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Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel has bagged a five-year contract for supplying technical hyperspectral imagery to United States’ National Reconnaissance Organization (NRO). Pixxel will provide technical hyperspectral imagery (HSI) remote sensing capabilities through modelling and simulation and data evaluation using its currently on-orbit pathfinder systems and future constellations. Last year, Pixxel had launched its hyper-spectral imaging ...

3D geospatial software company Cesium announces the release of “Cesium for Omniverse,” an extension that enables the 3D geospatial capability for NVIDIA Omniverse, a real-time 3D graphics collaboration development platform. Cesium for Omniverse is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 License. Cesium for Omniverse is free and open source under the Apache 2.0 ...

The California-based tech company is creating genetically engineered crops that can signal humans when they are attacked by pathogens, need nutrients, or feel stressed from drought. It is teaming up with Satellogic Inc. to begin developing a system to detect these human-engineered crop signals from space. A specially designed imaging instrument is scheduled to be ...

It’s easier than ever to view maps of any place you’d like to go — by car, that is. By foot is another matter. Most cities and towns in the U.S. do not have sidewalk maps, and pedestrians are usually left to fend for themselves: Can you walk from your hotel to the restaurants on ...

In California, extreme heat and drought conditions now occur at regular intervals, drying out grassland, pine needles and other foliage, adding to the century-old tinderbox that stokes these enormous fires. However, the state is now harnessing a powerful tool to dampen the effects of these fires, namely artificial intelligence, and specifically machine learning. The abundance ...

The National Geographic Society launched the World Water Map as part of its five-year World Freshwater Initiative to better understand developing freshwater shortages around the world and inspire sustainable action. The Map was created by the National Geographic Society in cooperation with Utrecht University and Esri to identify water availability hotspots, visualize global freshwater supply ...

In 2022, Terrer received seed grant funding from the Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab (J-WAFS) to produce drought monitoring systems for farmers. The project is leveraging a new generation of remote sensing devices to provide high-resolution plant water stress at regional to global scales. Terrer and Wenzhe Jiao collect data from remote ...

Prepared, the provider of mission-critical emergency multimedia services, has partnered with NextNav Pinnacle to power its z-axis location ecosystem. Prepared’s software currently enables 9-1-1 dispatch centers to livestream from the scene of an incident. It receives multimedia content, and pinpoint mobile callers’ location data to build real-time, big-picture assessments and improve overall emergency responses. Through ...

EagleView Technologies, an aerial imagery, software, and analytics provider, is opening its platform for strategic customer and partner access. The EagleView Platform will provide customers and partners the capabilities to access interactive experiences, improve current workflows and create services and solutions with the same core capabilities and tools that power EagleView’s renowned products and services. ...

The new product leverages artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision to produce 2D and 3D CAD and GIS engineering deliverables faster than ever before, according to Mach9. This product launch comes amidst the company’s pivot to a software-first business model – a move driven by the rising demand for tools that accelerate geospatial data processing ...

Scientists monitoring the region via satellite found that between 2000 and 2021, the average deforestation rate in nonprotected areas was about 14 times higher than in protected areas and Indigenous lands. The research contributes to an ongoing conversation about conservation of the Amazon, said study lead author Yuanwei Qin, a research scientist at the University ...

NV5 Geospatial, North America’s most comprehensive geospatial science data firm, today announced that it will conduct aerial lidar and orthoimagery surveys across the Caribbean on behalf of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC). Funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), this pilot project will provide advanced geospatial data to help the island nations better ...

A first count of trees in Africa’s drylands has enabled scientists to calculate how much carbon they store and could help devise better conservation strategies for the region and beyond, a study said Wednesday. The number of trees in the vast region—the count came to nearly 10 billion—has not been known up to now, and ...

Radisys Corporation, a global leader of open telecom solutions, today announced the availability of Radisys ReachPoint, a smart network-based geolocation platform that allows Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to deliver real-time geolocation service capable of reaching places where GPS may not be available, such as inside tall buildings. The solution enables Enterprises to get the location ...

Maxar Technologies and blackshark.ai have collaborated to develop SYNTH3D, a synthetic 3D digital twin of the Earth’s surface that is highly compatible and visually pleasing for use in gaming, simulation, entertainment, virtual reality (VR), smart city, and metaverse applications. This high-performance 3D model, created using blackshark.ai’s patented generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology and Maxar’s Vivid ...

