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Dr Emmanuel Nkurunziza, the Director General of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), and the Botswana Institute of Geomatics (BIG) have recently formalised their collaboration through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed during the BIG 2023 Symposium. The collaboration between both parties aims to foster synergy between two esteemed institutions. By ...

Members of the House Armed Services Committee in a report last week expressed support for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s use of commercial satellite data. They also asked NGA for details on its plans to integrate commercial data and services into “base programs of record.” “The committee notes that the domestic commercial satellite imagery industry continues ...

Space sector startup, Sisir Radar Private Ltd has successfully tested its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) fitted on a drone, said a senior company official. “The drone fitted with SAR was flown (on Friday) at a place called Sonarpur, about 50 km from Kolkata,” Tapan Misra, Founding Director and Chief Scientist, Sisir Radar Private Ltd, told. ...

Erisha Space Pvt Ltd, a Delhi-based solutions and service provider in the field of remote sensing, GIS, and photogrammetry, said it would launch a satellite equipped with advanced image processing capabilities and machine learning/artificial intelligence frameworks in 2024. The company said the satellite will further enhance its capabilities and enable the provision of comprehensive solutions ...

China achieved a significant milestone on Thursday (June 15) launching the Long March 2D rocket with an impressive payload of 41 satellites. This accomplishment sets a new national record for China in terms of the number of satellites deployed in a single mission, reported Chinese news agency Xinhua. The 41 satellites launched in this mission ...

Since the signing of an agreement on Cooperation on BRICS Remote Sensing Satellite Constellation in August 2021, China has shared 400 scenes of satellite imagery data with BRICS countries, with the total volume amounting to 1.5 TB. Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration, made the remarks Friday in virtual format at the ...

An expert on landslides and natural hazards warns much of New Zealand may become “uninsurable” in the future. However, quantifying risk from natural hazards is a fraught business – especially when it comes up against property rights. The storm that triggered a massive slip in Lower Hutt last winter and forced the evacuation of three ...

Water is an essential and indispensable component of humanity’s everyday existence. As the global population grows and the climate warms, so does the water demand. Over the past two decades, global reservoirs have become increasingly empty despite an overall increase in total storage capacity due to the construction of new reservoirs. Led by Dr. Huilin ...