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Simon Kresser and Markus Mettenleiter (Z+F) Interview
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Matt Ball interviews Zoller and Fröhlich's Simon Kresser, Marketing, and Markus Mettenleiter, Team Leader, Laserscanner Development, at SPAR International in Colorado Springs, Colo. They discuss Z+F's new laserscanner features and accessories, company goals, a product tour, thermal cameras and uses, and more.
NASA Looks to Solar Eclipse to Help Understand Earth’s Energy System
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During the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse, scientists will use the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite (DSCOVR), along with measurements taken from within the moon's shadow on the ground, to test a new model of Earth's energy budget.
The Nature Conservancy’s Zach Ferdaña and Coastal Resilience at the Geodesign Summit
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Zach Ferdaña is Lead Coastal Resilience Manager at The Nature Conservancy. The Coastal Resilience program is an array of projects using online decision support tools to promote the role of coastal habitats in hazard mitigation, restoration and resilience planning. On behalf of V1 Media, Informed Infrastructure and GeoSpatial Stream, Todd Danielson interviewed Ferdaña at the Geodesign Summit 2015 in Redlands, Calif.
Earth from Space: Western Sicily
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite takes us over western Sicily and the islands of Favignana and Levanzo in Italy.
Drones for Aerial Survey and 3D Modelling Updated
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This video replaces an earlier upload demonstrating the extraction of 3D detail for buildings and/ or terrain from high resolution drone aerial photographs using photogrammetry and geo-referencing. This version includes high definition footage from a simulated autonomous circular aerial survey of an industrial asset, incorporating VidiAir's precision ground survey control points (significantly more accurate than Google Earth), EMF/ RF protection and laser range-finding with telemetry - an important consideration when flying in close proximity to structures/ obstacles, particularly in gusting winds.
Global Forest Watch Commodities—Geospatial Tools to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land-Use Change
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This app provides three tools for businesses interested in good forest management: Suitability Mapper, which enables businesses to identify degraded areas best suited for commodity development as an alternative to clearing new forest areas; Forest Analyzer, which provides information on land cover and land use to monitor and evaluate change to forests on commodity concessions; and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Support tool, which users can complete for an analysis of forest change on certified areas and use the analysis for the compensation procedure required by RSPO while also enabling commodity buyers to make informed sourcing decisions.
2_12 Maps and Drones Broadcast (Google Maps, Drones for Good and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the 10-year anniversary of Google Maps; the Drones for Good contest and drone privacy issues; industry news from Esri, Cadcorp and LizardTech; an unintentionally funny video from Ordnance Survey in 1965; and more.
Environmental Applications Hold Promise for Ball Aerospace
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Ball Aerospace has been involved with the commercial and government sides of Earth-observation satellites for some time, including instrument and satellite construction for DigitalGlobe as well as the primary imager for the Landsat 8 satellite. Earth Imaging Journal spoke with Cory Springer, director of weather and environment at Ball Aerospace, about the prospects for environmental monitoring, the need to continue the data record for the Landsat program, the CAVIS instrument on DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-3 satellite that removes the impact of weather on the image, and the motivating role of the International Space Symposium.
1_8 New Year Broadcast (10 Predictions for 2015, AirAsia Flight and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast looks back at 2014 and ahead to 2015, including the Top Ten Predictions for 2015; the tragic Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501; industry news from Cadcorp, the Space Foundation and Elsevier; a roundup of important milestones from 2014; and more.
Unmanned Flights Take to San Joaquin Valley Skies
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In the San Joaquin Valley, Chevron launched unmanned aerial systems above its Coalinga Field to capture high-resolution and thermal imagery as part of a pilot project to incorporate the technology in its day-to-day field operations.
