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Better assessment of lakes with remote sensing

Better assessment of lakes with remote sensing

A senior researcher at the University of Helsinki has developed models to analyse remotely-sensed imagery for improved water quality assessments

 

UNITAR boosts rapid mapping capacity with UAVs

UNITAR boosts rapid mapping capacity with UAVs

After more than a year of research and experimental tests, the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)has has acquired its first Mini-UAV

 

Space and its benefits: a top priority for Europe

Space and its benefits: a top priority for Europe

After the recent launch of the first Galileo satellites – an event of paramount political importance for Europe – politicians, policymakers, space agency managers, industrialists, satellite operators and members of civil society gathered at the European Parliament in Brussels in November for the 4th Conference on EU Space Policy.

 

Dashboard on the go

Matthew DeMeritt explores the possibilities of a map-enabled enterprise oversight tool for the iPad

 

Confidence is key to women’s spatial skills

Confidence is key to women’s spatial skills

Boosting a woman’s confidence makes her better at spatial tasks, University of Warwick scientists have found, suggesting skills such as parking and map-reading could come more easily if a woman is feeling good about herself

 

Flying over the three-dimensional Moon

DLR Planetary researchers generate a new 3D model of the lunar surface of unprecedented accuracy and competeness

 

Satellite data can help protect bluefin tuna

Satellite data can help protect bluefin tuna

A new habitat model developed by scientists of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) allows the potential presence of bluefin tuna to be tracked through daily updated maps, helping to protect endangered stocks and fight illegal fishing.

 

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GPS 'collars' camels in the Gobi

Prof. Chris Walzer and Dr. Gabrielle Stalder, veterinary scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology at the Veterinary Science University, Vienna, successfully attached GPS satellite collars to endangered wild Bactrian camels in the Mongolian desert. Their efforts are part of the long-term Gobi Research Project on wild horses, Asiatic wild asses, and other animals that make this unique environment their home.

 

Satellites reveal lost cities of Libya

Satellites reveal lost cities of Libya

Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilisation of the Sahara in Libya’s south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country.

 

Mapping the formation of an underwater volcano

Mapping the formation of an underwater volcano

On the 9th October an underwater volcano started to emerge in waters off El Hierro Island in the Canaries, Spain. Researchers of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO, Ministry of Science and Innovation) only needed 15 days to map its formation in high resolution.

 

World first for Beacon Dodsworth in Netherlands

World first for Beacon Dodsworth in Netherlands

Outdoor advertising is finally measurable in the Netherlands due, in part, to a new self-completion web-based survey technology and research methodology incorporating street-level mapping and GPS from UK software house Beacon Dodsworth.

 

A major factor in Mediterranean droughts revealed

A major factor in Mediterranean droughts revealed

Wintertime droughts are increasingly common in the Mediterranean region, and human-caused climate change is partly responsible, according to a new analysis by NOAA scientists and colleagues at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES).

 

DFG spearheads geo research with two new units

DFG spearheads geo research with two new units

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has established two new units to spearhead research into the accuracy of global space-time reference systems and “Mapping on Demand”

 

Debut for world map of animal feeding systems

Debut for world map of animal feeding systems

The International Dairy Federation (IDF), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) have developed, in partnership and with support from the animal feed industry, a world map of animal feeding systems in the dairy sector

 

Netcad International User Conference, Ankara

Netcad International User Conference, Ankara

Held in late September in the Kemal Kurdas Conference Hall, the event provided a comprehensive platform for Netcad users from far and wide to share their projects and experiences.

 

ESA/CNES team leads initial Galileo operation

ESA/CNES team leads initial Galileo operation

As the first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites start their mission with today's launch, a joint ESA/CNES team will ensure that everything takes place at the right time and in the correct sequence

 

ERS satellite missions complete after 20 years

ERS satellite missions complete after 20 years

After a final thruster firing last week to deplete its remaining fuel, ESA's venerable ERS-2 observation satellite has been safely taken out of service. Ground controllers also ensured the space environment was protected for future missions.

 

Real-Time Location System to predict dementia

Ubisense solution provides reliable, precise location accuracy to track the movement of people with cognitive decline and help to identify persons with dementia

 

A map for reef relief

A map for reef relief

An international team of scientists has succeeded in creating a map of the planet's corals and their stress factors

 

Meteosat celebrates 30 years of climate data

On 16 August 1981, the Meteosat-2 geostationary weather satellite began operationally to supply data relevant for climate monitoring. The imager on Meteosat-2 and subsequent satellites in the series has now provided 30 years of data.

 


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