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GIS Software
LandViewer Has Added New Remote Sensing and Satellite Imagery Analytics
This article by EOS, a company which creates solutions for Earth observation imagery processing and analysis, introduces a host of updated capabilities in its LandViewer tool.
Maps and Cartography
ICESat-2: Highest Resolution Laser Altimeter
ICESat-2’s purpose is to collect detailed measurements of the Earth’s surface using its Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS).
GIS Data
Mapping Where Norway is Moving
Norway is using Copernicus Sentinel-1 data to detect ground movement across the country.
GIS Data
PACE: NASA’s Earth Observation Satellite to Launch in 2022
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem) is a planned earth observation satellite with an anticipated launch in 2022.
Spatial Analysis
Forecasting Cholera Using Remote Sensing
The NASA cholera forecasting tool effectively takes satellite observations on environmental conditions and combines the data with information on infrastructure and conditions in a country.
GIS Data
Mapping Tree Species in Amazonia Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning
Researchers at the University of Turku have a developed a method of modeling tree species distribution in Peruvian lowland Amazonia using satellite imagery and machine learning techniques in order to produce higher resolution habitat suitability maps.
Spatial Analysis
Ready for Summer – Remote Sensing of Bathing Water Quality
Remote sensing is being used to help researchers monitor water quality in lakes and coastal areas.
GIS Software
Run Image Processing Tasks in Your Browser with the EOS Platform
This guest article by EOS introduces the newly upgraded EOS platform, a set of mutually integrated cloud products for searching, analyzing, storing, and visualizing geospatial data: Landviewer, Processing, Vision, Storage.
Spatial Analysis
Monitoring and Mapping Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems
Advancements in satellite remote sensing techniques are paving the way toward the development of high resolution and temporal maps of marine microplastic distribution.