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From action movies to urban planning, new method for creating large 3D models of urban areas is faster and cheaper
A research team led by Waterloo Engineering has developed a faster, cheaper way to create large-scale, three-dimensional (3D) ...
New Biomass satellite will provide an unprecedented look at the planet's forests
The Biomass satellite will measure the trunks, branches and stems of the trees that populate the planet's forests. ESA says ...
Here’s a NASA Satellite View of One of New Jersey’s Biggest Wildfires in Decades
The Jones Road Fire tore through over 15,300 acres of drought-stricken Pine Barrens—leaving a smoky scar visible from space.
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SpaceX launches new satellite with groundbreaking capabilities: 'We want to scale up that action globally'
SpaceX launched a new methane-detecting satellite in August ... Still, Carbon Mapper CEO Riley Duren noted that their aerial ...
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Smart skies: new methods for UAVs to navigate where GPS fails
Navigating drones in environments without reliable Global Positioning System (GPS) signals remains a significant challenge ...
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Satellite launches on mission to "weigh" the world's 1.5 trillion trees
Researchers have successfully launched a new satellite that is designed to study the planet's forests and "provide unprecedented insight" into how those regions impact the Earth's carbon cycle ...
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A New Satellite Will Map the Carbon Content of Rainforests From Space, and It’s Set to Launch This Month
That’s because it will carry a new P-band synthetic aperture radar, an imaging system that has never been used by a satellite before. The radar signals sent by the instrument can penetrate ...