LiDAR data”if collected, analyzed and disseminated to local residents and policy makers”can be invaluable in mapping landslide hazards. In turn, such mapping can greatly help mitigate the consequences of landslides.
Monitoring a Marine Reserve
A Flexrotor UAS Provides Proof of Poaching By Matt Ball Cocos Island National Park is a Costa Rican biodiversity treasure that lies 350 miles off the coast and along the same subterranean mountain ridge as Galapagos Island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. This...
Topcon Announces Partnership with Ascending Technologies for UAS Worldwide Distribution
LIVERMORE, Calif., USA/ CAPELLE A/D IJSSEL, The Netherlands, , Aug. 3, 2015—Topcon Positioning Group announces a worldwide distribution partnership with Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) provider Ascending Technologies. The agreement gives Topcon exclusivity for the...
DLR and NASA Team for 3D Measurements of Forests
July 15, 2015—A tangle of treetops and branches, through which just the occasional clear area provides glimpses of the trunks and roots growing below. Whether it is woodland with German spruces or a tropical rainforest, very few sensors are able to see through this...
NASA Maps Beach Tar from California Oil Pipeline Spill
An AVIRIS-NG red-green-blue (visible) aerial image of the Refugio Incident oil spill shows oil on the water and on nearby Santa Barbara Channel beaches.
St Helena Invests in an AIS Based Maritime Domain Management (MDM) System
July 1, 2015—SRT Marine System Solutions has supplied an AIS based MDM system which enables authorities to monitor fishing boats operating across their entire EEZ. The SRT MDM system combines VTS and VMS functionality into a single solution and will assist the...
Dutch Government Successfully Uses Aerialtronics Drones to Control Traffic
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment used three Altura Zenith ATX 8 drones to monitor the traffic leading to and from the Concert at Sea festival in Zeeland. The drones monitored an area of 30 square kilometres and were supported with a strong wireless...
Monitoring the World's Water Quality from Space
Germany-based EOMAP launched a new worldwide service that uses remote-sensing techniques with high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor the water quality of inland and coastal waters. The eoApp Web application provides easy access to data derived from proprietary physics-based processing of satellite sensors.
Mosaicking One of China's Megacities
This image of Tianjin, China, was captured from multiple radar images from the European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite. The city has a population of more than 14 million people, making it one of the world's largest and among China's five largest cities.
BlackBridge to Provide RapidEye Imagery to the Climate Corp for Precision Agriculture
May 8, 2015—BlackBridge recently announced that it has entered into an agreement with The Climate Corporation to provide RapidEye imagery of the major agricultural areas across the U.S. for use in The Climate Corporation's products and services for farmers. This...
