October 27, 2015
Hurricane Patricia made landfall on Oct. 24, 2015, along the southwestern coast of Mexico. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured Patricia making landfall, while the Global Precipitation Measurement mission core satellite added up Patricia’s high rain totals, which exceeded more than 409 millimeters (16.1 inches) over open waters.
October 27, 2015
NASA recently released the Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET), an API that provides a curated collection of natural events as well as a way to link those events to image layers. EONET is expected to enable developers to build their own client applications on top of NASA data.
October 27, 2015
Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Earth Observation Center (EOC) used Earth-observation satellites to determine that the ozone hole over Antarctica currently extends more than 26 million square kilometers—an area larger than the North American continent. It’s approximately 2.5 million square kilometers larger than at the same time in 2014, and just less than the record in 2006, when it was 27 million square kilometers.
October 27, 2015
Saunderton, Bucks: October 27, 2015 — MapAction is deploying volunteers to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Athens, Belgrade and Geneva to support the coordination of the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. Alongside this, MapAction will be working with The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) looking at the potential evolution of the situation
October 27, 2015
Portland, ME, October 27, 2015 —Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) and collaborators announce the results of a three-year, multi-state project that fills significant ecological data gaps on bird, marine mammal, and sea turtle distributions and movements. The goal of this project, one of the largest of its kind ever conducted, was to improve the understanding of
October 27, 2015
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2015 — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers NASA a framework for prioritizing satellite observations and measurements of Earth based on their scientific value. NASA's Earth Science Division conducts a coordinated series of satellite and airborne missions for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere,
October 27, 2015
October 27, 2015 — Teledyne Optech is pleased to announce that it will present its latest solutions for the surveying market at the 2015 Latin America Geospatial Forum (LAGF) in Mexico City on November 10-12. Business Unit Manager Albert Iavarone will speak about the latest addition to our line-up of mobile survey solutions, the
October 27, 2015
Shepperton Studios, London, October 27, 2015 — RealVisuals is bringing historical artefacts to life with interactive 3D computer models created from laser scanner data generated using Pointfuse software. The Belgium based technology company has pioneered the use of Pointfuse for heritage applications, scanning and producing models of complex museum collections including pieces from the Flax Museum “Texture”
October 27, 2015
October 27, 2015 — Integrating different sources of open data often generates great value and new information. For example, by integrating earthquake and tsunami locations with a coastal city vulnerability index, you will be able to find which cities are most vulnerable to tsunamis. Generally, data itself may not contain any information, but contrarily information
October 27, 2015
TORONTO,October 27, 2015 —The United States Forest Service (USFS) fights wildfires and other natural disasters in more than 155 national forests and 20 national grasslands, totaling an estimated 193 million acres or 30% of all federally-managed lands. The USFS Geospatial Management Office (GMO) is responsible for the implementation of the Forest Service geospatial program which
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