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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online South Korea's space agency planned on launching a satellite from its own soil today, but said it will be delaying the attempt due to a gas leak. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) was forced to postpone the attempt due to a last-minute technical glitch, hindering the company from trying to restore its launch reputation. Kim Seung-jo, KARI's space agency chief, said engineers found a gas leak in the link between the...

ALBANY, New York, October 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New Market Research Report Added in MarketResearchReports.Biz Reports Database Global Remote Sensing Technology Market 2011-2015 [http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/analysis/144326 ] TechNavio's [http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/publisher/73 ] analysts forecast the Global Remote Sensing Technology market [http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/analysis/144326 ] to grow at a CAGR of 6.74 percent over the period...

REDLANDS, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consortium for Ocean Leadership (Ocean Leadership) has elected Esri, the world leader in GIS, as a member. Chief scientist Dawn Wright will represent Esri by bringing her extensive knowledge of ocean geospatial technology to the consortium. Esri will be participating in an elite group of over 100 world premier oceanographic research and educational institutions, aquariums, and industry partners. (Logo:...

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rolta International, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and IT services, today announced its selection as a Gold Partner in the Esri Partnership Network in North America, Europe and the Middle East. GIS capabilities are embedded in the very foundation of Rolta, being a part of the solutions the company has offered for a quarter-century. Advancements in Esri technology combined with Rolta's...

FORT COLLINS, Colo., Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CartoPac International, experts in providing innovative and robust GIS mobile field data collection and asset management solutions for the enterprise, announced today the launch of its new web-based CartoPac Portal and a new version of CartoPac Server. CartoPac Server has been re-architected as the foundation of an extensible server platform for field data collection, simplifying and automating the installation and administrative...

Space debris came into focus last week at the International Astronautical Congress in Naples, Italy. Envisat, ESA’s largest Earth observation satellite, ended its mission last spring and was a subject of major interest in the Space Debris and Legal session. Envisat was planned and designed in 1987–1990, a time when space debris was not considered to be a serious problem and before the existence of mitigation guidelines, established by the UN in 2007 and adopted the next year by ESA for...

HANNOVER, Germany, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today new versions of its eCognition® image analysis software and Trident Analyst office software. The release brings powerful geospatial analysis technology developed for remote sensing into the land mobile mapping and survey domain. The announcement was made today at INTERGEO 2012, the world's largest conference on geodesy, geoinformatics and land management. Pioneered a decade ago for satellite...

REDLANDS, Calif., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri is pleased to announce that Esri Story Maps has won the Gold Medal award for Best Digital Map Product and Best Overall Map Product at the International Map Industry Association (IMIA)--Americas conference. Esri Story Maps' ability to easily serve maps and accurate demographic information covering a wide range of topics along with its well-crafted cartography were top reasons the application won the awards. (Logo:...

REDLANDS, Calif., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent Esri study of electric utility professionals, nearly half reported a more than 10 percent increase in productivity due to the use of geographic information system (GIS) technology. The study was designed to assess electric utility geospatial technology in terms of return on investment. Results were analyzed and compiled into a benchmark report, The Business Benefits of GIS for Utilities, now available for download. (Logo:...

REDLANDS, Calif., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the greater Baltimore, Maryland, metropolitan area, is expanding its service model with the help of Esri's ArcGIS Online. Using the cloud-based solution, MacKenzie is able to provide its clients with a new generation of strategic decision-making tools and information services. The new opportunities ArcGIS Online has opened up have prompted...