2023

Capella Space’s synthetic aperture radar satellites are falling back to Earth much sooner than the three years they were anticipated to operate, according to publicly available satellite data. The startup has launched a total of ten small satellites to low Earth orbit since 2018, including eight in its family of “Whitney”-class spacecraft. Five of these ...

Naukowcy z Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej zaproponowali innowacyjną metodę pomiaru ubożenia wód podziemnych opartą na pomiarach GPS. To, jak zmienia się poziom wód podziemnych, będzie można monitorować zdalnie – nawet w najbardziej odległych częściach świata. Mimo że techniki teledetekcyjne się rozwijają, a obserwacje naziemne stają się coraz dokładniejsze, modele opisujące poziom wód gruntowych nadal nie są ...

This summer, a group of students are embarking on a groundbreaking project: mapping tree canopy cover in California. Tree canopies, which provide shade, can offset the heat island effect in cities. The effect is caused by buildings, roads and other human-made infrastructure absorbing and then re-emitting heat. In a warming climate, the heat island effect ...

Durante los días 1 y 2 de noviembre de este año, tendrá lugar la cuarta edición de las Jornadas de Geociencias para la Ingeniería. El evento es organizado por el Instituto de Geodesia y Geofísica Aplicadas y el Departamento de Agrimensura de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Buenos Aires y tendrá lugar ...

GeoCue is delighted to announce the inclusion of TPI, the largest supplier of geospatial equipment in Poland, into its global distribution network. This strategic partnership will create new opportunities for GeoCue and TPI to expand their reach and provide cutting-edge geospatial solutions to customers in Poland and beyond. As part of this collaboration, TPI now ...

A brand new live digital map has been launched showing customers exactly where their train is. Launched by Transport for Wales, the map has been described as “fantastic” by rail bosses. It shows the location of every TfW train and allows customers to view a train’s journey in real time and see the expected arrival ...

Learn how to use the City’s Emergency Map to quickly see how neighborhoods, including your own, may be directed to evacuate, shelter in place, or take other protective action during a major emergency. When possible, the City would use the map to also identify evacuation routes, road closures, shelters, or other critical information to guide ...

Wrocław jako drugie (po Warszawie) miasto w Polsce będzie korzystał z tworzonej właśnie mapy koron drzew, która powinna być gotowa jeszcze w tym roku. Mapa powstaje w ramach nowego, europejskiego projektu LIFECOOLCITY. Jak się ją przygotowuje i w jaki sposób przyczyni się do niwelowania zjawiska miejskich wysp ciepła? Realizacja projektu LIFECOOLCITY pomoże w określeniu „zielonych” ...

In order to plug revenue leakages, the state government will conduct a geographic information system (GIS) mapping of all properties in municipal areas in the state, Urban Development Minister Vishwajit Rane informed the Goa legislative assembly on Thursday. Rane said the work of GIS mapping has already started in North Goa and the tender process ...

A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team is being established to begin a burned area assessment of the Grapevine wildfire on the Verde Ranger District. Preliminary evaluation has found no immediate or downstream values at risk, including the community of Whitehorse. BAER teams consist of scientists and specialists including hydrologists, geologists, soil scientists, engineers, botanists, ...

IBM and open-source AI platform Hugging Face today announced that IBM’s watsonx.ai geospatial foundation model – built from NASA’s satellite data – will now be openly available on Hugging Face. It will be the largest geospatial foundation model on Hugging Face and the first-ever open-source AI foundation model built in collaboration with NASA. The model ...

구미시가 국토지리정보원이 주관하는 고정밀 전자지도 구축 챌린지 사업에 선정됐다. 이 사업은 가상공간에 실물과 똑같은 물체를 만들어 다양한 모의 시험을 통해 교통, 환경, 재난 등을 검증하는 ‘디지털 트윈’을 조기 완성하기 위해 국토부가 추진하는 사업이다. 시는 국비 40억 원 등 80억 원을 들여 2024년까지 항공측량(라이다 영상)을 실시해 3차원의 지형공간정보를 확보하고 지역내 모든 건물과 시설을 3차원으로 형상화하는 등 ...

Top Scientists from across the world are set to put their heads together in Nairobi next week to find solutions to challenges facing the earth through the use of earth observation technologies. Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development Director General Dr Emmanuel Nkurunziza told journalists that over 1,000 delegates are expected. “The conference ...

La información geoespacial tiene una importancia mayor de lo que pudiera parecer a simple vista. Y es por eso que el Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana -abreviado como Mitma- facilitará la disponibilidad de esta información geográfica a través del llamado Plan Nacional de Observación del Territorio (PNOT) -llevado a cabo por el Consejo ...

UK Space Agency offers £15 million in funding for Earth observation technologies to advance climate monitoring, environmental management, and scientific knowledge. The funding aims to facilitate various environmental services, including meteorology, climate monitoring, environmental management, agriculture, urban planning, and scientific research. The Earth Observation Technology Programme funding is managed by the Centre for Earth Observation ...

