2023

According to a report by Sputnik, Yuri Borisov, the Director-General of the Russian State Space Corporation, proposed that the South African Space Agency (SANSA) consider the deployment of a Russian data-receiving station on a South African territory that would receive information from Russian and foreign Earth observation satellites, during the BRICS meeting in South Africa ...

Le inondazioni rappresentano uno dei disastri naturali più comuni e più impattanti a livello mondiale. Tali eventi aumenteranno ulteriormente in futuro a causa dei cambiamenti climatici, della crescita economica e dell’urbanizzazione. I ricercatori del laboratorio LSD&D (Land Surface Dynamics and Degradation) del CNR-IMAA, unitamente a ricercatori dell’Università Federico II di Napoli, propongono un approccio innovativo ...

A team of international researchers, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has announced the initial findings of a project to address the loss of cultures by measuring the impact that climate change has on communities. One finding from the joint project, titled Climate Crisis and Cultural Loss, or 3CL, is the practice of ...

The CEO of the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA), Colonel Francis Ngabo, and the President of Esri, Jack Dangermond, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a collaborative partnership, setting the foundation for promoting geospatial services to drive social-economic development in Rwanda. The momentous event occurred on the sidelines of the 2023 Esri User Conference ...

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (SmartSat), Australia’s space research centre, has signed a new agreement with European Space Agencys (ESA) Philab to collaborate on Earth Observation (EO) research. The European Space Agency’s Philab is a leading research centre with a mission to accelerate the future of Earth Observation through transformational innovations and new technologies, including artificial ...

Ohla ha iniciado las obras de construcción de la variante de Malpartida en la provincia de Cáceres (Extremadura), un proyecto adjudicado por el Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana (Mitma) por cerca de 45 millones de euros. Se trata de una de las primeras obras del Ministerio en la que se emplearán metodología BIM ...

ArtsFairfax wants you to help it keep track of all the public art popping up around Fairfax County. The county’s designated, nonprofit local arts agency recently launched an online Public Arts Locator to identify and map out murals, sculptures and other installations placed in the community, either permanently or on a temporary basis. The app ...

Wo darf mit welcher Parkkarte parkiert werden? Wo ist das Bauen aufgrund von Naturgefahren eingeschränkt? Die Stadt Bern nutzt als Grundlage für ihr Handeln eine Vielzahl von Geodatensätzen. Neu stellt sie diese Daten über das städtische Geoportal www.bern.ch/geoportal auch der Öffentlichkeit zur Verfügung. Die Stadt Bern macht einen weiteren Schritt in Richtung digitale Verwaltung und ...

Recent bipartisan legislation aims to make satellite communication and PNT services more available to farmers. Legislation that nudges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to do more to make satellite communication and PNT services available to rural America, particularly farmers, has sailed through the House and is awaiting committee action in the Senate. The bipartisan legislation—something ...

An online tracking system developed by an international environmental group goes live today. It will enable the public to monitor where old growth is being logged and is designed to hold the province accountable for promises to reform forestry, said project lead Angeline Robertson, a senior investigative researcher with Stand.earth. Forest Eye — an online ...

Poaching wild animals poses global environmental risks, from threatening the survival of keystones species to potentially spreading animal-borne diseases to humans. Technology like unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, can help combat poachers, but finding the best way to use the large amounts of geospatial data generated by these tools remains a challenge, according to Penn ...

El pasado mes de mayo se dio el pistoletazo de salida al proyecto ForesteCCo (FORtaleciendo la RESTauración Ecológica y la infraestructura verde para la adaptación de especies forestales al Cambio ClimáticO). Este proyecto de investigación e innovación se desarrolla con el apoyo de La Fundación Biodiversidad del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto ...

Analysis of Global Positioning System (GPS) time-series data from nearly 100 large earthquakes worldwide has provided evidence for the existence of a precursory phase of fault slip occurring two hours before seismic rupture. “If it can be confirmed that earthquake nucleation often involves an hours-long precursory phase, and the means can be developed to reliably ...

Around one-third of fish stocks worldwide are overfished, while 20 percent of all seafood is obtained through illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Most such fishing, known as IUU, occurs on the high seas, where the governance of marine areas is tricky and their protection is virtually non-existent. IUU fishing vessels pursuing the largest profits often ...

Do 23 września został wydłużony termin, w którym można zgłaszać referaty na I Kongres Geoinformacyjny. Wydarzenie odbędzie się w dniach 25–27 października w Krakowie. Jak zapewniają organizatorzy, spotkanie pozwoli na pełną integrację środowisk związanych z geoinformacją w kraju, ale nie tylko. Kongres Geoinformacyjny będzie wydarzeniem naukowym, które umożliwi prezentację najnowszych polskich i zagranicznych osiągnięć badawczych ...

