2023

Donato Kofel has quantified the positive and negative effects of trees on outdoor air quality in Geneva Canton. His method can be used by city planners to design their large-scale planting programs more effectively. For his Master’s project at the end of his degree program, Kofel developed a new way to use the GIS application ...

The City of Midland spends $2.5 million a year to bring water to Midland. On Tuesday, the Midland City Council approved a contract that will help make sure more of that water reaches the city and its customers. City leaders approved $212,000 in costs with Asterra of La Jolla, California, and that Asterra will perform ...

The Wyoming State Geological Survey has developed a new interactive map that will make it easier to research the state’s extensive mineral resources. The online Mineral Resources of Wyoming map will be routinely updated as new data become available. The map is an update and expansion of the WSGS’s 2018 Mines and Minerals map. New ...

O Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da USP (MAE) está usando soluções de uma startup baseada em tecnologia blockchain no mapeamento e registro do patrimônio arqueológico de São Paulo. A solução foi desenvolvida para Museu pela Quipo Tech, empresa residente na Incubadora do Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC), ligado ao Ministério de Ciências Tecnologias ...

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México, a través del Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), firmó un convenio de colaboración con el Instituto Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural (INPC) de la República del Ecuador, para coadyuvar en la protección, preservación, promoción y administración de la herencia cultural de ambos países. Los intercambios de ...

El objeto del acuerdo es la cooperación en el campo de la geología, proporcionando un marco institucional para el intercambio de conocimientos y mejorar las competencias técnicas y geológicas entre ambos organismos. En este sentido, ambas instituciones coincidieron en promover la cooperación científica y técnica en temas de prospección geológica, geofísica y evaluación de recursos ...

While some parts of the world suffer extreme heat and persistent drought, others are being flooded. Overall, continental water volumes vary so much over time that global sea levels fluctuate significantly too. By combining the hydrological model WaterGAP with GRACE satellite data, a team of geodesists at the University of Bonn have come up with ...

Having somewhere to cool off on a hot day in Austin is crucial to staying safe during the summer. Knowing where you can go to cool off is now easier for Austinites and visitors thanks to an interactive Google Map on the City’s Alerts page. During the summer months, City facilities like Austin Public Library ...

Las tecnologías de inteligencia artificial que permiten “entrenar” un sistema para que sea capaz de diferenciar entre tierras ocupadas por viñedos y aquellas que no lo están serán utilizadas por la Xunta para actualizar la información sobre parcelas vitícolas. Hasta ahora son los técnicos los que tienen que comprobar y, en su caso, descartar las ...

The U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission issued a solicitation for an unclassified report on China’s remote sensing technologies and applications. The commission, established in 2000, is an independent agency of the U.S. government that directly reports to Congress and the president. The request for proposals, issued Aug. 8, seeks a report that assesses China’s ...

Is the Indian government looking at having about 130 earth observation satellites under the public-private-partnership model, an idea mooted by the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) in its consultation paper? It seems yes, based on the kind of imagery that is required and the number of revisits a satellite has to make ...

Hurricane-related flooding can result in a slow transformation of ecosystems found on land and in water, as floodwaters can carry invasive wildlife and plant species into new regions, accelerating their spread. When invasive species spread into new areas, there can be environmental, economic and human health effects that can cost the U.S. billions of dollars. ...

As non-native plants invade new areas, state officials worry about their effects on local ecosystems, infrastructure and recreation. Japanese knotweed, an invasive plant commonly found in the Northeast along roadsides, wetland areas and waterways, for example, can damage highway and water infrastructure, according to a 2021 report from the U.S. Transportation Department. It can grow ...

Nottingham City Council is a step closer to achieving its vision of creating a digital twin for the city. In what’s believed to be a UK first they are combining the intricate, rich MetroVista 3D mesh with existing photogrammetric 3D modelling within the same application. This enables the visualisation of new developments in an immersive ...

Na stronach Rządowego Centrum Legislacji pojawił się projekt zmiany rozporządzenia Ministra Rozwoju i Technologii, który stawia ważny krok w kierunku standaryzacji tworzonych zbiorów danych przestrzennych. Zmiany dotyczącą dokładnie projektu regulacji zmieniających rozporządzenie w sprawie zbiorów danych przestrzennych oraz metadanych w zakresie zagospodarowania przestrzennego(1). Jego celem jest aktualizacja oraz rozszerzenie regulacji w zakresie tworzenia zbiorów obejmujących ...

The Austrian government introduced the Electricity Industry and Organization Act (ElWOG) two years ago, leading to the creation of a map of locations with available grid capacity for solar. The ElWOG require grid operators to be transparent about grid-connection capacity. Oesterreich Energie will update the map on a quarterly basis, by using reports from Austrian ...

