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Headlines of Top News from LMA Partner Sensors & Systems

Headlines of Top News from LMA Partner Sensors & Systems
Headlines of Top News from LMA Partner Sensors & Systems
Posted by on March 1, 2013 in Departments, Sensors & Systems News, Spring 2013

Following are the top ten news stories for each month prior to this issue as recorded via visitor views to the daily updates on Sensors & Systems. The stories at the top received the most views for the month. Click each title to read the full story or access them all here.

Color-Coded Categories:

Policy / Research

Corporate News

Product News

Environment

Global Change

Food/Agriculture

February

Iceland Announces that Geo-Information is Free

senseFly’s New eBee Drone Demonstrates its Mapping Capabilities in the Swiss Alps

Statewide GIS License from Esri Supports Maryland’s STEM Goals

Overwatch’s LIDAR Analyst 5.1 Software Delivers New High- Resolution 3D Imagery and Analytics

Microsoft Introduces 210mm Lens for UltraCam Eagle

Trimble Acquires Penmap Software to Expand its Applications for the Survey and Cadastral Markets

Google Unveils Google Maps for Education

Hot Spot for Developers, Esri Lavahouse Makes SXSW Debut

Interior Prepares to Conduct
Landsat 8 Scientific Programs
AfterSuccessful Launch of LatestEarth-Observing Satellite

CASA’s Prof. Michael Batty Awarded the “Nobel Prize” of Geography

March

John Deere Adds Array of Environmental Sensors to Field Connect

Water Issues Drive Precision Agriculture Solutions

2012 Satellite Launch Results: China and France Advance

NOAA Assumes Full Operational Responsibilities of Environmental Satellite

Postponed: The National Map 2013 Users Conference and USGS Community for Data Integration (CDI) Workshop

Pan-European Open Data Available Online from EuroGeographics

Amphibian Study Shows How Biodiversity Can Protect Against Disease

U.K.’s techDemoSat-1 to launch
Q3 2013

Booz Allen Hamilton to Provide Specialized Scientific
Research to the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency’s InnoVision Future Solutions Program

GOCE Satellite Detects Japan’s Tohoku Earthquake

April

Advanced Defense Technologies Targets UAV Technologies  at Precision Agriculture Applications

Study Forecasts Bright Future for GIS Industry in Australia

Precision Agriculture Improves Farming Efficiency, Has Important Implications On Food Security

NASA Imaging Sensor Prepares for Western Wildfire Season

Interactive Map of the Arctic

Mapping as a Platform on Full Display at the Esri UC

Esri Chief Scientist, Dawn Wright, PhD, Receives Distinguished Teaching Honors

USGS Launches Interactive Online Biodiversity Map for the Nation

Lamborn Introduces, “Map It Once, Use It Many Times” Act

Crowd-Sourcing the Nation: Using Volunteers for Enhanced Data Collection

Publisher: Apogeo Spatial (formerly Imaging Notes).   Myrna James's company, Blueline Publishing LLC is the publisher and owner of Apogeo Spatial. She is a communications and business development consultant for space and satellite companies, and has been in the media for 30 years. Since 2003, she has been publisher of Apogeo Spatial (www.ApogeoSpatial.com), which is a publication that communicates the power of geospatial technologies in managing the world’s environment and scarce resources for global security. In this era of “fake news,” Myrna is committed to truth and science, and she takes the responsibility of publishing very seriously. She is passionate about how geospatial tools help solve the world’s biggest problems. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

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