NASA regularly captures data about Gulf Coast fluctuations, measuring change as well as ongoing loss of land. These measurements are particularly helpful after storms and hurricanes to understand wetland change and obtain a complete picture of coastal zone change.
Auburn University Launches First FAA-Approved UAS Flight School
Auburn University's unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flight school is getting up and running following approval by the Federal Aviation Authority in April 2015. Auburn's Aviation Center has been teaching flight training for more than 75 years, and the school has embraced this next generation of commercial interest.
UAE Drones for Good Award Accepting Entries
The 2016 United Arab Emirates (UAE) Drones for Good Award is accepting online video and proposal submissions until Nov. 1, 2015. Initially developed in 2014, the award features a $1 million cash prize and is dedicated to transforming these exciting technologies into practical solutions for improving people's lives.
World's Largest Groundwater Basins in Distress
Human consumption is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there’s little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them, according to two new studies led by UC Irvine that use data from NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment...
Dates Announced For the 2nd International Drone Expo
LOS ANGELES – June 23, 2015 – The International Drone Expo (IDE), previously LA Drone Expo, is the largest global commercial drone community gathering open to the public with 125 exhibitors and more than 6500 buyers. IDE 2015 will be held December 11 – 12 at...
Indonesia Regional Planning and Development Sector Powers Up Mobile Mapping by SuperPad
June 23, 2015 — Supergeo Technologies, the leading GIS software provider, announces that Deli Serdang Regional Sector for Planning and Development, Indonesia selects SuperPad, the mapping application designed for Windows Mobile, to power up fieldwork quality. The...
Detection of IR Optical Taggants Using AOTF SWIR Hyperspectral Imager (HSI)
June 23, 2015 — Optical taggants take many forms. They can be fully integrated into marked objects in the form of paints, coatings, fillers and fibers; they can also be used as standalone devices such as patches as shown below: Infrared taggants are embedded markers...
Airbus Defence and Space: Successfully Launched Sentinel-2A will Provide Colour Vision of Earth
June 23, 2015 — Sentinel-2A is the first optical Earth observation satellite in the European Copernicus programme. On Tuesday, 23 June at 03.51:58 am CEST (22 June at 10.51:58 pm local time), a Vega launcher took off from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana,...
Sofradir Delivers a Record 24 Infrared Detectors for the Sentinel 2 Space Mission
Palaiseau, near Paris, France, June 24, 2015 — Sofradir, the global leader of advanced infrared (IR) detectors for military, space and industrial applications, today announces it delivered 24 shortwave IR detectors (SWIR) to Airbus Defence and Space (ADS) for the...
EARSC Certiï¬cation Scheme Launched During the General Assembly 2015
June 23, 2015 — We are pleased to announce the launch of the EARSC Earth Observation Industry Certiï¬cation Scheme designed provide companies with a management certiï¬cation speciï¬cally adapted to the EO services industry. The Scheme is intended as a catalyst to...