December

A team in biology from the Universite de Montreal, the Montreal Botanical Garden, and McGill University has successfully used photogrammetry to quickly and accurately build a model of a flower from two-dimensional images and transform it into 3D. This is done in order to have greater clarity about the evolution of flowers. Photogrammetry is much ...

An international team of researchers has found that an acceleration in movement of a deep landslide beneath the city of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is due to city sprawl, not natural forces. In their study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the group analyzed satellite imagery and aerial photographs of the ...

The ‘Umi-no-Chizu’ (‘Map of the Sea’) project will use aerial measurement to map 90% of Japan’s shallow coastal waters (to a depth of 20m). This is a joint project by the Japan Hydrographic Association (JHA) and The Nippon Foundation. Regulatory, administrative management and jurisdiction issues have meant that less than roughly 2% of Japan’s coastal ...

한국자산관리공사(캠코)는 6일 국유재산의 효율적 관리를 위해 국토지리정보원과 국토위성 영상·공간정보 협력 확대를 위한 업무협약을 체결했다고 밝혔다. 협약에 따라 캠코는 국토지리정보원으로부터 국토위성 1호가 촬영한 위성영상을 받아 캠코 국유재산 시스템에 반영한다. 두 기관은 국토위성 2호 등 향후 개발 예정인 국토위성의 효과적인 기획·개발을 위해 의견을 공유하고 공간정보 관련 분야 공동 연구와 세미나·워크숍도 하기로 했다. 국토지리정보원은 지난해 3월 발사된 국토위성 ...

Mais de 270 instituições públicas do Brasil já realizaram adesão ao Programa Brasil MAIS, coordenado pela Polícia Federal, que disponibiliza imagens de satélites diárias de alta resolução da operadora Planet e alertas de detecção de mudanças via Plataformas Web da SCCON Geospacial. O Projeto é case de sucesso global da operadora Planet pela inovação e ...

La alianza entre la Universidad de Vigo y la constructora ourensana Copasa para desarrollar un sistema de mantenimiento predictivo de las vías férreas ya se encuentra en fase de pruebas sobre el terreno. El proyecto RIIM -siglas en inglés de Modelo de Inspección e Información Ferroviaria- trabaja en la mejora de las operaciones de inspección ...

En el marco de la Conferencia Internacional Infraestructura de Datos Geoespaciales (IDE) Chile organizado por el Ministerio de Bienes Nacionales, “Cómo la Información Geoespacial apoya los Desafíos Globales y Locales”, el subsecretario de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo, Nicolás Cataldo presentó la Plataforma Web de la Infraestructura de Datos Geoespaciales (IDE) de la Subdere, herramienta para ...

Angesichts der aktuell befürchteten Energieknappheit im Wärmesektor diskutieren Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft intensiv über den Heizenergiebedarf und mögliche Einsparmaßnahmen für Industrie, Gewerbe und private Haushalte. Grundlage dafür ist eine belastbare Datenbasis. Genau daran arbeiten jetzt Forschende der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) zusammen mit dem global tätigen Energie-Unternehmen Shell. Unterstützt werden sie dabei von dem Klimaschutzmanagement ...

Un team di ricercatori dell’ENEA ha sviluppato un nuovo approccio per prevedere l’area di propagazione e l’intensità delle colate rapide, un particolare tipo di frane veloci altamente distruttivo, e sta testando nuove metodologie per stimarne le soglie di innesco in base al contenuto di acqua dei terreni di copertura. Le innovazioni volte al la produzione ...

The UAE Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Philippine Space Agency (PhiSA) to enhance cooperation in scientific research, space exploration and knowledge exchange to serve common interests and promote international partnerships supporting science and knowledge exchange in the outer space industry, according to the Emirates News Agency. This partnership is ...

Years of research show that climate change signals are amplified in the Arctic, and that sea ice in this region is sensitive to increases in Arctic warming. Sea ice greatly modifies the exchanges of heat, momentum and mass between the atmosphere and the ocean. So, the timings of the sea ice melt and freeze onsets, ...

بدأت اليوم فعاليات المؤتمر التاسع للخبراء العرب في الأسماء الجغرافية بعنوان “التكامل الجغرافي المكاني بين الاسم والموقع: الأهمية والأثر” الذي تستضيفه سلطنة عُمان ممثلة بالهيئة الوطنية للمساحة بوزارة الدفاع بالتعاون مع الشعبة العربية للأسماء الجغرافية والمركز الجغرافي الملكي بالمملكة الأردنية الهاشمية، وذلك برعاية معالي السيد حمود بن فيصل البوسعيدي وزير الداخلية، ويستمر عدة أيام.وبدأ افتتاح ...

la Universidad de Salamanca participa a través de su grupo de investigación TIDOP, dirigido por el catedrático Diego González Aguilera y radicado en la Escuela Politécnica Superior de Ávila, en el proyecto CHAMELEON cuyo fin es, “la modernización del entorno rural europeo mediante el uso de drones y Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación ...

