Recent Developments in Remote Sensing and Earth Observation
Remote sensing and earth observation capabilities at satellite, aerial, UAV, and ground levels have radically improved in the last decade.
Remote sensing and earth observation capabilities at satellite, aerial, UAV, and ground levels have radically improved in the last decade.
The COVID-19 Earth Observation Dashboard maps and tracks changes in air and water quality, climate change, economic activity, and agriculture due to the pandemic.
The USGS offers the Landsat Spectral Characteristics Viewer which lets users view how different earth observation satellite instruments can be used for their remote sensing needs.
Tools and applications such as NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near Real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) program and EarthNow, a space imaging startup, are paving the way towards real-time and near real-time satellite data.
The main mission of the recently launched Sentinel-3B is to provide quality ocean and land monitoring. As part of the Copernicus program, GIS data and imagery will be made freely available.
High altitude pseudo-satellites (HAPS) are systems or platforms that usually float or operate for long periods, sometimes for months, at about 20 km above the Earth’s surface and can be potentially used to complement earth observation satellites.
Femtosatellites, very small-scale satellites (weighing less than 100 grams / 0.22 lbs), have developed over the last fifteen years thanks to advances in nanotechnology.
A new data delivery system is being tested that will allow the download of data via lasers from satellites within minutes.
Learn how to download and use earth observation data from ESA’s Sentinel-3 satellite.
Andrew Cutts, owner of ACGeospatial, discusses the role of GIS and earth observation data in the oil and gas industry in this guest article.
Four days after its launch, the first images from Sentinel-2 have been delivered. Covering an area from central Europe and the Mediterranean, ending in Algeria, images … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that free and open access to Sentinel satellite data will become available during the Copernicus operational phase. Copernicus is … Read more