Switzerland's Aeroscout recently equipped several unmanned aircraft system helicopter systems with a combined Riegl laser scanner and inertial navigation system/Global Positioning System payload solution for airborne laser scanning.
Journalism Schools Test EO Drones”And Legal Boundaries
AP style, interviewing skills and drone flying lessons? At least two journalism schools are experimenting with Earth observation (EO) unmanned aircraft systems as news-gathering tools.
Satellites Chronicle a Greening Arctic
During the last three decades, temperatures have risen faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on Earth, resulting in a longer growing season and bringing major changes to far-north ecosystems.
India's Next EO Satellite to Feature Top Resolution
According to a recent article in The Hindu, India's planned Cartosat-3 Earth observation satellite will offer .25-meter resolution, the world's highest commercial capability.
Satellite Observations Benefit Global Agriculture
From illegal logging in Africa to the impact of rising seawater on rice production in Vietnam, Earth observation satellites are addressing diverse global agricultural challenges.
University Tests UAS for Assessing Power Grid Damage
A New Mexico State University research team has performed successful unmanned aircraft system flights for the Electric Power Research Institute’s Airborne Damage Assessment Model.
ESA's GOCE Satellite Captures Earthquake Sounds
Earth observation satellites often map changes in Earth's surface caused by earthquakes, but never before have sound waves from a quake been sensed directly from space”until now.
NASA Satellite Observes Australia Flooding
Tropical Cyclone Rusty made landfall in northwestern Australia in late February 2013, prompting the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to issue a flood warning for the catchment of the De Gray River.
Space Debris Strikes Russian Science Satellite
A piece of space debris left over from a 2007 Chinese missile test collided with a Russian satellite earlier this year, rendering the satellite unusable, according to a researcher on March 9, 2013.
Airborne LiDAR Detects Ancient Scottish Sites
More than 300 new archaeological sites have been found in Caithness”some dating back 3,000 years”in a survey that's beginning to rewrite the history of northern mainland Scotland.
