Sensors and Systems
-->
Breaking News
ASPRS and the ASPRS Foundation Announce the New ASPRS James M. Anderson Scholarship
Rating12345Baton Rouge, LA: The Awards Committee of the American...
VertiGIS Appoints Greg Brazeau as its Leader in the USA and Chooses Denver for New US Utilities Headquarters
Rating12345New hub in the United States’ geospatial capital enables...
Commercial UAV Expo Announces 2025 Advisory Board
Rating12345Industry Leaders to Shape Programming and Guide Vision for...

August 1st, 2011
Namibia’s Satellite Centre to Warn of Disaster Threats

  • Rating12345

The Earth Observation and Satellite Applications Research and Training Centre (EOSA-RTC), was launched this month (6 July) in collaboration with the African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development programme (AMESD). It is located at the Polytechnic of Namibia and comprises a satellite data receiving station and data centre, which will provide data useful for agriculture. The data, which will be provided free to farmers’ associations and government departments, will include water indices, rainfall estimates, and maps of soil moisture content. Read More