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Descartes Labs Wins Three of the 2024 Mining Technology Excellence Awards in the Innovation, Product Launch, and Safety Categories

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
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Descartes Labs, a US based technology company, has won three prestigious awards at the 2024 Mining Technology Excellence Awards, showcasing their commitment to innovation, product development, and safety in the mining industry.

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  • Descartes Labs, a US based technology company, has won three prestigious awards at the 2024 Mining Technology Excellence Awards, showcasing their commitment to innovation, product development, and safety in the mining industry.
  • The awards, powered by GlobalData's business intelligence, recognize Descartes Labs' significant contributions to driving change and setting new standards in mining technology.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240430998086/en/
    Descartes Labs is thrilled to win three 2024 Mining Technology Excellence Awards powered by GlobalData.
  • Descartes Labs also received the Safety award for its innovative InSAR-based deformation monitoring system , which enhances operational safety in mining.

Intermap Wins Major Indonesian Mapping Contract

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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DENVER, Jan. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP; OTCQB: ITMSF) (“Intermap” or the “Company”), a global leader in 3D geospatial products and intelligence solutions, today announced it has won a $20 million contract to map the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 2024 (the “Contract”). The Contract is the first phase of the Indonesian national topographic basemap program to create a national digital basemap as part of the One Map program backed by Presidential Decree. Under the One Map program’s approved technical specifications, the government will collect airborne IFSAR-derived elevation data and cloud-free radar imagery for the entire country at resolutions suitable for 1:5,000 scale mapping. The first phase awarded today represents 10% of the country’s land area and 10% of the One Map program. Work on the remaining 90% is expected over the subsequent four years.

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  • The Contract is the first phase of the Indonesian national topographic basemap program to create a national digital basemap as part of the One Map program backed by Presidential Decree.
  • Together, the companies provide an unparalleled mapping solution for this first phase of the Indonesian national mapping program and future work under the One Map program.
  • “This major contract in Indonesia highlights the value of our decades of experience, commercialization expertise and technological development,” said Patrick A. Blott, Intermap Chairman and CEO.
  • IFSAR technology is the only mapping solution that offers cloud-penetrating and foliage-penetrating capabilities at the resolutions required to achieve 1:5,000 scale mapping.

NavStar Joins Terra Insights, the Industry-Leading Platform of Monitoring Technologies and Data Delivery Solutions

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vance Street Capital LLC ("Vance Street") has completed the acquisition of NavStar Geomatics ("NavStar"), a global leader in deformation monitoring technology and services. NavStar's proprietary hardware and software solutions detect movement on slopes and structures and complement Terra Insights' current offering. NavStar was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

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  • As part of the acquisition, NavStar will join Terra Insights' other subsidiaries: RST Instruments, Measurand, 3vGeomatics and Syscom.
  • "NavStar perfectly complements Terra Insights' vision of being the global platform to provide trusted geotechnical, structural, and geospatial monitoring technology and data delivery solutions," said Mark Price, CEO of Terra Insights.
  • The Terra Insights platform possesses unparalleled geotechnical, structural and geospatial monitoring expertise, with over 300 employees including more than 100 degreed engineers and geoscientists.
  • Going forward Glen and Gene will focus on developing new products and software, while supporting Terra Insights as it pushes further into data delivery solutions.

WIMI Hologram Academy: Two New Techniques for Phase Disentanglement

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
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HONG KONG, Sept. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WIMI Hologram Academy, working in partnership with the Holographic Science Innovation Center, has written a new technical article describing their research on Two New Techniques for Phase Disentanglement.

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  • HONG KONG, Sept. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WIMI Hologram Academy, working in partnership with the Holographic Science Innovation Center, has written a new technical article describing their research on Two New Techniques for Phase Disentanglement.
  • Scientists from WIMI Hologram Academy of WIMI Hologram Cloud Inc.(NASDAQ: WIMI) focus on the development of phase unwinding technologies used in InSAR, focusing on two of the most advanced phase unwinding technologies.
  • Later, advanced single-baseline winding methods of minimum cost flow (MCF), statistical cost flow (SNAPHU), PUMA, and large-scale phase unwinding techniques appeared.
  • They proposed three improved two-stage planning methods: multi-baseline Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) phase unwinding algorithm, multi-Cubage volume Kalman Filter (CKF) phase unwinding algorithm, and multi-baseline tasteless information filtering phase unwinding algorithm.

Remote Sensing Technology Global Market Report 2022: Growing Adoption of Precision Farming Technology Fuels Sector - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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The "Remote Sensing Technology Global Market Report 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Remote Sensing Technology Global Market Report 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The regions covered in the remote sensing technology market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa.
  • The growing adoption of precision farming technology is driving the growth of the remote sensing technology market.
  • Thus, the growing adoption of precision farming technology is driving the growth of remote sensing technology.

