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The Geocenter of the Earth Is Changing (And Why That Matters)
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At the foundation of virtually all airborne, space-based and ground-based Earth observations is the TRF, or Terrestrial Reference Frame.
Ascend – Obstacle management solution
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Ascend XYZ in Denmark has developed a service to help airports to comply with airside safety regulations. The service uses satellites and aircraft combined with smart web-based software to record and monitor potential obstacles that encroach on restricted zones at airports and therefore pose a risk to flight safety. This project was supported within ESA's ARTES Applications programme.
Jack Dangermond Discusses Large Enterprise Adoption of GIS and the Role of Apps (2 of 4)
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In the second of four installments, Todd Danielson interviews Jack Dangermond, President and Founder, Esri, at the 2014 Esri User Conference in San Diego. Jack notes how large enterprises are increasingly using GIS, such as Starbucks, Walgreens and the Port of Rotterdam, among others. He also discusses the growing geographical user interface and the role of apps in the marketplace.
Commercial Drones Give A Bird’s Eye View for Inspections
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Commercial drones from Aerialtronics take flight with Watson IoT and cognitive visual recognition capabilities. Together, IBM Watson IoT and Aerialtronics can help companies open up expansive possibilities to gain insight in places not easily accessible to humans from monitoring city traffic patterns to inspecting wind turbines, oil rigs and cell tower optimization.
Location Tracking and Advertising
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A video from The Economist describes how location technology is used to track online viewers.
Pioneering LiDAR Adoption in China
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Informed Infrastructure interviewed Yanjing Liu, CEO of Five Star Electronic Technology, at the RIEGL LiDAR Conference in Guangzhou, China. Liu left his academic position at Virginia Tech and companies he founded in the United States to pioneer the use of LiDAR in China. We spoke about the hard work needed to set up this capacity as well as some landmark projects, including 3-D mapping of the Great Wall.
Landsat: Farming Data From Space
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NASA's fleet of satellites has been watching over Earth for more than half a century, collecting valuable data about the crops that make up our food supply and the water it takes to grow them. This wealth of information allows scientists to monitor farmland—tracking the overall food supply, where specific crops are grown, and how much water it takes to grow them with data from the Landsat satellites and others
The Global Sensor Network – University of South Australia
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Australia has a combined land and sea territory of more than 8 million square kilometers. Yet most of this is currently out of the reach of affordable communication. Now the University of South Australia's Institute for Telecommunications Research has turned this on its head, with the development of the Global Sensor Network. The Global Sensor Network is an innovative signal processing system which provides low cost, two-way, simultaeneous satellite communications to multiple users.
FIRE: An ESA documentary
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The summer fire season is well under way in Europe – countries all around the Mediterranean are experiencing record temperatures coupled with huge wildfires that have led to mass evacuations. In this enthralling new E...
Iceberg Larger than London Breaks off Brunt
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An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called ‘calving.’ The iceberg, measuring 1550 square kilometers, detached from the 150-meter-thick ice shelf...
