2023

Cal Poly Humboldt students and faculty across various disciplines are embarking on an ambitious project to map out vegetation in the Klamath Mountains. This data will have many applications, including understanding how vegetation regenerates after fires, and how plant communities are being affected by a drying and warming climate. In the long term, this project ...

In the southwest of Colombia lies the department of Nariño, known for its majestic mountains that give rise to one of the world’s most excellent coffees, thanks to its unique qualities and characteristics. However, these same mountains represent a considerable challenge for agricultural supply chains in the region. In the scientific article entitled “Evaluation of ...

Scientists from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), together with collaborators from Shihezi University (Xinjiang, China) and University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), have proposed a cotton mapping strategy and provided high-resolution cotton maps throughout Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Xinjiang is the leading and largest cotton production region ...

Główny Geodeta Kraju Alicja Kulka zawarła porozumienie ze Stowarzyszeniem Geodetów Polskich (SGP), w którym wyrażono wolę i gotowość dalszej współpracy na rzecz rozwoju geodezji i kartografii w Polsce. Porozumienie, które zawarto 18 października 2023 r. dotyczy współpracy między innymi w zakresie: rozwoju geodezji i kartografii w Polsce, a w szczególności wykorzystania w pracach geodezyjnych oraz ...

Una vera e propria ‘strada intelligente’ dove migliorare la sicurezza, i flussi di traffico e il comfort di guida, con benefici anche in termini di risparmio energetico e sostenibilità. È la Smart Road che ENEA ha realizzato nel Centro Ricerche Casaccia (Roma), nell’ambito del programma “Ricerca di Sistema Elettrico” (RSE) finanziato dal Ministero dell’Ambiente e ...

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will receive substantial new government funding to extend the long-standing Radarsat satellite series, a keystone of the country’s climate change strategy and international disaster response, not to mention military surveillance. The agency allocation is $1.012 billion CDN (roughly $740,000 USD) over 15 years, a substantial boost to annual spending. At ...

The Australian Government’s Exploring for the Future program is continuing to deliver for the resources industry with the release of a new tool to support the discovery of minerals critical to the net zero transformation. The Heavy Mineral Map of Australia, developed by Geoscience Australia in collaboration with Curtin University, has been created using heavy ...

Estudo conduzido por grupo do Inpe e colaboradores combina varredura da área por lasers aerotransportados, imagens de satélite e inventários de campo. Resultados podem contribuir para a definição de políticas de planejamento, conservação e manejo sustentável. No contexto da grave crise vivida pela Amazônia, uma boa notícia é a divulgação de um novo mapa de ...

Thanks to their ability to absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, forests have long been recognised as a key tool in the fight against climate change – but not all forests are equal. New research based on data from ESA’s SMOS satellite mission has found that, surprisingly, young trees are champions at carbon ...

Dorset Council has highlighted the role of interactive digital maps in a successful trial of an approach to optimise home care around the county. It has used the maps in a pilot project in which it worked with the Dorset Care Association, Home Care Forum and providers to reduce the average waiting time for a ...

The U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Embassy Ghana, and the University of Mining and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa are convening mining stakeholders from across Ghana to brainstorm tech-enabled solutions to illegal mining. As part of “Tech Camp Takoradi” this week, fifty stakeholders including representatives of mining communities and companies, scientists and innovators, policymakers, environmental activists, ...

When the Cold War grew chillier around 1950, the U.S. military worried about a communist land invasion of the United States. So pilots were employed – many of them veterans of World War II – to photograph the entire country using aircraft. This 70-year-old archive of overlapping photos was taken at different angles, providing topographic ...

Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon has developed the Leica BLK2GO PULSE, its first-person laser scanner that combines lidar sensor technology with the original Leica BLK2GO form factor. The technology is set to be released in early 2024. The scanner offers users a rapid, simple and intuitive first-person scanning method that can be controlled with a ...

A new online map has been created to show where contaminated rain water from roads is polluting rivers in London. Environmental charity Thames21 has launched the site to help local authorities, as well as local communities, identify problem areas. Thames21 said contaminated run-off was caused by oil spills and tyre wear on the roads which ...

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today launched state-of-art latest National Survey Network. The nationwide “Continuously Operating Reference Stations” (CORS) Network will be operated by the Survey of India. “India now has a world class Precise Location based service, ...

Gravitational acceleration measurements were conducted in the Allgäu region of southern Germany by the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) in September this year. In high-altitude locations, helicopters were utilized to access the measurement points. These measurements play a crucial role in enhancing altitude determination through satellite-based methods such as GNSS. The elevations derived ...

