Monthly Archives: September 2014
What Is the Geodesign Summit?
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Esri's annual Geodesign Summit has been a key element in moving the geodesign movement forward. This video from GeoSpatial Stream summarizes some of the important geodesign concepts as well as how Esri's conference informs and motivates those interested in designing a better and smarter built environment.
Introducing Google’s Project Wing
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Project Wing is a Google[x] project that is developing a delivery system that uses self-flying vehicles. As part of our research, we built a vehicle and traveled to Queensland, Australia for some test flights. There, we successfully delivered a first aid kit, candy bars, dog treats, and water to a couple of Australian farmers. We’re only just beginning to develop the technology to make a safe delivery system possible, but we think that there’s tremendous potential to transport goods more quickly, safely and efficiently.
FFDAS Carbon Dioxide Emissions
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This video provides an overview of the Fossil Fuel Data Assimilation System (FFDAS). This system quantifies fossil fuel CO2 emissions for the whole planet at 10 km every hour for the 1997 to 2011 time period. We show both the fluxes of FFCO2 leaving the planet's surface and the realization of those fluxes in the atmosphere using an atmospheric transport simulation.
9_4 Earth Imaging Broadcast (Galileo Malfunction, Drones and More)
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This Earth imaging GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the ESA's potentially lost Galileo navigation satellites; several instances of drones (or UAVs) making news worldwide, including from Google and Amazon; industry news from DigitalGlobe, BlackBridge and MDA, SimActive, and KEYW Corp.; URISA's GIS-Pro conference in New Orleans; subscription information; and more.
9_25 Asia-Pacific Broadcast (South China Sea, Earth Observation Data and More)
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This Asia-Pacific-focused GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses ongoing land and sea disputes in the South China Sea and how mapping is playing a role; China achieving its goal of decreasing foreign-sourced Earth-observation data; a near-miss for Vietnam's first Earth-Observation satellite; industry news from Supergeo, Esri and JSC Russian Space Systems; opinions on territorial disputes; and more.
9_10 Location Surveillance Broadcast (Phone Tracking, Global Road Map and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses location surveillance and how portals are providing cellphone locations as a paid service; the Global Road Map and its quest to limit environmental impact; Canada's investment in a global survey of surface water; NATO's Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capability; industry news from Esri, Ocean Optics and PCI Geomatics; opinions on location surveillance; and more.
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“Future Earth” [2014 Documentary]
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We will try to predict what will happaned in the future: Humanity is at a crossroads, Nearly half of the Amazon rainforest has been deforested, Hi-tech, intelligent buildings are revolutionizing the urban landscape, Smaller, safer, hi-tech automobiles, Major advances in air travel comfort.
NASA Earth at Night
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In daylight our big blue marble is all land, oceans and clouds. But the night - is electric. This view of Earth at night is a cloud-free view from space as acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Satellite (Suomi NPP).
Tracing Demonstration for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
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This is a simple demonstration of what it looks like to trace for the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It’s not meant as a full guide, just an example. If I’m too mumbly, please turn on the captions – the CC button below the video.
Shocking Images of Environmental Devastation in Peruvian Rainforest
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Güido Lombardi, a Peruvian journalist, tells in his news radio program at RPP Noticias the impressions that he got after overflying the affected areas by the illegal mining in Madre de Dios, in the Peruvian rainforest. These images where captured by the Carnegie Airborne Observatory.
