Microsoft subsidiary Vexcel Corp. has released version 7 of its Apex Commander remote-sensing data management system for satellite ground stations, adding several Microsoft-based technologies, including .NET and Virtual Earth 3D.
Fugro has appointed Edward Saade president and managing director of Fugro-EarthData, taking over for Anne Hale Miglarese, who led the company's transition from private ownership to its current standing as a member of the Fugro umbrella organization.
The question posed by a commercial provider of integrated geospatial solutions for business applications was this: Will the calculated combination of georeferenced census datasets with satellite-gathered raster data increase the decision-making value of the census data? The answer was a resounding "yes," facilitating the generation of micro-level information from macro-level population data.
To facilitate the distribution of statewide imagery datasets, Oregon State University teamed up with a GIS developer to create an imagery distribution and provisioning Web portal.
A study of human analysts' performance during geospatial data inspection explores the feasibility of gaze tracking as a disambiguation tool in the visual search for a target in high-resolution imagery.