La Secretaría de Relaciones con la Sociedad Civil y Desarrollo Comunitario de la Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros de la Nación y la Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche relevarán las organizaciones civiles de todo el país y confeccionarán un mapa interactivo. El acuerdo se firmó la semana pasada. El trabajo final, que contendrá la geolocalización y ...

El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú (Senamhi) anunció el lanzamiento de Senamhi GEOGloWS, una plataforma que cuenta con tecnología de la Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y del Espacio (NASA). Con los datos obtenidos se espera optimizar el pronóstico de inundaciones a nivel nacional. Este nuevo sistema ha sido personalizado con las condiciones ...

Prague is one of the European Union’s centers for space research, but what scientists do here remains a mystery to most people. This week, however, offers a unique chance to find out more about Czechia’s role in space exploration. The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) will have an open house at its ...

Quantum-Systems GmbH, an innovative developer, designer and manufacturer of advanced unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and SKYLAB, the fully-digitalized forest management provider, today announced a partnership to help forestry customers maximize productivity and reduce costs. Combining the state-of-the-art hardware from Quantum-Systems and the sophisticated forestry and plantation management software from SKYLAB, customers have access to a ...

NGIS has collaborated with a range of organisations on the Australian Environmental Health (AusEnHealth) Strategic Planning Digital Twin project. The project aims to understand the landscape of environmental health data collection around the country. By 2030, the direct damage of costs to health is expected to be between $3 billion and $6 billion per year, ...

Foursquare, the leading independent location technology company, exclusively powers data visualization for the new Amazon SageMaker geospatial capabilities announced last week at Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2022. Foursquare Studio can visualize geospatial data at a massive scale with ease, enabling data scientists to explore geospatial data interactively and seamlessly on a map as they ...

Maxar Technologies, provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, today announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has modified Maxar’s remote sensing license to enable the non-Earth imaging (NEI) capability for its current constellation on orbit as well as its next-generation WorldView Legion satellites. Through this new license authority, Maxar ...

The National Forest Company (NFC) has awarded Cadcorp the contract to provide Cadcorp SIS Desktop, and cloud hosted Cadcorp SIS WebMap and Cadcorp Spatial Database Service. The contract includes a variety of services such as application management, support, and training. The National Forest covers 200 square miles of the Midlands. Since 1995, over 9 million ...

“New Jersey has many naturally occurring arsenic sources, which can elevate the arsenic concentration in groundwater,” said Subhasis Giri, an assistant research professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources and lead author of the study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. “Our work contributes to the understanding of this ...

For decades, satellites have been keeping a watchful eye on Earth, relaying increasingly precise, detailed and timelier information than ever before. Armed with the right mathematical tools, we can use this information to anticipate and mitigate climate extremes and associated hazards—from floods to landslides. So why isn’t this happening now? To harness its full potential, ...

O Município de Silves, através da atualização contínua da aplicação informática de uso externo (EPLoc) acessível no seu site institucional, disponibilizou “on-line” desde ontem, dia 30 de novembro de 2022, novas funcionalidades que permitem o acesso interativo à delimitação das áreas de reabilitação urbana e dos loteamentos urbanos em vigor no concelho de Silves. Com ...

Os dados fazem parte de um mapeamento inédito do MapBiomas que será apresentado em 30 de novembro, pelo YouTube. Ele revela que o principal uso dado ao solo brasileiro continua sendo a pastagem: de toda a área desmatada no Brasil, que já se aproxima dos 35% do território nacional, aproximadamente 90% foram ou continuam sendo ...

Não é novidade que impactos negativos no meio ambiente são capazes de gerar inúmeras consequências para o mundo e para a sociedade. No entanto, para além das mudanças climáticas, e os riscos econômicos ocasionados pela poluição, pesquisadores da Escola de Políticas Públicas e Governo da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EPPG), em Brasília, investigam o impacto ...

Earlier this year, Epic Games announced a new app called RealityScan that lets users scan objects and turn them into high-fidelity 3D models using the iPhone and iPad camera. After months of beta testing, RealityScan is now finally available for everyone on the iOS App Store. The app was built with technologies from Capturing Reality, ...

Indonesia should develop a space exploration-based economic sector in the future, head of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Laksana Tri Handoko has said. “The future of Indonesia’s economy, one of which, must be based on space activity. Geographically, Indonesia is an archipelagic country, which lies over the Equator and not many satellites can ...

A new Environmental Working Group geospatial analysis finds over 2 percent of North Carolina’s 7,352 swine and poultry factory farms are in or just outside floodplains. When these farms flood, they can contaminate water with bacteria and other health hazards. “The 156 factory farms we found in and near North Carolina’s floodplains are at a ...

El trigo es uno de los tres granos más importantes a nivel mundial. En la Argentina, cada año se cultivan entre 5 y 6 millones de hectáreas, cuya producción se exporta sobre todo a Brasil, Perú y Bolivia, y también a países fuera de la región como Turquía y Marruecos. En este contexto, resulta indispensable ...