in San Diego, California. Bill Meehan, Esri's director of utility solutions, will present "What's Next for Utility GIS?" on January 29...

Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a high spatial resolution hyperspectral sensor operating in the longwave infrared (LWIR) spectral band. A prototype system will be demonstrated as part of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s ongoing efforts to improve target acquisition and threat assessment to protect both civilian and military assets. Newton, Massachusetts (PRWEB) January 22, 2013 Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC...

REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri announced today that Wendy's, the world's third-largest quick-service hamburger chain, is integrating Esri Business Analyst with the restaurant's corporate IT systems. The web-based business GIS solution will be part of the company's reporting system for new locations, assisting in site selection and market analysis. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "Demographic data and location analytics are...

REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri and PCI Geomatics have selected 24 organizations to develop and apply innovative methods for using GIS to analyze imagery for land-use management. Through the Esri Natural Resources Imagery Grant Program, Esri, the world leader in GIS, and PCI Geomatics, the world leader in geoimaging, provide each grant recipient with software and data valued at $100,000. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "Esri is...

[Watch Video: LandTrenr Analysis of Pacific Northwest] Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new computer program is now able to help find patterns that had been buried within vast amounts of scientific data. The LandTrendr is a new way of studying and visualizing Earth science data from a NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) satellite program. LandTrendr has already led to seeing an obscured, slow-moving decline and recovery of trees in Pacific Northwest...

John P. Millis, Ph.D. and Jedidiah Becker for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In this special edition of redOrbit’s Your Universe Today podcast series, we’re making a minor departure from our usual talks about the frontiers of space exploration. Instead, we’ve decided to take a look back at the history of our world – from outer space of course. In celebration of National Geographic’s 125th Anniversary this Sunday (January 13), redOrbit’s Dr. John Millis spoke with...