Bakanlık orman yangınlarıyla mücadelede üst düzey teknolojik sistemlerden faydalanarak projeler geliştiriyor. Bu kapsamda, Orman Genel Müdürlüğü ve özel sektör işbirliğiyle yapay zeka destekli “Yangın Risk Yönetimi Projesi” uygulanıyor. Projeyle orman yangınlarının önceden tahmin edilebilmesine yönelik çalışmalar yapılarak bu bölgelerde gerekli önlemler alınmaya çalışılıyor. Çeşitli faktörler göz önünde bulundurularak geliştirilen projeyle meteorolojik veriler, bitki örtüsü, topografya, ...

The U.S. government lifted certain restrictions on commercial remote sensing satellite companies on Monday. The changes came from NOAA’s Commercial Remote Sensing Regulatory Affairs (CRSRA) office, which is a division of the Office of Space Commerce. CRSA said restrictions in place kept companies from offering their full capabilities to the public. In 2020, CRSA changed ...

China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has newly launched the city’s first and one of the world’s largest satellite manufacturing facilities, known as AMC. The facility revealed to the Global Times in an exclusive interview that their first made-in-Hong Kong, high-quality satellite would hopefully be delivered by the beginning of 2024. Referred also as ...

The first GLONASS-K2 satellite finally reached the launch status in the middle of 2023, or a decade behind the original schedule. At the end of July 2023, the adminstration of the Safronovskoe settlement in the Lensk District in the Arkhangelsk Region (Oblast) posted a letter from the Deputy Commander of the Russian Space Forces, VKS, ...

The solution combines NextNav’s reliable TerraPoiNT system with existing LTE and 5G network signals. The tests, conducted in and around San Jose, California, US, showcased the integration of TerraPoiNT signals with cellular infrastructure to deliver highly accurate 3D positioning and timing information without depending solely on traditional satellite-based GPS and GNSS signals. NextNav’s system utilises ...

Archaeologists at the University of Exeter have used laser scans collected as part of the Environment Agency’s National LiDAR Programme to identify new sections of road west of the previously understood boundary. Among the things it reveals is that far from Exeter being the main nerve centre of the network, it was North Tawton that ...

Telhados verdes têm sido apontados como uma das possíveis soluções para o combate às mudanças climáticas nas cidades. Isso porque, além de permitirem a captação de água da chuva e a produção de hortaliças no alto dos edifícios, eles também são capazes de gerar microclima, reduzindo a temperatura local e o gasto energético com refrigeração, ...

Heliconius butterflies are capable of spatial learning, scientists have discovered. The findings, published in Current Biology, also suggest Heliconius butterflies may be able to learn spatial information at large scales, consistent with the apparent importance of long-range spatial learning for traplining, which involves foraging within a home range of a few hundred square meters. Spatial ...

폭우·폭염 등 재난재해가 반복되는 가운데 예방책 중 하나인 디지털트윈 관련 사업 예산이 보류됐다. 윤석열 정부 국정 과제에 디지털트윈국토 완성이 포함됐으나 긴축기조 속 미래 투자부터 줄인 것으로 보인다. 6일 업계와 관계부처에 따르면 국토교통부 ‘디지털트윈 시범도시’ 사업이 기획재정부 예산 심의 과정에서 빠졌다. 지방자치단체 중심의 ‘시범사업’에서 한 단계 발전시킨 ‘시범도시’ 사업이 좌초위기에 빠진 것이다. 디지털트윈 시범도시 사업은 고정밀전자지도와 ...

Three private sector satellite makers are expected to send their earth observation satellites this fiscal, according to the sectoral regulator Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe). The three companies are the Chennai-based GalaxEye Space Solutions Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space and the Bengaluru-based Pixxel. GalaxEye’s first satellite Dhrishti is expected to launch in ...

The effects of climate change appear to be driving Arctic fox numbers down in northern Manitoba, threatening their role as “ecosystem engineers” that have a green thumb effect on relatively barren swaths of tundra. That’s according to two separate studies published this summer based on recent research in the Churchill area. “We have classified Arctic ...

Technology is furthering innovation in wildland firefighting across the west, including the Tahoe Basin — and not just in the process of extinguishing flames but in prevention of these catastrophic burns. Last fall, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, kicked off a series of projects that seek to map out the vegetation in the ...

El Instituto Nacional De Estadística Y Geografía (INEGI) Pone A Disposición De Las Y Los Usuarios El Índice De Clasificaciones De Agua Superficial Desde El Espacio (ICASE) Landsat 2022. Este Consiste En Un Producto De Análisis Geoespacial Experimental Que Proporciona Información Sobre La Presencia De Agua Superficial A Lo Largo De Todo El Territorio Mexicano. ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law prohibiting government agencies and a number of organizations from using foreign geospatial systems, technologies, and tools, local media reported on Saturday. According to RIA Novosti, the ban will apply to state corporations, public companies, and natural monopolies. The ban will also affect business entities in the authorized capital ...