Thursday, April 10th, 2014
By now many of us know the important role of polar-orbiting satellites in providing advanced warning for severe weather, but how about their role during non-weather disasters? Last month marked the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez spill, when shortly after midnight on March 24, 1989, the tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef in
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
Aerial mapping company Bluesky has created a brand new map of Britain showing the health of the nation’s forests, fields and parks. Created using special Colour Infrared (CIR) sensors mounted on an aircraft, the Bluesky map compares the ‘green-ness’ of vegetation thereby providing an indicator of health, vitality and even maturity. With vegetation under threat
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Esri and the National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation announced the creation of a new cloud-based, virtual center that will supply public safety and homeland security agencies with valuable tools, resources, and training. The center will connect NAPSG’s public safety community using the Esri ArcGIS Online platform. It will provide responders and commanders
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Please join us for an in-depth webcast that will cover Esri’s partnership with MicroStrategy to bring map-driven analytics to MicroStrategy systems to maximize BI investment. Location-based analytics enables enterprises to gain additional insights into their customers, market opportunities, and growth drivers. By adding geospatial analytics to existing Business Intelligence deployments, companies can empower users to
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Water from melting glaciers and ice sheets, along with thermal expansion of ocean water due to rising temperatures, are causing global sea-level rise. Scientists are exploiting satellite data to understand better just how much each component contributes to this devastating consequence of climate change.
Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
A ZEB1 hand held laser mapping system is being used to map excavations at a historic gold mine in South Africa. Mining has been taking place at Barberton Mines in the Mpumalanga province since 1884 during which time mine managers have employed a range of surveying techniques and technologies. The latest innovation in surveying is
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) today jointly released a proposed rule to clarify protection under the Clean Water Act for streams and wetlands that form the foundation of the nation’s water resources. The proposed rule will benefit businesses by increasing efficiency in determining coverage of
Monday, March 24th, 2014
Thermal imaging and laser scan data collected by aircraft is helping Harrow Council tackle the growing problem of unscrupulous landlords renting out sheds and outbuildings as dwellings. Supplied by aerial mapping company Bluesky, the map accurate thermal images are combined with detailed LiDAR measurements to give staff at Harrow Council a much better understanding of
Friday, March 21st, 2014
When it comes to helping communities across the United States stay up-to-date on their flood risk, the Landsat satellite can take a bow. Landsat images help track urban change, a factor that can impact a community’s flood risk. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, uses these images to help identify where they should launch
Friday, March 21st, 2014
Scientists using passive acoustic monitoring to track minke whales in the Northwest Atlantic have found clues in the individual calling behaviors and movements of this species. These findings, recently published online in the journal Behaviour, provide insight into one of the least studied baleen whales.
