Virtual Surveyor upgrades UAV surveying software
Virtual Surveyor has enhanced its smart UAV surveying software with new planimetric survey capabilities. Its version 9.5 allows users to quickly and accurately survey 2D features from UAV orthophotos and add them to the 3D topographic model generated from the same …

LTIMindtree and IBM collaborate on Generative AI Centre in India
LTIMindtree announced a collaboration with IBM to establish a global, joint Generative AI Center of Excellence (CoE) in India.

The CoE plans to offer a comprehensive suite of services, combining LTIMindtree’s expertise in data and machine learning model customization and full-stack engineering with IBM watsonx technology and …

How ISRO used satellite remote-sensing to analyse glacial lakes in Himalayas
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently released satellitedata-based analysis on expansion of glacial lakes in the catchments of Indian Himalayan river basins. This is the latest among a clutch of studies on glacial lakes that have …

A new non-parametric approach, WILDetect, has been built using an ensemble of supervised Machine Learning (ML) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) techniques. We present here the first part of the paper. The concluding part will be published in next month

Kaya Kuru

Corresponding author School of Engineering, University of Central Lancashire, Fylde Rd, Preston, Lancashire, PR12HE, UK

Stuart Clough

APEM …

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 …

New International Office of RIEGL in Germany
RIEGL is strengthening its presence in the German market with the establishment of the new RIEGL Deutschland (Germany) office based in Gilching near Munich. With headquarters located in Austria and the U.S., along with offices worldwide, this is just another logical step to meet the constantly growing demand …

Melting ice, an expanding phenomenon
Arctic hydrography has undergone major transformations over the past two decades, with a marked decrease in sea ice extent and an increase in liquid freshwater content due mainly to melting glaciers and sea ice.

The new study, recently published in the journal Ocean Science, has integrated surface salinity measurements from the SMOS …

US agency probes risks of foreign satellite use by handheld devices
The Federal Communications Commission said recently that it is investigating if the use of Russian and Chinese foreign satellite systems by U.S. mobile phones and other devices poses security threats.
The FCC has concerns U.S. handheld devices are receiving and processing GNSS signals from …

Mystery of declining monarch butterfly
A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey and partners in the U.S. and Mexico lends new insight into the puzzle of monarch butterfly population declines, showing that migration habitat in Texas and Mexico has largely remained intact over the period of decline.
The new findings indicate that changes to …