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Cities really are hotter than surrounding areas due to the urban heat island effect, first observed in London during the 1800s, explained Binghamton University Associate Professor of Geography Thomas Pingel. The buildings, parking lots and sidewalks absorb heat during the day, releasing it during the night. This excess heat is more than just an annoyance; ...

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia have investigated the effects of wildfires on the electricity production of rooftop PV systems and have concluded that residential solar arrays could be used for wildfire detection and monitoring, due to their sensitivity to smoke. In the study “Quantifying the impact of wildfire smoke ...

The Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) has launched its NexSat-1 satellite into orbit aboard Jielong-3 (Smart Dragon-3), China’s small orbital launch vehicle and has subsequently established communications with the satellite. The microsatellite weighs 67 kilograms, and it features a panchromatic imaging payload with 5.7 meters of ground resolution. EgSA’s CEO, Dr Sherif Sedky, announced the launch ...

Dublin City University (DCU) has partnered with Bentley Systems to create an advanced digital twin of its campus as part of its Smart DCU initiative. The partnership combines artificial intelligence (AI) and immersive digital twin technology. The campus will be used as a testing ground for innovative smart city solutions, with the aim of creating ...

For many Hawaiian farmers, agriculture is more than a profession; it is their kuleana, or responsibility. It is a practice with deep cultural roots tied to the ancient concept of aloha ʻāina—love and responsible stewardship of the land. Despite this cultural connection to farming, agricultural production and food systems across Hawai’i have suffered from decades ...

A map of Armenia’s mining industry is being elaborated in Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Public Association of Cartographers of Azerbaijan Mugabil Bayramov said, Trend reports. He mentioned that 40 percent of the map has already been elaborated at the moment. “The map is being prepared in two formats. It will be used to find out ...

People who live near the Region of Waterloo International Airport know it can get noisy there and that intrigued a group of third-year geography and aviation students at the University of Waterloo. As pilots, Matthew Toy, Chase Cardoza, Nikith Challa and Isabelle Mazzoco know planes can get loud and wanted to look into just how ...

A modern, sustainable society depends on the mining industry to supply crucial materials. Batteries and electric vehicles require metals like lithium and cadmium, wind turbines require rare earth metals and our cities need aggregate materials like gravel and sand for construction. On the other hand, the mining industry also produces materials like coal which are ...

Crop-livestock integration (CLI) systems combine the growing of crops in rotation or consortium, especially grain crops such as soybeans, corn and sorghum, and forage plants used to feed cattle and pigs, with the raising of livestock, typically beef cattle. The crops provide most of the cash income, while the livestock has food available during the ...

Fewer Auckland residents would be at risk in the event of a tsunami than the council previously thought. Auckland Emergency Management (AEM) has updated the region’s tsunami map in the wake of new data which it says showed less of the city’s coastline would be at threat. AEM head of operations John Cranfield said the ...

Created by Esri, the global leader in mapping and location intelligence software, the new website is a platform for sharing and discussing visually engaging maps that inspire, challenge, educate, reward, and provoke across a range of topics and formats. The site will serve as a celebration of science and art, presenting maps that captivate not ...

The City of Paso Robles is trying to make it easier for residents to get information about road conditions and future repairs in their neighborhoods. The new interactive street maintenance map application was developed after damage from last year’s storms. Residents now have the opportunity to check a street’s pavement condition index rating, the last ...

GNSS provide invaluable positioning data for countless applications, from everyday navigation to scientific research. Tropospheric delays, caused by the refractive properties of the atmosphere, significantly impact the accuracy of GNSS positioning. The standard practice of multiplying Zenith Tropospheric Delay (ZTD) by a Mapping Function (MF) to derive SPD operates under an assumption of atmospheric isotropy, ...

Dog attacks on sheep in Kerry in 2024 are to be mapped by Kerry County Council in an effort to identify the dogs and their owners. The Department of Agriculture is also being asked to employ its satellite tracking system in conjunction with the council maps, to help identify the out-of-control dogs. The move is ...

On January 18, 2024, Baidu (Google of China) and Huawei signed an ecological cooperation agreement focusing on navigation, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), and Huawei’s smart cockpit technology. The signing ceremony was attended by Huawei division General Manager Jin Yongfu and Baidu Vice President Shang Guobin. The collaboration aims to improve the navigation and travel ...

