When you are considering which format to download for a NEO image, there are two GeoTIFF format options: GeoTIFF (raster) and GeoTIFF (floating point). This can be confusing at first. Let’s take a look at both examples using the Chlorophyll Concentration dataset to distinguish the two formats. Here is a screenshot showing the Downloads box…
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A Little Background Information on WMS The Web Mapping Service (WMS) protocol has been around since 1999 and gives users the capability to access georeferenced maps via machine-to-machine contact. This means you can connect to a WMS server from a software of your choice that has WMS capabilities and load all or some of the…
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We recently received an email about adding country labels to a NEO image to better understand where certain data points are in the world. Here is one way to add labels to any NEO image in QGIS. QGIS is a free and open-source Geographic Information System. If you do not have QGIS on your machine,…
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– Space Bird Watch System ARTES Programme: Business Applications Activity: Demonstration Project Thematic Areas: Environment, Wildlife and Natural Resources Space Assets: Satellite Navigation Earth Observation In the era of access to huge data resources, advanced analysis and data-to-information processing are essential in the decision-making process. SBWS in the form of friendly web portal, provides advanced…
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– Digital Engineer – Multiplying Human Potential and Innovation ARTES Programme: Business Applications Activity: Demonstration Project Thematic Areas: Education & Training Space Assets: Satellite Communications The Digital Engineer provides engineering learners with AI-assisted teaching, and engineering expert knowledge base. Its main advantages are time efficiency, flexibility, user friendliness and remote learning. The Digital Engineer offers…
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OBSERVER: Improving our understanding of the changing ocean and marine ecosystemsAnnekatrien Debien Thu, 23/09/2021 – 13:36 Drawing from the Copernicus Marine Service Ocean Monitoring Indicators, the 5th edition of the Ocean State Report Summary provides a comprehensive, science-based and state-of-the-art assessment on the current state, natural variations and ongoing changes in the global ocean and…
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Today, 23rd September 2021, NEREUS together with the European Commission and the European Space Agency kicked-off the first Copernicus4regions webinar: How Copernicus helps European regions to better preserve and grow Europe’s forests as part of a series of 5 online events. The objective of the webinar was to engage in a debate on the dimension of Copernicus for…
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The encapsulated payload stack with Landsat 9 is transported from the Integrated Processing Facility (IPF) to Space Launch Complex (SLC)-3 for hoisting aboard the Atlas V. Photo by United Launch Alliance. It’s well-known that NASA leads the development and launch of each Landsat satellite, and that USGS builds and manages the ground system and operates…
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– Global Forest Monitoring using Satellite Imagery and Artificial Intelligence ARTES Programme: Business Applications Activity: Kick-start Activity Thematic Areas: Environment, Wildlife and Natural Resources Space Assets: Earth Observation The ForestAI project uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Earth Observation (EO) to provide an advanced forest monitoring solution globally. The service offers customers in the forestry domain…
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– SOC Recommended Farming Practices detection ARTES Programme: Business Applications Activity: Kick-start Activity Thematic Areas: Food & Agriculture Space Assets: Earth Observation This Kick-Start Activity creates several satellite-based models that could be used to track Recommended Farming Practices (RFP) for carbon sequestration at a sub-field level (10m, based on Sentinel 1 & 2 data), and…
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