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    Coming Soon : Juniper Systems’ Archer 2™ Rugged Handheld for Hazardous Locations

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    Juniper Systems recently announced the forthcoming availability of its Class I, Division 2-certified Archer 2™ rugged handheld (Archer 2 Hazloc), designed to perform safely in hazardous locations where flammable gases or vapors may be present.   To ensure worker safety, OSHA requires that workers in some industries use only handheld PCs that have been certified Class I, Division 2 (CI, D2). Industries that require CI, D2-certified handhelds include various oil & gas applications, where wor

    GeoCue Announces Release of LP360 2014.1

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    GeoCue® Group Inc. (via its wholly owned subsidiary, QCoherent Software LLC) is pleased to announce the release of LP360 2014.1. LP360 is the world’s most powerful and popular desktop LIDAR exploitation software, available as a Windows® 64-bit application and as an extension for ArcGIS® desktop.   This release includes many new features, performance improvements and stability enhancements. A number of features specifically aimed at processing data from sensors flown on small Unmanned Aerial Sys

    SRTM 30 meters now in Esri World Elevation Services

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    On September 23, 2014, the White House announced that the highest possible resolution elevation data generated from NASA’s Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) in 2000 will be released globally over the next year. The announcement was made at the United Nations Heads of State Climate Summit in New York.   Previously, SRTM data for regions outside the United States were sampled at 3 arc-seconds (approx. 90 meters) for public release. The new data being released at 1 arc-second (approx. 30 me

    Phoenix Aerial Release Low Cost UAV LiDAR System

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    Phoenix Aerial Systems, a leading manufacturer of unmanned aerial LiDAR products, announced today two new revolutionary LiDAR products, the Scout and the Ranger. The Scout is a lightweight, accurate and low cost solution for companies looking to enter the mapping market. Weighing less than 2.5kg, measuring only 12cm x 22cm x 8cm and options starting at $55k, the Scout is the most affordable UAV LiDAR mapping solution on the market.     At the core of the Scout is the Velodyne VLP-16 puck, w

    Thermal Mapping

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    Am interested in conducting thermal mapping using remote sensing at a fairly high resolution. Any one with ideas on what data to use and how to do it     Regards    

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