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Weather-Observation Gap Over Middle East Causes Consternation
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Exelis makes the majority of the weather and climate instruments for the U.S. government as well as Japan and Korea, including those that monitor greenhouse gases. Earth Imaging Journal spoke with Eric Webster, vice president and director for weather and climate systems at Exelis. His team has been working with the U.S. Air Force to study weather capabilities over Centcom (the Middle East and the Indian Ocean) that have been provided by a European weather satellite. The other weather instruments are owned by Russia and China, so there’s some concern about the source of this sensing going forward.
Satellites help spot whales
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2_11 Infrastructure Broadcast (DOT Budget, Rebuilding Schools and More)
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This Infrastructure-themed GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the FY2017 U.S. Department of Transportation budget; Los Angeles' new GeoHub; Miyamoto Relief engineering work at schools in Nepal; industry news from Autodesk, Abvent, TerraGo, Cadcorp and Topcon; two new infrastructure posting from V1 Media; and more.
SKUR Helps Engineers Visualize Variance
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The V1 Video team interviewed Adam Cohen, Founder and CEO of SKUR, at the REAL 2016 event in San Francisco. He discussed what SKUR does and how it can help engineers visualize variance, what DIFF means and its importance, and key utilizations of SKUR technology.
Modeling Community Erosion from Climate Change
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Based on modeling current and future soil erosion with high-resolution scientific data, the app allows users to locate sites that are vulnerable to erosion, predicts soil loss driven by climate change, and enables users to investigate erosion risks for future land covers.
OcuTech 360 Video Mapping
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OcuTech 360 is an inclusive provider of 360 degree visual technologies that are applied in geospatial mapping. Thanks to state of the art hardware and software, you can now digitize infrastructure and interact with data in 3D space, take 3D measurements, and annotate. For more info, please visit ocutech360.com or contact [email protected].
Can the Next Generation of Satellites Help Predict and Battle Wildfires?
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Re/code visits NASA's Silicon Valley research center, where a pair of startups are working together to democratize satellite data. Aquila Space is building a fleet of satellites while its partner Astro Digital is developing software tools that allow anyone to process and analyze the data. Among other things, the information could be used to help inform policy and responses for ecological disasters, including the droughts and wildfires plaguing California.
Meteors Encountering Earth’s Atmosphere
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This video was acquired August 10, 2016, with a high-resolution video camera onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Within the span of about 10 seconds, two meteors associated with the Perseid meteor shower streak across the sky above Pakistan. Video was provided by Tomoko Arai/Japan’s Planetary Exploration Research Center/Meteor Composition Determination (Meteor) investigation.
3_26 Climate Broadcast (Melting Ice, Deadly Air Pollution, Food Maps and More)
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This GeoSpatial Stream broadcast discusses the world's melting ice and rising seas, a WHO report stating that air pollution kills one in eight worldwide, "Cash for Clunker Maps," Food Maps, a GIS rap, and more.
USAFA Reality Capture Showcase: Pete Kelsey, Autodesk
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V1 Media was at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) Reality Capture Showcase at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, interviewing Pete Kelsey, Strategic Projects Executive, Autodesk.
