USGS experts responding to two major natural hazards
As U.S. Geological Survey staff prepare for Hurricane Milton to hit Florida’s west coast, agency experts are still dealing with the after-effects of Hurricane Helene that made landfall in Florida late last month and continued a path of destruction north through Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

While …

Alexander’s critique of modern architecture is not only a call for reform within the architectural discipline but also a blueprint for rethinking urban management.

Bin Jiang

LivableCityLAB, Thrust of Urban Governance and Design, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), China

Christopher Alexander argued that modernist approach to architecture prioritizes innovation, abstraction, and mechanistic efficiency at …

A2Z Drone Delivery launches portfolio of drone docks
A2Z Drone Delivery has launched a portfolio of autonomous drone docks and a companion UAV adapted for the system’s automatic charging capability. It offers the unique ability for UAVs to move from dock-to-dock to automatically top off batteries and pick up or deliver packages, infinitely expanding the …

FAA makes drone history in Dallas area
In a first for U.S. aviation, the FAA has authorized multiple commercial drone operations in the same airspace. The authorizations for Zipline International and Wing Aviation allow them to deliver packages while keeping their drones safely separated using Unmanned Aircraft System …

We investigate and present results on the propagation characteristics of AGWs associated with the Godzilla SDS event that occurred between 15th and 26th June 2020 over Morocco

Uluma Edward

Department of Physics, Masinde Muliro University of Science & Technology, Kakamega, Kenya

Chali Idosa Uga

Department of Space Science, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, USA Department of Physics, Jimma …

Despite the frequent fire incidents, air pollution levels monitored through Sentinel 5P indicate does not present an alarming situation, yet it still deserves early attention

Shashi Shekhar

Scientific Officer, Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board, India

Burning apple twigs and horticultural residues after winter pruning in Himachal Pradesh raises environmental concerns, akin to the infamous Parali burning in …

Drone survey at NMDC Diamond Mining Project, Panna
Drone service provider IG Drones has secured a substantial work order for conducting a comprehensive drone survey based on Photogrammetry and LiDAR at the Diamond Mining Project in Panna, Madhya Pradesh, India. This contract, awarded by National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), spans three financial years, covering 2024-25, 2025-26, …

A new non-parametric approach, WILDetect, has been built using an ensemble of supervised Machine Learning (ML) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) techniques. Readers may recall that the first part of the paper was published in May’ 24 issue of Coordinates magazine. We present here the concluding part

Kaya Kuru

Corresponding author School of Engineering, University of Central Lancashire, …

In this paper, we discuss a research effort for an Automated Nautical-chart Generalization (ANG) model in the Esri environment

Tamer Nada

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/ UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

Christos Kastrisios

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/ UNH-NOAA Joint Hydrographic Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

Brian Calder

Center for Coastal and …

Hydrosat, the climate tech company specializing in delivering satellite imagery and data analytics to measure water stress and climate impact, announced that it has been awarded a grant from the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

NOAA’s SBIR program funds the development of innovative solutions that demonstrate excellent …