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The DigitalGlobe 8-Band Research Challenge
Saturday July 31, 2010
For the first-time ever, remote sensing and GIS researchers have access to high-resolution imagery with 8 spectral bands, including coastal blue, yellow, red-edge and NIR2. Do you have a valuable application to use this new data?
EC Vice-President Tajani visits ESA's Centre for Earth Observation
Friday July 30, 2010
As a strong supporter of the benefits that space industry can bring to Europe, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, Antonio Tajani, visited ESA’s ESRIN establishment in Italy today.
PCI Geomatics Enhances Geospatial Processing Abilities with ProSDK 1.5
Friday July 30, 2010
PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of geoimaging software and systems, is pleased to announce the release of a new version of its Professional Software Development Kit (ProSDK), an integrated toolkit used for building highly automated and customized workflow solutions.
GfK GeoMarketing Releases Study of Sales Territory Planning Practices in Germany
Friday July 30, 2010
GfK GeoMarketing examined current planning practices in Germany on the basis of 76 representative companies with external sales forces. The results show that using a specialized software for sales territory planning is an established practice. However, companies are still passing up opportunities – for example, through a lack of focus on obtaining company-wide support for changes, a too infrequent examination and updating of territory structures and uncertainty regarding the actual market potential.
Improving ice-monitoring in the Antarctic
Thursday July 29, 2010
The Southern Ocean in the Antarctic is an increasingly busy route for sea traffic related mainly to scientific research, transport freight, fishing and tourists’ experiences. However, ever-changing pack ice and icebergs pose a serious danger to marine safety.
Space Capabilities for Crisis Management: Reducing Gaps, Improving Action
Thursday July 29, 2010
While Space activities in Europe began during the Cold war era, European expertise in space has gradually been viewed for only two decades as matching the needs for security and crisis management facing the European Union (EU). Today, however, substantial challenges remain in order to make space systems a more active and efficient segment in the European security chain.
[SatNews] EADS has made improvements in their macro-economic and commercial environment, as is seen with their half-year 2010 financial report.
Thursday July 29, 2010
EADS’ revenues stood at 20.3 billion euros. The EBIT before one-off of 0.6 billion euros benefited from good performance in Airbus legacy programmes and other business activities. EADS’ EBIT amounted to 406 million euros after exceptional foreign exchange effects. The order intake of 30.8 billion euros mirrors the improved momentum in commercial aviation. EADS’ order book of more than 454 euros billion provides a solid platform for future deliveries. The Group’s Net Cash position of 8.9 billion remains a key asset.
RapidEye Press Release: RapidEye Granted ISO 9001:2008 Certification
Thursday July 29, 2010
Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, July 29, 2010 – RapidEye, the only geospatial
solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth
Observation satellites, announced today that TÜV NORD of Germany, an official
accreditation body for ISO 9001 standards, has not only extended RapidEye’s
ISO-certification after an extensive audit for its Quality Management Systems
(QMS) but upgraded the certification to the ISO 9001:2008 level. This
certificate covers marketing, sale, development, and provision of geo-spatial
product and service projects.
EU and Google enlist ordinary people as environmental watchdogs
Wednesday July 28, 2010
Eye on Earth, GEOSS and Google are planning to monitor the state of the environment. All three organisations plan to measure the influence of human activity on the environment and climate change. The big difference is that the organisations will not only be gathering data from scientists, but involving ordinary people as well.
SWIFT E-News n°12 - 28th July 2010
Wednesday July 28, 2010
In this Issue
1. Highlight: The European Parliament approved the proposal for a regulation on GMES programme and its initial operations 2011-2013
2. Commissioner Tajani foresees future cooperation between Galileo and GMES
3. First GOCE dataset made available
4. Earth Observation in the spotlight at the Oslo Science Conference
5. Successful launch of the German Radar Satellite TanDEM-X
6. Krakow Declaration on INSPIRE
7. Global Forest Monitoring service to support the GMES Africa initiative
8. The programme of the EU Belgian Presidency
9. Shanghai World Expo 2010 “Let’s embrace space”
10. A new website to provide real-time information of sea ice in the Antarctic
GMES Project Corner:
11. First G-MOSAIC User Workshop
12. SAFER anticipates production of geo-information
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As a strong supporter of the benefits that space industry can bring to Europe, Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, Antonio Tajani, visited ESA's ESRIN establishment in Italy today.
Space helping to rebuild the economy and drive economic growth were the
central themes of Space Day at the Farnborough air show on Wednesday.
A better understanding of how Earth's ice fields are changing has come another step closer as the first data from ESA's ice mission are released to selected scientists around the world for fine-tuning.
The Farnborough International Air Show opened to blue skies and trade visitors today. Highlights included innovative passenger aircraft, a supersonic car and a dedicated Space Zone showcasing space technology and its importance to the world.
This Envisat image captures blue-green algae blooms filling the Baltic Sea, which is roughly 1600 km long, 190 km wide and has a surface area of about 377 000 sq km.
