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NASA Sees Intense Fires around the World
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This year’s wildfire season is off to a blazing start. The United States had an early start to the season, with more than 29,000 wildfires burning more than 2.6 million acres of land. The driest season in 14 years has left the southern Amazon primed for heavy wildfire activity as well.
Make It Wearable Finalists: Meet Team Nixie
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Team Nixie (http://flynixie.com) is developing the first wearable drone camera, which can be worn around your wrist. The team will be presenting their prototype for the Intel Make It Wearable Challenge Finale on November 3, 2014 in San Francisco. Learn more about Make It Wearable and follow the race to the finish line at http://makeit.intel.com. To find out more about Team Nixie, see their work at http://flynixie.com or follow them on https://www.facebook.com/flynixie.
Fly Your Satellite!
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Fly Your Satellite! is an educational program for university students, created by ESA after the launch of seven university CubeSats on the 2012 Vega maiden flight.
Automating UAS Data Processing to Understand Change
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The V1 Video team spoke to Kevin Jones, the director of marketing for PCI Geomatics, about the company’s software to extract information from imagery. The commercial UAS market is a promising input to their image-processing tools, particularly with their automated information-extraction tools, to detect changes.
Satellite Imagery to Catch Environmental Changes
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How governments are using high-resolution satellite imagery to catch environmental issues before they become health hazards - and EPA fines.
ReROLL Game Using Geotech
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1_15 Infrastructure Broadcast (Geodesign Summit, Road Maintenance and More)
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This Infrastructure-themed GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the impending road-maintenance crisis worldwide as well as possible new spending initiatives; U.S. DOT grants to strengthen commercial vehicle safety via intelligent transportation systems; a new "drive by" heat-mapping system; industry news from USGIF, Esri, Innovyze and FARO; a video from the 2014 Geodesign Summit in anticipation of this year's event; and more.
8_13 Earth Imaging Broadcast (Toxic Phytoplankton, Climate Change and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the massive phytoplankton blooms along both U.S. coasts and the damage they are doing; NOAA reporting record high temperatures across the globe; NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative; industry news from Bluesky Esri, ESA, Airbus and Harris Corp.; thoughts on toxic phytoplankton and climate change; and more.
12_10 Earth Imaging Broadcast (Satellite News, Space Station Videos and More)
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This Earth Imaging-based GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses several stories related to satellites, including a video about the International Space Station's Servir Project; spring phytoplankton blooms imaged in the southern hemisphere; the anniversary of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO); industry news from Descartes Labs, exactEarth, Orbit Logic and SimActive; a video of satellites making the seas safer for humans; and more.
Kleinfelder Interview – Rod Eisenbraun, National Dam and Levee Segment Manager
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Informed Infrastructure spoke with Rod Eisenbraun, national dam and levee segment manager, at the opening of Kleinfelder’s new office in downtown Denver. The conversation covered dam creation and rehabilitation, the need for more storage with increasing droughts, the more environmentally friendly approaches these days, and hydro power as a clean power source.