ICEYE and SATLANTIS Propose New Tandem4EO Constellation, Combining Radar and Optical Imaging for Europe

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022
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HELSINKI, Finland , Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ICEYE, the owner of the world's largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation and SATLANTIS, a leading New Space optical imaging company, today announced preliminary plans to develop and manufacture a proposed Tandem for Earth Observation (Tandem4EO) constellation consisting of two radar and two VHR optical satellites. The announced program is planned to support the New Space strategy of several European Union nations, with a focus on Spain.

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  • HELSINKI, Finland, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --ICEYE, the owner of the world's largest synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation and SATLANTIS, a leading New Space optical imaging company, today announced preliminary plans to develop and manufacture a proposed Tandem for Earth Observation (Tandem4EO) constellation consisting of two radar and two VHR optical satellites.
  • The Tandem4EO constellation is planned to be launched as a collection of four satellites in total, each capable of under 1-meter resolution imaging.
  • The satellites are to be flown in a sun-synchronous orbit, with two ICEYE SAR imaging spacecraftflying in a bistatic formation, and two SATLANTIS very high-resolution optical imaging spacecraft trailing behind.
  • In addition, the bi-static nature of the ICEYE SAR satellites allows for simultaneous radar acquisitions to produce InSAR data.

Deep Space Exploration and Technology Market Size to Reach USD 630.23 Billion in 2028 | Increasing Number of Private Companies Investing in Space Sector will Drive Industry Demand Says, Emergen Research

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Thursday, May 12, 2022
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VANCOUVER, B.C., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The deep space exploration and technology market size is expected to reach USD 630.23 Billion in 2028 and register a CAGR of 7.3% over the forecast period, according to recent analysis by Emergen Research.

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  • VANCOUVER, B.C., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The deep space exploration and technology market size is expected to reach USD 630.23 Billion in 2028 and register a CAGR of 7.3% over the forecast period, according to recent analysis by Emergen Research.
  • Steady market revenue growth can be attributed to increasing number of missions planned by various space agencies and rising funding from both private and government space agencies in deep space exploration missions and space-related programs.
  • Deep space exploration has led to development of newer technologies being integrated with deep learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities.
  • Emergen Research has segmented the global deep space exploration and technology market based on technology mode, application, subsystem, mission type, end use, and region:

Deep Space Exploration and Technology Market Size to Reach USD 630.23 Billion in 2028 | Increasing Number of Private Companies Investing in Space Sector will Drive Industry Demand Says, Emergen Research

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Thursday, May 12, 2022
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VANCOUVER, B.C., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The deep space exploration and technology market size is expected to reach USD 630.23 Billion in 2028 and register a CAGR of 7.3% over the forecast period, according to recent analysis by Emergen Research.

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  • VANCOUVER, B.C., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The deep space exploration and technology market size is expected to reach USD 630.23 Billion in 2028 and register a CAGR of 7.3% over the forecast period, according to recent analysis by Emergen Research.
  • Steady market revenue growth can be attributed to increasing number of missions planned by various space agencies and rising funding from both private and government space agencies in deep space exploration missions and space-related programs.
  • Deep space exploration has led to development of newer technologies being integrated with deep learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities.
  • Emergen Research has segmented the global deep space exploration and technology market based on technology mode, application, subsystem, mission type, end use, and region:

Woolpert Selected by USGS to Provide Elevation-Derived Hydrography for Oregon, Alaska

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Thursday, May 12, 2022
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WASILLA, Alaska, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Geological Survey selected Woolpert to process and delineate elevation-derived hydrography (EDH) from lidar data collected in Oregon and IfSAR data collected in Alaska. The high-resolution EDH data developed under these two task orders will be used to update the National Hydrography Dataset, which represents the surface water network of the United States.

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  • WASILLA, Alaska, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The U.S. Geological Survey selected Woolpert to process and delineate elevation-derived hydrography (EDH) from lidar data collected in Oregon and IfSAR data collected in Alaska.
  • The high-resolution EDH data developed under these two task orders will be used to update the National Hydrography Dataset , which represents the surface water network of the United States.
  • In Alaska, Woolpert was tasked with acquiring, processing and delineating EDH for nearly 3,000 square miles to support the USGS 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP).
  • The technology, science and collaboration inherent to these USGS initiatives hold the key to our nation's prosperity and longevity."

Japanese Radar Constellation iQPS Selects Virgin Orbit for 2023 Orbital Launch

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Friday, May 6, 2022
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Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading satellite launch provider, announced today the signing of a launch services agreement with Japanese earth observation constellation operator Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS).

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  • Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB), a leading satellite launch provider, announced today the signing of a launch services agreement with Japanese earth observation constellation operator Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS).
  • Selected for LauncherOnes proven ability to provide direct access to diverse orbits, Virgin Orbit expects to launch the QPS-SAR-5 satellite into a tailored mid-inclination orbit to allow iQPS to expand the coverage of its constellation and revisit rate.
  • The iQPS QPS-SAR-5 to be launched by Virgin Orbit is expected to play a critical role in enabling near real-time earth observation by iQPSs Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) constellation.
  • We hope that this launch agreement between Virgin Orbit and iQPS will be a positive step toward the early realization of the Oita Spaceport.