August

Satellogic Inc., a leader in sub-meter resolution Earth Observation data (“EO”) collection, announced today that it has signed an agreement with Quant Data & Analytics (“Quant”), a leading Saudi provider of Data & AI Products and Enterprise Solutions focused on the real estate and retail sectors. This strategic agreement leverages Satellogic’s high-resolution satellite imagery to ...

Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radars (SARs) are commonly used in EO, offering fine imaging resolution by processing sets of consecutive acquisitions recorded while flying over the targeted area. Although SARs are well-established, research continues to seek innovative techniques to improve their performance. One such advanced technique developed as part of the SPACEBEAM project is the scan-on-receive ...

The Interactive Map Generator (IMAGE) is a web-based tool that allows users to quickly make professional statistical maps in several predefined map layouts. You can add your data, or load data directly from the Eurostat database. What’s special about our map generator is that it offers a wide variety of options. For example, you can ...

Ordnance Survey (OS) has revealed the top four new symbols people would like to see added to its leisure maps following a survey. The Southampton-based mapping agency said, of more than 2,400 responses, the top symbol more than half want added is gate and stile fence crossings. Nick Giles, managing director of Ordnance Survey Leisure ...

제주특별자치도는 ‘공간지능정보(Geo-AI) 융합 영상분석 행정서비스 구축’을 위한 사업자를 선정하고 본격적인 사업 추진에 앞서 지난 18일 착수보고회를 개최했다고 밝혔다. 착수보고회에는 공동주관기관인 한국국토정보공사와 한국항공우주연구원, 한국교통연구원 등에서 자문위원이 참석해 사업 방향을 논의했다. 도는 이번 사업을 통해 위성·항공, 드론 영상을 융합해 인공지능으로 처리하는 데이터 분석 플랫폼을 만들고 데이터 분석결과를 활용해 지능형 행정서비스를 구축할 방침이다. 분석결과가 적용되는 지능형 행정서비스 모델은 ...

“Currently, we utilize Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data to inform our inflation policy, but in order to enhance our inflation analysis, we need to augment our data sources. This is particularly important in the case of rice, our staple, and amid volatile weather,” NEDA Officer in Charge Assistant Director Rory Jay S.C. Dacumos said in ...

The Australian Navy has tested a new Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) equipped drone designed to support amphibious operations. Using the sensors, the drone, an S100 unmanned aerial vehicle, performed bathymetric and littoral light detection during this year’s ‘Exercise Sea Raider’. Deployed from the HMAS Adelaide, the drone projected green wavelength laser beams through the ...

With the release of GeoCue’s three new, high-end TrueView 3D Imaging Systems, surveying and mapping professionals can take their drone-based operations to new levels. The Alabama-based company’s TV625, TV680, and TV680LR offer customers access to a full range of advanced-level systems for collecting LiDAR and photogrammetry. Each system combines a lightweight and compact laser scanner ...

Die Luftbilder im städtischen Geoinformationsangebotes geoportal.wiesbaden.de sind aktualisiert worden. Das Tiefbau- und Vermessungsamt führte im Frühjahr 2023 eine neue Luftbildbefliegung durch. Die Befliegungen umfassten das gesamte Stadtgebiet. Luftbilder sind seit Jahren etablierter Bestandteil des städtischen Geoinformationsangebotes. Die ersten beiden Teilbefliegungen fanden am Ende März beziehungsweise Anfang April 2023 statt. Dabei wurden 15 von 27 Flugstreifen ...

La Secretaría de Gestión de Riesgo Climático, Catástrofes y Protección Civil presentó la nueva cartografía provincial de Índices Meteorológicos de Peligro de Incendios. Se trata de una serie de mapas en los que se incluye información técnica y visual de toda la geografía provincial con indicadores que determinan la ocurrencia, comportamiento y efectos probables de ...

En el marco de la cooperación bilateral entre Colombia y Corea del Sur, se empezaron a definir las acciones que se desarrollarán conjuntamente para avanzar en la implementación del Sistema de Administración del Territorio-SAT, una de las principales apuestas planteadas en el Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2022-2026,“Colombia, Potencia Mundial de la Vida”. El SAT es ...

Settlements with more green spaces have a lower rate of bipolar disorder, a Taiwanese research team found. The researchers of the study shared the results yesterday at a press conference held by the Science Media Center Taiwan. The research team, using satellite remote sensing, machine learning and data analysis, found a significant negative association between ...

A team at the University of Washington has developed the first underwater 3D-positioning app for smart devices. “Mobile devices today can work nearly anywhere on Earth.” said lead author Tuochao Chen, a UW doctoral student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. “But the one place where we still hadn’t made ...

Wildfire Analytics, the University of Alberta’s wildland fire research team, has developed a new tool that assesses directional vulnerability to wildfires in communities. The tool looks at what drives fire across a landscape, according to PhD student Air Forbes. Forbes is using directional assessment in her PhD thesis. She has created the directional vulnerability assessment ...

