This year is expected to see a record-breaking amount of Sargassum biomass in the Atlantic Ocean according to forecasts from the Mexico based National Earth Observation Laboratory (LANOT), who estimate that 40 million tonnes of the biomass will be circulating … Continue reading
Over the last year, we’ve been working on a project examining the use of satellite data in UK agriculture. So, our interest was piqued by a report on a recent paper published in the journal “Remote Sensing Applications: Society and … Continue reading
Earlier this month we highlighted a project we are currently engaged in, looking at how satellite imagery is being used within agriculture sector in the UK. This week we were interested to see a couple of reports describing how satellite … Continue reading
Last week, on Earth Day, the European Space Agency (ESA) and IBM Research Europe launched the first version of TerraMind, a powerful next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, that aims to leverage the world’s satellite data to better understand the planet … Continue reading
Two articles close to home caught our attention this week. Firstly, a new map of trees outside woodlands in England created using Sentinel-2 data and other sources, and secondly a fantastic cloud-free image of the British Isles acquired last week … Continue reading
This week were are looking at the latest Earth Observation (EO) satellite in orbit, together with a couple of exciting launches that are coming up in the near future. Strix-4 Launch Last Friday, 2nd August, saw the successful launch of … Continue reading
The eyes of the sporting world have turned towards France, and we thought it was a good opportunity to look at some venues from space. Last weekend saw the conclusion of the Tour de France with a stunning victory for … Continue reading
I spent last week in London immersed in all things geospatial, attending both GEO Business and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) UK & Ireland Forum. GEO Business 2024 was held at the ExCeL London exhibition centre on the 4th and … Continue reading
Looking at the launches of a chatbot, Russian and Chinese Earth Observation (EO) satellites that have been announced, and occurred over the last week. Chatbot Launch Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been part of the EO sector for years through the … Continue reading
This week, we are looking at Earth Observation (EO) developments in Asia and Africa – China’s first EO launches of the year and the CĂ´te d’Ivoire latest Land Cover map using Sentinel-2 data. China’s EO Satellite Launches In our first … Continue reading