Omani company ETCO Space’s Aman-1 satellite published its first images on Monday of SOHAR Port and Freezone and the Western Hajar Mountains in the wilayat of Ibri. Aman-1 is the first Omani satellite to be launched into low Earth orbit for the purposes of satellite imagery, ground observation and remote sensing. Abdulaziz Jaafar, CEO of ...

In wildfire season, sometimes you can’t see the tundra for the trees. Most Northwest Territories communities facing any kind of wildfire threat are the ones in the boreal forest. For obvious reasons, the forest gets all the attention. That’s where the fuel and danger is. As a result, nobody has really been counting the tundra ...

French startup Kermap has developed a ‘digital twin’ of the Earth that claims to offer the most up-to-date views of our home planet. The programme is called Nimbo Earth Online and it is the only platform providing new satellite views of the world every month, without clouds. Google Earth refreshes its imagery every several months ...

Researchers led by Prof. Xie Chengjun and Associate Prof. Zhang Jie at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a novel deep learning-based method for satellite imagery. Their method, called the Frequency-Adaptive Mixture of Experts Network (FAME-Net), has been accepted for publication in the 2024 Proceedings of the ...

Through the collaborative implementation of satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB), the Danish Geodata Agency and EOMAP are synergizing efforts to contribute to the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Bathymetry partnership. Their shared goal is to seamlessly integrate SDB data into the Danish Depth Model (DDM). Harnessing cutting-edge satellite technology, this partnership aims to enhance the ...

Marine data provider XOCEAN recently deployed five uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) near the Isles of Scilly to collect bathymetric data on behalf of the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). The USVs scanned the seabed, identifying features such as depth, habitats, ridges, boulders and shipwrecks. This marked the UKHO’s inaugural use of an external organization for seabed ...

What if there were a public health crisis facing a U.S. ally? And what if the U.S. and other governments and international organizations were called on to offer humanitarian support? At Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, three students with decades of experience in fields including data science, population health, and national security tackled ...

National spatial data infrastructure will be created in Belarus. The step is stipulated by the Council of Ministers’ resolution No.32 of 16 January 2024, BelTA has learned. The document has been published by the national legislation registry. It approves a regulation on the national spatial data infrastructure. The State Property Committee has been entrusted with ...

In 3D scene generation, a captivating challenge is the seamless integration of new objects into pre-existing 3D scenes. The ability to modify these complex digital environments is crucial, especially when aiming to enhance them with human-like creativity and intention. While adept at altering scene styles and appearances, earlier methods falter in inserting new objects consistently ...

When combatting complex problems like illegal poaching and human trafficking, efficient yet broad geospatial search tools can provide critical assistance in finding and stopping the activity. A visual active search (VAS) framework for geospatial exploration developed by researchers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis uses a novel visual reasoning ...

It’s become obvious that it’s going to be super complicated for states to define the bidding areas for Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment (BEAD) grants. Some states may define bid areas by census blocks, school districts or some other defined geography or cluster. But other states may go with a “free-for-all” approach, allowing bidders to ...

Monitoring deforestation across millions of hectares of Amazonian jungle has always been an onerous ask. When illegal logging first became an issue, the authorities relied on word-of-mouth and reports from indigenous communities, before buzzing the jungle in small planes to find the deforested areas. In the 1980s the first satellite images became available, with resolution ...

Sustainable water management is an increasing concern in arid regions around the world, and scientists and regulators are turning to remote sensing tools like OpenET to help track and manage water resources. OpenET uses publicly available data produced by NASA and USGS Landsat and other satellite systems to calculate evapotranspiration (ET), or the amount of ...

Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey-led team of more than 50 scientists and engineers. This was one of several key findings from the latest USGS National Seismic Hazard Model (NSHM). The model was used to create a color-coded map that pinpoints where damaging earthquakes ...

GPS makes it possible to navigate the globe with relative ease, but tunnels have long been a sore spot for apps like Google Maps. But, widely available now, Google Maps now supports Bluetooth beacons to fill in the gap left by tunnels. Bluetooth beacons are not really a new idea. Google-owned Waze has supported the ...