A new virtual reality (VR) app lets a user rewatch and relive memories they recorded on a smartphone. Developed by California-based company Wist Labs, Wist: Immersive Memories is an app that lets people save old “memories” and interact with their once-lived experiences on a smartphone, in mobile augmented reality (AR), or a VR headset. The ...

SimActive, a leading photogrammetry software developer, has announced that users of LiDARUSA’s multi-sensor systems can now take advantage of SimActive’s Lidar point cloud colorization capabilities. Using SimActive’s Correlator3D software, users can integrate Lidar data and imagery to create more realistic models.

Sacha Fournier, who recently debuted an interactive map that tracks McDonald’s Big Mac prices throughout the United States in real time, has followed up on the viral success of “McCheapest” with a map that tracks something else we’ve all been keeping an eye on: the steep price of a dozen eggs at the grocery store. ...

Maxar Technologies provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, today announced that the Guyana Ministry of Natural Resources has entered into a three-year contractual agreement with Maxar to provide the nation with environmental monitoring services for both offshore and terrestrial applications. Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency will utilize Maxar’s Crow’s Nest Maritime Monitoring ...

Mercedes-Benz and Google announced today a long-term strategic partnership to further accelerate auto innovation and create the industry’s next-generation digital luxury car experience. With this partnership, Mercedes-Benz will be the first automaker to build its own branded navigation experience based on new in-car data and navigation capabilities from Google Maps Platform. This will give the ...

به گزارش روابط عمومی دانشگاه تهران، گروهی از محققان دانشگاه تهران در پژوهشی به سرپرستی دکتر سید کاظم علوی‌پناه نشان دادند که سایه اثرات منفی قابل ملاحظه‌ای بر اطلاعات خصوصیات سطح زمین استخراج شده از تصاویر ماهواره‌ای می‌گذارد. وی با بیان اینکه بررسی اثرات پدیده سایه بر روی داده‌های دریافتی از تصاویر ماهواره‌ها حاصل یک ...

NASA’s Ames Research Center will leverage NextNav’s TerraPoiNT commercial grade network to capture inflight data on drone navigation, detection and collision avoidance as part of BVLOS testing for its urban air mobility (UAM) program. Via a network of terrestrial beacons, TerraPoiNT provides precise geolocation services when GPS signals aren’t available. NASA will use TerraPoiNT to ...

American defence-aerospace firm Lockheed Martin’s Space division has been in talks with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the emerging Indian private space sector for collaboration, said a top official. This is a result of India’s space sector being reformed to permit private firms to carry out end-to-end space activities and seek government support ...

Our Fire and Rescue Department is constantly updating the ways it provides service to meet the needs of residents, including processing data that allows data-informed decisions about staffing and response. To meet these data goals, the department launched RescueVision to provide real-time situational awareness and decision support at the 911 dispatch center. RescueVision is a ...

The U.S. Space Force accepted delivery of the 10th and final GPS 3 satellite made by Lockheed Martin under a 2008 contract. Of the 10 satellites built, six have been launched and four are stored at a Lockheed Martin facility in Waterton, Colorado, awaiting launch opportunities. In a statement Feb. 16, the Space Systems Command ...

Trimble announced new advanced path planning technology. This gives Trimble end users and equipment manufacturers the ability to optimize and automate the trajectory, speed and overall path design of industrial equipment to increase efficiency of work. Manufacturers worldwide can now provide their customers with an easy-to-integrate, automated solution that works not only with Trimble systems, ...

Researchers from Florida Atlantic University, in collaboration with the United States Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, and Alaska Ecoscience, systematically analyzed the effects of six large fires that have occurred since 2000 on the Tanana Flats lowland in interior Alaska on land cover change, vegetation dynamics, and terrain subsidence, or ...

Public transit systems offering broad coverage of stops and routes may still underserve the communities that rely on them the most, according to a new University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study. The study applies contextual engineering to help determine lapses in equity in public bus transportation access using data from the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District as ...

Wildlife specialists with the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) depend on geographic information to determine this lizard’s potential impacts on the environment, wildlife, and human health. They need more information to stay ahead. “We receive anecdotal reports of brown basilisks in areas where the reported sightings are thin and sporadic, but we ...

Hosted by California URISA and the California Geographic Information Association, CalGIS 2023 features important education and training, along with ample opportunities to build your professional network and find solutions. Chairwoman Louise Miranda Ramirez of the Ohlone Costanoan-Esselen Nation will present the opening land acknowledgement and then we’ll hear from our featured keynote speaker, Joy Bonaguro, ...