La Unidad de Formación Masiva de la CONAE anuncia el próximo llamado a inscripción, desde el 28 de agosto hasta el 2 de septiembre, a cursos virtuales de capacitación sobre uso de imágenes satelitales. Están destinados a personas con formación técnica y a profesionales de todo el país. Se ofrecen en modalidad a distancia, durante ...

Firma Satim, zajmująca się rozwojem i zastosowaniem metod przetwarzania obrazów radarowych i optycznych, pozyskała od inwestorów 2 mln dolarów na dalszą działalność. Środki zostaną przeznaczone na rozwój oprogramowania bazującego na sztucznej inteligencji, służącego do wykrywania, identyfikacji i klasyfikacji obiektów za pomocą satelitarnych obrazów SAR. Wśród nowych inwestorów znalazło się sześć podmiotów: Verissimo Ventures, The Flying ...

El área metropolitana de Mendoza cuenta con más de medio millón de árboles censados y catalogados de acuerdo al lugar, especie y sustentabilidad. Con la presencia del sector público, académico y científico, autoridades de Ambiente y Unicipio, presentaron los datos preliminares y avanzados del Censo de Arbolado Público del Área Metropolitana y de la aplicación ...

In a cooperation initiative between the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology and the Indian Space Research Organization, His Excellency Engineer Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali, Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, inaugurated the India-Omani Earth Observation Platform. With the aim of learning about the Indian experience in the field of space, His ...

Head of Iran’s Space Agency Hossein Salariyeh announced the initiation of the construction phase for the country’s cutting-edge and highly accurate remote sensing satellite “Pars 3”. “… today I proudly announce that the Iranian Space Agency has taken a significant step in designing and building domestic high-precision observation satellites. In this regard, the design and ...

A Japanese company developing a constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellites is the latest to turn to Rocket Lab after the bankruptcy of rival launch company Virgin Orbit. Rocket Lab announced Aug. 17 that it signed a contract with Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS) for a dedicated launch of its QPS-SAR-5 ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a compilation of national-scale geological, geophysical and mineral resource datasets from Australia, Canada and the US through a collaboration between the three countries’ federal geological surveys. “Geology doesn’t stop at the border and neither does our data,” said USGS scientist Anne McCafferty, who led the effort. “Scientists will ...

You don’t always need a laser—sometimes a camera will do. Researchers at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) have now disproved the paradigm that the height of snowpack can only be accurately determined from the air using laser scanners, says Yves Bühler, Head of the SLF’s Alpine Remote Sensing research group. “We ...

El Centro de Fotogrametría, Cartografía y Catastro (CEFOCCA) de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UNSJ ha preparado, en el marco de su 50 aniversario, una serie de actividades de extensión y difusión. Este martes 15 de agosto hubo en el Edificio Central de la UNSJ una conexión interactiva con el Dr. Ever Castillo Osorio, ...

Nominations are open for the She Maps Geospatial in Schools Awards, which seek to recognise the “engaging, creative and innovative contributions” of outstanding Australian teachers and students. The awards aim to recognise high achievement in geospatial learning and teaching, highlight students and teachers who are making a contribution to geospatial learning beyond the classroom, and ...

Das Hessische Statistische Landesamt hat eine neue interaktive Karte im Hessenatlas veröffentlicht, die Informationen zur öffentlichen Wasserversorgung bietet. Eingesehen werden kann einerseits die absolute Wassermenge als auch die durchschnittliche Abgabe pro Tag und Einwohner der einzelnen Landkreise und kreisfreien Städte. Andererseits kann für jede Kommune die Entwicklung der Wasserabgabe im Zeitverlauf von 2001 bis 2019 ...

Las autoridades del Atlántico le atribuyen a una herramienta tecnológica parte de la reducción de los accidentes de tránsito en el departamento. Se trata de uno de los territorios de Colombia con menores tasas de siniestralidad vial por cada cien mil habitantes. Con corte a abril de 2023 registraba un índice de 3,21 mientras que ...

O Observatório dos Povos Indígenas Isolados e de Recente Contato (Opi) lançou a plataforma Mopi de monitoramento dos povos em isolamento voluntário que vivem na porção brasileira da Amazônia. Conforme esclarece o observatório, o Mopi é uma plataforma geoespacial, que abrange os 114 povos isolados reconhecidos pelo Estado brasileiro, além de um povo que vive ...

The fourth edition of an international competition ‘Seize the Beauty of our Planet’ has just started. As previous editions, it combines space technologies with a pro-environmental approach, and this year’s motto is “Together for COOL Earth!” as it focuses on global warming and its impact on our planet. The contest is organized by CloudFerro, the ...

GEM has been producing low-speed electric vehicles for more than 25 years and has sold more than 65,000 of them. LSVs are more than a golf cart—they are street legal on most roads posted 35 mph or less. Yet knowing where those roads are and where a GEM can take you can be a challenge. ...

SkyWatch operates a platform called EarthCache that gives its customers access to commercial satellite data. The company said there is now a growing demand for integrated images that combine visually appealing pictures from optical satellites with data from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites that can see at night and through clouds. “At any given point ...