September
7 news
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Agreement Planetek Italia and Leica GeosystemLeica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging (LGGI) recently announced that it has acquired all assets of Earth Resource Mapping Ltd (ER Mapper).
LGGI reveals that this acquisition is a strategic for the development of new products integrating both technologies and all the assets of ER Mapper will be maintained and developed.Planetek Italia is still the unique and sole authorized dealer in Italy of ER Mapper and Image Web Server softwares, and the reference company for sales, technical support and customer care activities.
Planetek Italia, furthermore, has signed a new agreement with Leica Geosystems as authorized dealer in Italy.
This represents a new opportunity to add to Planetek portfolio all Leica Geosystem products of Erdas Imagine suite, Leica Photogrammetry Suite, Leica Virtual Explorer and all Leica extensions for ESRI ArcGIS software.Visit the following link to know more about ERDAS IMAGINE and other Leica Geosystems products:
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Our Cities like hot hells of cementThe Italian Research Council (CNR) has recently published a study about "temperatures distribution in Rome", using remote sensing technologies and techniques. The study revealed that about 90% of the entire city area is covered by buildings or roads and some areas are affected by very high temperatures (around 60 celsius degrees). The data have been collected by the Multispectral Infrared Visible Imaging Spectrometer (Mivis). The study shows how temperature level is a consequence of urban area coverage: higher if there is a lack of green areas and waters, known as a heat mitigation elements. (News by: CNR and www.rivistageomedia.it )
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International Charter on "Space and Major Disasters"Following the UNISPACE III conference held in Vienna in July 1999, the major national space agencies worldwide (ESA, CNES, CSA, NOAA, ISRO, CONAE, JAXA, USGS and CNSA) initiated the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters". The International Charter is now formally operational and aims at providing a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters through Authorized Users. Institutional users can request the mobilization of the space and associated ground resources to obtain data and information on a disaster occurrence. Solely in the month of August, the Charter has helped Greece, Paraguay, Mexico, North Korea, Peru, Vietnam, India, Canary Islands and the United Kingdom cope with natural disasters. Read more on ESA web page or on the official web
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European map of Built-up areas and soil sealingStarting this month, a European service provider network will map built-up areas and soil sealing for Europe. By 2008, the consortium will cover 5.8 million square kilometres at 20 m resolution. This challenging project has recently been awarded by the European Environment Agency (EEA) as one of the first operational geo-information services within the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) initiative of the European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA). The service provider network consists of major european companies gathering essential expertise from all over Europe. Planetek Italia is the italian service provider.
Read more on EARSC newsletter or visit the GMES official web page -
Promotion on ER Mapper and Leica Geosystems softwaresA new special offers package is available for clients with regular licenses of Leica Geosystems (Erdas Imagine, Leica Photogrammetry Suite, Leica Virtual Explorer) and ER Mapper (ER Mapper Pro, Image Compressor, Image Web Server). To know more about the promotion for the Italian market (available until december 31st, 2007) contact us at sales @ planetek . it