Elsa Blanco Beausela, originaria de Palencia, cursa el grado de Biología en la Universidad de León. Su talento e innovación la llevaron a ganar el premio Talento Joven de la Asociación Activos y Felices, el cual será entregado en septiembre, en reconocimiento a su notable invento destinado a mejorar la vida de las personas ciegas. ...

La importancia de la gestión del conocimiento en las empresas agropecuarias cada vez tiene más relevancia al momento de tomar decisiones. La evolución de la agricultura en los últimos años, el aumento de la información y las nuevas tecnologías generan una oportunidad para hacer más eficiente la producción agropecuaria, pero sistematizar y ordenar todos los ...

In der kleinen Brautgasse, die direkt in den Bayreuther Marktplatz mündet, fliegt eine Drohne um eine mehr als zwei Meter hohe, schwarz-glänzende Bronze-Skulptur auf einem Sockel. Das Werk “Marsyas I” von Alfred Hrdlicka steht direkt am Eingang des Bayreuther Kunstmuseums und ist so etwas wie dessen Wahrzeichen. Marsyas entstammt der griechischen Mythologie, er forderte Apoll ...

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) are teaming up with a local organization to pioneer the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the lives of autistic and neurodiverse individuals in North Alabama. The project is being funded by Little Orange Fish (LOF), a Huntsville, Ala., non-profit, to improve access to mental ...

It’s all over the news: Urban areas tend to become extremely hot these days. To properly cool down our cities, “we need digital twins in the early stages of city planning”, says Stefan Trometer, Managing Director at Virtual City Systems. To Southern Europe for a city trip in the summer is becoming increasingly challenging. As ...

ENEA ha sviluppato un nuovo servizio in grado di mappare le aree costiere a rischio inondazione per il cambiamento climatico che abbina modelli ad alta risoluzione, tecnologie satellitari e rilievi sul campo. Messo a punto da un team di ricercatori composto da climatologi, esperti GIS, oceanografi e geologi, è stato presentato al XXI Congresso International ...

The rising inflation in the past year has caused coffee and espresso prices to double or triple (these days, the common cost for these is well over 2 euros). Despite this, some establishments have said “non” and have maintained affordability. This interactive map shows all of the bars, restaurants and cafes in Paris where you ...

Feeds from surveillance cameras play a key role in tracing and identifying individuals and vehicles during investigations. But locating cameras in a given location after the occurrence of a crime or accident often causes delay in the investigation. Now, the Coimbatore City Police are in the process of cutting down this delay by geotagging all ...

Bei einem Polizeieinsatz kommt es oft auf jede Minute an. Manche Stimmen behaupten jedoch, dass die Polizei in Deutschland meist erst dann komme, wenn es schon zu spät ist. Es scheint ein Gefälle zwischen echter und gefühlter Sicherheit zu geben. Aber ist das alles nur ein Bauchgefühl oder eine belegbare Tatsache? Die Online-Karte zur Erreichbarkeit ...

El consorcio del grupo operativo ‘MoniCa’, formado por el Departamento de Geografía Física y Análisis Geográfico Regional de la Universidad de Sevilla (US), Emergya Grupo, Asaja-Cádiz y CTA (Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía), ha recibido financiación para este proyecto de la Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca y Desarrollo Rural de la Junta de Andalucía, con cargo a ...

Sur la carte des îlots de chaleur de Montréal de 2019, une tache rouge bordée d’orange apparaît au centre du parc Rutherford, situé sur le flanc du mont Royal. Pourtant, six années auparavant, la zone apparaissait en vert sur la carte produite à partir d’images satellite. C’est qu’entre les deux prises d’images, un terrain sportif ...

Terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for 3D imaging has matured tremendously in the last decade, thanks to consumer (mobile phones and computers) and automotive safety and autonomy applications. Over 70 companies are vying for a portion of this $billion market. In the meantime, the technology has progressed for drone and higher altitude aerial 3D ...

Northern boreal forest ecosystems are predicted to experience more frequent summer droughts in the future. The majority of Swedish forest are secondary forests that are managed commercial forests with little diversity in species and structure. Only a small part is made up of primary forests that have experienced limited direct human impact. So far, it ...

O Instituto Água e Terra (IAT) lançou nesta sexta-feira (28), Dia Mundial da Conservação da Natureza, uma nova ferramenta para colaborar com a preservação do meio ambiente no Paraná. A plataforma Áreas Estratégicas para a Conservação e Restauração da Biodiversidade (AECR), desenvolvida pelas equipes da diretoria de Patrimônio Natural e do Núcleo de Inteligência Geográfica ...

As the Arctic warms at nearly four times the global rate, permafrost – frozen ground that has remained below 0 degrees Celsius for at least two consecutive years – is thawing rapidly, causing widespread ground collapse and infrastructure damage, threatening Arctic communities and releasing carbon into the atmosphere. To date, while vast amounts of high ...