EU's first Sentinel to launch 'in April'
The date has been set for the roll-out of the European Union's multi-billion-euro Earth observation project.
Zaria, Nigeria
The image shows Zaria and its surroundings where population use the river basins to farm tobacco and cotton. (Source: Deimos Imaging)
NOAA satellites helped save 253 people last year
The same NOAA satellites that helped forecasters predict severe weather, such as the Moore, Okla., tornado last May and November's deadly Midwest tornado outbreak, also played a key role in rescuing 253 people from potentially life-threatening scenarios throughout the United States and its surrounding waters last year.
DLR satellite data helps in the rescue of the Akademik Shokalskiy
For ten days, 74 scientists and tourists were trapped in the Antarctic on board the Russian Akademik Shokalskiy research vessel. Strong winds had driven ice floes into a bay, blocking the ship's advancement. High-resolution satellite data provided by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) helped to assess the ice conditions at the location.
The Group on Earth Observations looks toward a second decade of data sharing
The image that best captures the raison d'etre of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) - which is holding its 10th plenary in Geneva, Switzerland, this month - is not a satellite image. Strictly speaking, the image doesn't even fall into the category of Earth observation; it is a rather ordinary looking graph from a PowerPoint presentation used by Barbara J. Ryan, director of the GEO Secretariat, at a workshop hosted by the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Ankara, Turkey, in November.
Second spacewalk planned to install UrtheCast cameras
Russian cosmonauts will step outside the International Space Station later this month for a second try to set up a pair of Earth observation cameras after a cabling issue inside the complex cut short a spacewalk in December.
Split Remote Sensing Summer School 2014
Organisation: G-ECO Research Inc.
Location: Split, Croatia
Course Overview:
The objective of SplitRS 2014 is to promote the state-of-the-art Remote Sensing Technology among young professionals and strengthen young people's professional networking.
This intensive and advanced, 2-day learning event, presents best insights into most recent techniques learned from top international professors and researchers. Participants will learn about different remote sensing applications using both passive and active sensors. Learning about information extraction techniques will be an integral part of the school program in 2014.