A consortium led by CGG has been selected by the European Space Agency’s Space Solutions initiative to undertake a study aimed at developing new environmental monitoring technology and services to help combat the global marine litter crisis. CGG will collaborate Read more…
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is pleased to confirm that The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected ‘HydroGNSS’ as the second Scout Earth Observation small satellite mission. Together with ESA’s selection of ESP-MACCS in December 2020, these are the first Read more…
The British Association of Remote Sensing Companies (BARSC), the industry body that promotes the British earth observation industry throughout home markets and around the world, is delighted to confirm that 4 Earth Intelligence (4EI), has become the Association’s latest Corporate Read more…
Recent years have a seen an enormous increase in the availability and use of all kinds of geospatial imagery. From the advent of accessible earth observation and satellite systems such as Copernicus to the rapid development of LiDAR to the Read more…
Existing space-borne LiDAR systems are collecting ground-breaking data but provide only sparse coverage, making them unsuitable for many commercially and societally important applications. The University of Edinburgh (UoE) has formed the Global Lidar Altimetry MISsion (GLAMIS) project to address this Read more…
BARSC member, CGG has become a member of Amira, an independent global not-for-profit organization representing members from the mineral resources industry seeking to enhance, sustain and deliver transformational R&D, innovation and implementation to the benefit of society. As part of Read more…
This is a one-day event, hosted by Alastair Graham of Geoger and focussed on all things to do with spatially gridded data. To be held on Friday 15th January 2021, there are a host of different sessions planned including discussion Read more…
Carrying the 1.2 tonne Sentinel-6 satellite, the Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, US, at 17:17 GMT (18:17 CET, 09:17 PST) on 21 November. The satellite was delivered into orbit just under an Read more…
An international team, led by the University of Nottingham in the UK and including BARSC member Specto Natura, is developing the SAtellite SArgassum Monitoring System (SASAMS). This is planned to be a near real-time service for monitoring pelagic sargassum seaweed Read more…
PICTURE A SCIENTIST is a feature-length documentary film chronicling the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women. A biologist, a chemist and a geologist lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the Read more…