Luísa desenvolveu métodos de aprendizagem de máquina, principalmente as Redes Neurais Artificiais. Chamadas de RNA, são técnicas computacionais que apresentam um modelo matemático inspirado na estrutura de organismos inteligentes que adquirem conhecimento através da experiência. “São instrumentos que modelam as precipitações antecedentes a esses desastres”, conta ela, que usou como referência a geomorfologia da Serra ...

Deutschlands Bevölkerung lebt überwiegend in Städten, für die eine enge Bebauung und eine hohe Bevölkerungsdichte charakteristisch sind. Verkehrsprobleme und urbane Hitzeinseln sind häufig damit einhergehende Begleiterscheinungen. Dabei zeigt sich allerdings eine hohe Variabilität: So ist der urbane Hitzeinseleffekt zwar grundsätzlich in hoch verdichteten Innenstädten stärker ausgeprägt, aber auch dort mag ein kleiner Park mit viel ...

Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Öğretim Üyesi Doç. Dr. Alperen Coşkuner, orman yangınlarını, LİDAR olarak bilinen lazer tarama teknolojisi ile belirlenebileceğini, bu alanda yaptıkları ilk araştırmaların yüksek doğrulukta sonuçlar verdiğini bildirdi. Orman yangınlarıyla mücadelede başarılı olabilmek, yangın risk ve tehlike potansiyeli ile yangın davranışı hakkında doğru ve hızlı bilgi verebilen kapsamlı sistemlerin varlığıyla mümkün olabilirken bu sistemlerin ...

As cornfields suffer crop damage caused by weather, corn producers can use geospatial and remote sensing technologies to get a more accurate measurement of the damage and estimate potential economic loss, according to a recent study published in Frontiers in Agronomy. In the study, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...

In 2020, the Pantanal, the largest tropical freshwater wetland in the world and a biodiversity hotspot, was swept by high-intensity fires that destroyed native vegetation in an area totaling 44,998 square kilometers (km²), or about 30% of the Brazilian portion of the biome, which spans some 150,000 km². The estimate is presented in an article ...

A group of researchers led by China’s Nanjing University has created a global-scale inventory map to determine the spatio-temporal distribution of floating photovoltaics. “Existing statistical reports on water-surface photovoltaics (WSPV) only provide aggregated summary statistics but lack spatiotemporal information, which hinders the environmental assessment and policy management,” the research’s lead author, Shanchuan Guo, told pv ...

Harxon has launched its new survey GNSS antenna, HX-CSX600A, and helix antenna, HX-CUX615A, designed for high-accuracy positioning applications across the geospatial industry. These two antennas are set to debut at INTERGEO 2023. HX-CSX600A boasts a pre-filtered Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) offering exceptional out-of-band rejection, ensuring strong anti-interference performance even in challenging environments. It is designed ...

Trimble announced today at the INTERGEO conference the latest release of Trimble® 4D (T4D) Control™ software, version 6.5, expanding rail track monitoring capabilities to address a wider range of standards and specifications. This update also adds support for Syscom Instruments acceleration sensors for event-based monitoring of ground motion, as well as updating authentication methods for ...

MANTIS was successfully integrated with its EXOpod Nova deployment system in Berlin, provided by Exolaunch as part of their mission management and integration service, prior to completing its integrations with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 before lift-off from Vandenberg Space Force Base. MANTIS, which stands for Mission Agile Nanosatellite for Terrestrial Imagery Services, will be the first ...

Azercosmos and Bayanat company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, the parties will cooperate in the area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This includes promoting potential projects and opportunities for the acquisition, processing and application of remote sensing data, geospatial data capabilities, experience and knowledge sharing. ...

If you’ve been wondering what climate change means for your neighborhood, you’re in luck. The most detailed interactive map yet of the United States’ vulnerability to dangers such as fire, flooding, and pollution was released in early October by the Environmental Defense Fund and Texas A&M University. The fine-grained analysis spans more than 70,000 census ...

A Prefeitura de São Paulo está levando a dez cidades ibero-americanas seu conhecimento na utilização de georreferenciamento de dados e a sua contribuição para o incentivo de políticas públicas. As cidades participam de um workshop on-line, que teve a primeira aula realizada nesta terça-feira (10) com o tema “Geoprocessamento de Dados para o Planejamento Urbano”. ...

The city of Greenville has unveiled an ambitious, one-of-a-kind app to increase access for all. For the past two years, city staff has partnered with the Barbara Stone Foundation to create an accessibility app for downtown. ‘“Greenville has so much to offer,” said risk manager and ADA coordinator Mike Jank. “We want to make sure ...

VertiGIS, a worldwide leader in spatial asset management solutions and geographic information system (GIS) software is proud to announce the latest addition to the new VertiGIS Networks product line: VertiGIS Network Locator. This innovative locates solution for underground utilities revolutionizes the way companies handle the demand of 811, Call-Before-You-Dig and One-Call responses with efficiency and ...