Satellite Signals Steer Farmers Straight
December 29, 2014

Precision agriculture combines GPS, remote sensing, and GIS to capture large amounts of georeferenced data on spatial variations...

Survey. Dredge. Repeat. Keeping the Columbia River Navigable
December 29, 2014

As the skipper of Galileo 3, a 30-foot sailboat on the Columbia River, I tell my crew that I am comfortable with 15 feet...

Tethered Aerostats Provide Another Option in the Sky
October 31, 2014

Geospatial professionals are able to choose from an increasingly wide array of platforms on which to deploy ever more accurate...

From Shore to Floor
October 16, 2014

More than 90% of the world’s trade is carried by sea, according to the International Maritime Organization. Therefore,...

Mobile System Alerts Dubai Drivers of Approaching Sandstorms
October 16, 2014

Periodically, large sandstorms and low-visibility conditions wreak havoc in the Middle East, with potentially deadly consequences...

New Markets for Satellite Imagery
October 15, 2014

In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce, granting a request by DigitalGlobe, gave the company permission to sell its imagery...

From Traditional Photogrammetry to UAS
October 15, 2014

Photogrammetry has changed substantially in the past three decades. When Jeff Yates began in the business 32 years ago,...

Extraterrestrial Photogrammetry
July 8, 2014

On Earth, photogrammetrists can normally use manmade objects in their frame—such as a road of known width or a curb of known...

State of: Precision Agriculture
July 8, 2014

One of the fastest growing areas of application for geospatial technologies, precision agriculture is a way to optimize agricultural...