DigitalGlobe Announces Global 8-Band Research Challenge to Leverage Unique Satellite Capability
LONGMONT, CO--(Marketwire - 07/27/10) - DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI - News ), a leading global content provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced the DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge, a contest designed to encourage researchers to investigate how 8-band, high-resolution imagery can enhance image analysis and classification research. The 8-band data is unique in the ...
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Envisat Helps Improve Safety In The Southern Ocean
An award-winning new website is using realtime imagery from ESA's Envisat satellite to provide a wealth of information on sea ice to aid safe passage through the treacherous waters of the Antarctic.Although remote, the Southern Ocean is an increasingly busy route for sea traffic. These seas are used more and more to conduct scientific research, transport freight, harvest fertile fishing grounds ...
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Auto-steer GPS key to cost-effective erosion control
FARMERS who have invested in 2cm accuracy RTK Global Positioning System (GPS) auto-steer tractor guidance technology have the added bonus of being able to collect highly accurate elevation data to map cost-effective drainage lines and erosion control structures.
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