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Egypt launches second remote-sensing satellite from China
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Israeli-developed DRONE DOME to secure Dubai from aerial attacks
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China obstructs new subsea cable to Taiwan
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ISRO Receives India-US Jointly Built NISAR Earth Observation Satellite, Begins Preparations For Launch
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ISRO conducts parachute deployment tests on rail tracks for Gaganyaan Mission
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Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Mapping Forest Loss with Landsat

With at least one image of every location on Earth per season for 43 years, the Landsat data archive contains more than 50 trillion pixels. So how could you put all of that imagery to use in...

Monday, March 17th, 2014

Satellite Imagery Used to Assess Bandipur Forest Fire Damage

The Forest Department will use satellite imagery to ascertain the devastation wreaked by forest fires. It is estimated that around 1,000 acres destroyed in Bandipur, while around 200 acres was lost on the fringes of Nagarahole in...

Sunday, July 14th, 2013

Indonesian Forest Fire and Haze Risk Remains High

Ministers from five Southeast Asian countries gather in Malaysia next week for urgent talks on combating haze. The meeting follows the recent fires in Sumatra that produced record-breaking air pollution across parts of Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia....

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

TABI-1800 Wildfire Airborne Strategic Mapping Operations Underway

In the first test of it’s capabilities for forest wildfire mapping, ITRES’ new Thermal Airborne Broadband Imager (TABI-1800) is being used to assist Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) with fighting active wildfires in the province’s North. This...