Earth Imaging Journal's Editorial Director Matt Ball spoke with Bronwyn Agrios, co-founder of Astro Digital, about the company's creation of an online image-processing and distribution platform to send real-time alerts when satellite imagery is collected across an area to be monitored.
Smallsat Company and Sensor Guide
As seen in the accompanying feature, Earth Observation Embracing the New Space Environment: The Significance of EO Smallsat Constellations, the small satellite (smallsat) industry has become an important and market-disrupting force in Earth observation. The following...
Defense Watch: Assessing the Role of Geospatial Intelligence in a Period of Rapid Climate Change
By Chris Crosiar, Office of Basic and Applied Research, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Springfield, Va. In my experience as a research and development scientist at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, I recall a time when the mention of...
Industry Insights: New NASA Earth Science Missions Expand View of Our Home Planet
By Steve Cole, public affairs officer, Earth Science Division, NASA (www.nasa.gov), Washington, D.C. Four new NASA Earth-observing missions are collecting data from space—with a fifth newly in orbit—after the busiest year of NASA Earth science launches in more...
Industry Overview: Are You Poised for Opportunity?
When looking at all the coming changes to the geospatial technology tools and inputs that are emerging and immediately over the horizon, there's a mixed feeling of excitement and trepidation. How will all of these new data-collection platforms, workflows and analytics impact the world of today's practitioners as well as the vendor community?
Earth Observation Embracing the New Space Environment: The Significance of EO Smallsat Constellations
During the last several years, numerous companies announced their intention to launch low-cost Earth-observation satellite systems, most of which will be constellations of satellites. This implies a significant increase in the amount of Earth-observation data being collected and a growing number of supply choices, but what are the industry implications?
Europe and Pacific Northwest Face Record Heat
A map shows daytime land-surface temperature anomalies in Europe from June 30-July 9, 2015, compared to the 2001“2010 average for the same period. Shades of red depict areas where the land surface was hotter than the long-term average; areas in blue were below average.