Można już zapisywać się na VIII Forum BioGIS – System Informacji Przestrzennej w badaniach różnorodności biologicznej, które odbędzie się w dniach 29 – 30 listopada 2023 r. w Poznaniu. Forum BioGIS jest cykliczną imprezą o charakterze konferencji i warsztatów, której głównym celem jest wymiana doświadczeń między nauką i praktyką, a także popularyzacja wiedzy na temat ...

VeriDaaS Corporation, a leading provider of high-quality geospatial data, and Tarin Resource Services, a prominent name in the Canadian geospatial industry, are thrilled to announce their strategic partnership. Under this new agreement, Tarin Resource Services has become an official reseller of VeriDaaS data, opening doors to unparalleled geospatial solutions for clients across various industries. The ...

The Water Security Agency of Saskatchewan (WSA) announced the launch of its GeoHub portal, making data used by the agency to monitor and manage the province’s water resources freely available for the public. The new WSA GeoHub brings together 17 Geographic Information System (GIS) layers and four web maps in one place. This open-data portal ...

Una mappa per rendere i luoghi della lettura di Firenze visibili e accessibili, questo è il progetto che il Comune di Firenze attraverso le Biblioteche Comunali Fiorentine sta disegnando. La mappa raccoglierà sia i luoghi della lettura più conosciuti, ma anche quelli più insoliti, in cui la lettura è presente come veicolo di socialità e ...

In an exciting step forward in how we access and use location data, the Digital Atlas of Australia beta was released to the public on 30 June 2023. The interactive, secure, and easy-to-use platform brings together, curates and connects trusted data from across government. Anyone, anywhere can explore, analyse and visualise data on Australia’s geography, ...

Agricultural pesticide use has resulted in increased quantity and quality of produced foodstuffs, but at a cost—these pesticides can have negative, and not fully understood, impacts on human and ecosystem health. Some pesticide application techniques can result in product being transported away from the farm fields and onto proximal locations, causing concerns about exposures should ...

La Alhambra de Granada entra en el siglo XXI de la mano de la inteligencia artificial. El monumento tendrá un gemelo digital gracias a una iniciativa Retech que lidera a Agencia Digital de Andalucía de la Junta junto con el Ayuntamiento de Granada y Cultura. El proyecto, que tendrá un presupuesto de dos millones de ...

Muscat Municipality has won an international award for using geographic information systems (GIS) in an effective manner in its Etamid platform. The Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award ceremony took place during a plenary session of the Esri User Conference in San Diego, California, USA on July 10. Etamid is a pioneering project involving numerous ...

O IBGE lançou hoje (17) o Manual de Coleta de Nomes Geográficos, que detalha a metodologia desenvolvida e utilizada pelo órgão no processo de coleta dos nomes de lugares. O Manual, desenvolvido a partir da experiência dos técnicos do IBGE em campanhas de mapeamentos ocorridas em diferentes épocas e locais do território brasileiro, tem como ...

Este período do ano é considerado a época em que Brasília se pinta. As cores dos ipês se misturam ao azul do céu, ofuscam o verde das árvores e combatem o cinza da cidade. Talvez você nem tenha saído de casa, mas com certeza viu um nas redes sociais. Ao mesmo tempo em que brotam ...

Un equipo de investigación de la Estación Biológica de Doñana del CSIC, ubicado en el Parque Científico Tecnológico Cartuja (Sevilla), el Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos de Castilla la Mancha, el Instituto Max Planck de Comportamiento Animal y la Universidad de Konstanz de Alemania han desarrollado un mapa que cubre más de 1000 kilómetros ...

Central to the mission of Calvin University is restorative justice; and for years, it has helped inmates get a degree through the Calvin Prison Initiative. Calvin also developed valuable resources, like the “Returning Citizens Map,” an interactive web page that helps people chart a new path forward after they serve their time. In 2018, a ...

Griffith Agribusiness’ most recent recruit, Dr Zannie Langford, is set to take the lead on a new project, exploring climate change resilience strategies for seaweed farmers in Indonesia. Seaweed farming is Indonesia’s largest marine aquacultural industry, but the variability of ocean conditions and the impact of rainfall on seaweed production mean that it is already ...

“We need to use an external frame of reference when making measurements of the Earth’s position, tilt and speed of rotation, and that these supermassive black holes are our best indicator as they don’t really move.” These measurements, called Earth Orientation Parameters, are used by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellites to help geodesists understand ...

Der Nordwesten leidet wie weite Teile Deutschlands unter anhaltender Dürre. Das wirkt sich auch auf den Grundwasserspiegel aus. Wo genau, zeigt eine Karte. Herausgegeben wird die Karte, die stets tagesaktuelle Werte ausgebe, vom niedersächsischen Landesbetriebs für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz, kurz NLWKN, teilte die Behörde mit. Da in Folge langanhaltender Dürre und immer wiederkehrender Trockenjahre ...