Monthly Archives: October 2014
Barton Corner Bridge Project
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In August 2014 we completed replacement of the Barton Corner Bridge, which carries four lanes of I-95 plus two auxiliary lanes at a busy interchange with Route 2 on the Warwick/West Warwick line. Using accelerated bridge construction, we built two halves of the bridge on land adjacent to the overpass, and then moved them into place. This enabled us to build the bridge much faster compared with conventional construction methods, which would have taken twice the time. This approach also allowed us to do the work with no impact to Interstate traffic prior to installation.
Earth Images from ESA Astronaut Alexander Gerst
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This timelapse video was made from images taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. The video is offered in Ultra High Definition, the highest available to consumers. Be sure to change the settings in YouTube if your computer or television can handle it for the full effect. The montage is made from a long sequence of still photographs taken at a resolution of 4256 x 2832 pixels at a rate of one every second. The high resolution allowed the ESA production team to create a 3840 x 2160 pixel movie, also known as Ultra HD or 4K. Playing these sequences at 25 frames per second, the film runs 25 times faster than it looks for the astronauts in space. The artistic effects of the light trails from stars and cities at night are created by superimposing the individual images and fading them out slowly. Alexander Gerst is a member of the International Space Station Expedition 40 crew. He is spending five and a half months living and working on the ISS for his Blue Dot mission.
Fully Integrated RiCOPTER UAV in Flight
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RiCOPTER is a high-performance UAV which can be equipped with the RIEGL VUX-1 survey-grade LiDAR sensor to offer a fully integrated turnkey solution and marks the first complete UAS LiDAR solution from one manufacturer.
Draining the Ocean Basins with CryoSat-2
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This is the supplementary video for the scientific article "New global marine gravity model from CryoSat-2 and Jason-1 reveals buried tectonic structure". The full paper is available at: sciencemag.org/content/346/6205/65
Joe Berry’s “Eye-Witness to GIS’s 40-Year Evolution/Revolution” Presentation
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In the 40 years since the development of the digital map, what a map is (and isn’t) has greatly evolved. This presentation describes Joe Berry’s personal journey in geotechnology as a student, professor, consultant, software developer and entrepreneur. The insight is as relevant for the next generation of GIS’ers as it is to GIS cohorts who moved beyond mapping to “thinking with maps” and the boundless opportunities for integrating the new spatial paradigm into science, workplaces and daily lives.
10_2 Climate Change Broadcast (UN Climate Summit, Tsunami Evacuation Maps and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses news and video from the UN Climate Summit, including President Obama announcing new geospatial tools and pledges to restore forest land; USGS developing a pedestrian tsunami-evacuation tool; industry news from exactEarth, Bentley Systems and Innovyze; a clip from the keynote address at the recent GeCo in the Rockies conference; and more.
illUmiNations: Protecting our Planet
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United Nations General Assembly and Secretariat buildings lit up on Saturday night in a revolutionary call for climate action in connection with the Secretary-General's climate Summit. #climate2014. "illUmiNations: Protecting Our Planet" was collaboratively designed and produced for UNDPI by the Oceanic Preservation Society, Obscura Digital and Insurgent Media.
10_9 Earth Imaging Broadcast (Land-Cover Change, Seafloor Maps and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses Earth Imaging news, including new USGS land-cover change models; new maps of the world's seafloor; NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement satellite; industry news from Rapidlasso, Sewall and Optech; an imaging drone from Intel's wearable technology contest; and more.
Unleashing the Power of Earth Observations
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What do we see when we look at the Earth, and what do these observations mean for the years ahead? Barbara Ryan, secretariat director of the Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO), discusses this Geneva-based, voluntary partnership of governments and organizations dedicated to coordinated, comprehensive, and sustained Earth observations and information — sharing what scientific observers worldwide are learning about the state and health of planet Earth.
10_23 Europe/Africa Broadcast (INTERGEO, African Health Coverage and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses geospatial news and videos related to Europe and Africa, including the recent INTERGEO conference in Berlin; the One Million Community Health Workers Campaign in Sub-Saharan Africa; a European Commission commitment to invest in the data sector; industry news from Gfk, Euroconsult, Airbus Defence and Space and Spectrum Geo, and Headwall Photonics; images from the International Space Station; and more.
