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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...

REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri today announced that it will provide Phoenix, Arizona-based Intellimed International Corp., a major health care data and analytics company, with updated demographic data for its future health care forecasting and planning projects with hospitals. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) Embedded Esri demographics will allow Intellimed's IntelliClient software to provide health care data that's better than...

Bodkin Design & Engineering (BD&E) has been awarded a contract from the US Army to develop a High-Energy Laser (HEL) test capability for non-contact mapping of target surface temperature during HEL engagements. The sensor, based on BD&E’s patented HPA™ hyperspectral imaging technology, simultaneously maps the radiometrically-correct target radiance and the target surface temperature. The High-Energy Laser program is a key element in the US arsenal of defensive weaponry to...

HERNDON, Va., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced that it received an order from the Government of India for stereo imagery from the high resolution GeoEye-1 satellite to support development of India's freight railway corridor. Stereo imagery provides three-dimensional viewing and feature recognition for a number of engineering applications, including three-dimensional feature extraction. (Logo:...

Berkeley Lab research could lead to a better understanding of the Arctic ecosystem’s impact on the planet's climate What does pulling a radar-equipped sled across the Arctic tundra have to do with improving our understanding of climate change? It’s part of a new way to explore the little-known world of permafrost soils, which store almost as much carbon as the rest of the world’s soils and about twice as much as is in the atmosphere. The new approach combines several...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the eighth probe in NASA's long-running satellite imagery acquisition program, has been delivered to California's Vandenberg Air Force Base in preparation for its upcoming launch, officials with the US space agency announced on Thursday. The LDCM, which was built and tested by Arizona-based Orbital Sciences Corporation and departed their facility onboard a semi-trailer truck earlier this...

REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) is honoring Esri and partner JMT Technology Group with a Momentum Award for a time and money-saving field management asset application. This award for outstanding Downtown Partnership/Program acknowledges a cloud-based solution for in-field data collection and management services that improves data accuracy. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "The mobile...

REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Police officers, firefighters, and Ministry of Interior officials from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will get extensive training in how to use geographic information systems (GIS) technology, thanks to a new Esri Authorized Learning Center that opened in Abu Dhabi this week. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) The training courses will be held at the new GIS Center for Security - Abu Dhabi Police. "The...

REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri won twice in the Mapping and GIS Components category of Visual Studio Magazine's (VSM's) 2012 Readers Choice Awards. ArcGIS API for Silverlight received second place, and ArcGIS for Desktop received third place. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) "We're honored to see our mapping tools acknowledged for the third straight year by VSM readers," says Jack Dangermond, Esri president. "It's gratifying...

REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P), has licensed Esri GIS technology and data to provide localized shopping trends data that supports the company's commitment to being the number one food and drug store in the neighborhoods it serves. Adopting Esri's solutions for retail real estate and market planning will help the company maintain and grow its market presence across the Northeast. (Logo:...