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Farewell to Sentinel-1 A, with a last look at Melbourne
8+ hour, 59+ min ago (272+ words) A little over 12 years after it was launched, the Sentinel-1 A mission officially came to an end on 29 June. One of the venerable spacecraft's last tasks was to make a strip-mode image of Melbourne (see below). Originally designed with a…...
Near-immediate access to aerial imaging data
10+ hour, 10+ min ago (508+ words) Geoscience and remote sensing researchers from UQ's Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have taken part in a European-led consortium called "m4mining' that delivered a hyperspectral aerial imaging system. The system is capable of mapping surface patterns of minerals, soils and plants in…...
Employing GIS data and maps for community benefit
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (401+ words) Bhawana Kafle, a Master of Geospatial Data Science (GIS) graduate from Te Whare W'nanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC), now works as a geospatial analyst at Northland Regional Council. Her duties include creating maps, field tools and dashboards for…...
Global perspectives informing Australian surveying
2+ day, 42+ min ago (1030+ words) It is easy to think of surveying as a local profession until you find yourself discussing cadastral reform with delegates from Nigeria, Uganda and Denmark in the same afternoon. As a final-year surveying student, arriving in Cape Town in late…...
We shall survey on the beaches and landing grounds
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (534+ words) It is hoped the work will contribute to a better understanding of how, when and where military operations might be conducted in coastal areas. In particular, it could benefit the Australian Army, which has a new Littoral Manoeuvre Group that…...
Geoscience Australia releases updated Dyn Adjust tool
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (158+ words) Version 1. 4 is said to be faster, more efficient and better aligned with modern geodetic workflows. Dyn Adjust is used to calculate highly accurate co-ordinates from survey and GNSS data, and can be and has been used for: According to the…...
New ECU ground station for space, Earth observation
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (496+ words) The facility at ECU's Joondalup campus is the only one of its kind at a Western Australia university. Equipped with a 2. 4-metre-diameter satellite dish, the station will enable real-time tracking and communications with low Earth orbit satellites, providing students and…...
Geospatial Sparse Attention helps analyse tabular data
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (817+ words) Whereas models such as Chat GPT have been built to deal primarily with text and data, Tab PFN is used analyse and predict the outcomes of the kind of tabulated data (rows and columns) found in spreadsheets or databases. The…...
BAE Systems to build Vantor's 20cm EO satellites
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (233+ words) BAE Systems will manufacture the Vantor Vantage 20-cm-class imaging satellites based on the'Evolve spacecraft line and will also lead spacecraft integration and testing for the program. "We are entering a new era of imaging satellite production that is based on…...
The best-ever national maps of protected species
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (231+ words) The federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water's (DCCEEW) Environment Information Australia branch (EIA) has prepared the data using high-quality sources to show where land- and marine-based protected species of fauna and flora are likely to be…...