Kizito Odhiamboinagribora·1 day agoHatua — A step toward smallholder farmer digitisationData is fuel to Machine Learning algorithms while incentives for users to share data make or break the solution Crop-Type Mapping and Yield Estimation using Earth Observation (EO) data and Machine Learning (ML) technologies lay at the core of agriBORA’s proposal to the World Food Programme (WFP) under the EO & AI for SDGs Innovation Programme jointly launched by WFP Innovation Accelerator and the European Space Agency Φ-lab. agriBORA…Earth Observation6 min readEarth Observation6 min read
Akis KaragiannisinSpectral Reflectance·5 days agoMember-onlySpectral Reflectance Newsletter #26Weekly newsletter on Earth Observation — Level-2 News NRO signs agreements with commercial providers of hyperspectral imagery [link] The National Reconnaissance Office has signed five-year agreements with six commercial providers of hyperspectral satellite imagery in order to explore the potential of commercial hyperspectral imagery to be used in the context of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.Earth Observation4 min readEarth Observation4 min read
Akis KaragiannisinSpectral Reflectance·Mar 16Member-onlySpectral Reflectance Newsletter #25Weekly newsletter on Earth Observation — Level-2 News NASA and Italian Space Agency Join Forces on Air Pollution Mission [link] “NASA and the Italian space agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) are partnering to build and launch the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission, an effort to investigate the health impacts of tiny airborne particles polluting some of the world’s…Earth Observation4 min readEarth Observation4 min read
WFP Innovation Accelerator·Mar 13Fighting hunger from space: 3 innovative start-ups using AI and Earth ObservationDiscover three innovative start-ups that participated in the EO & AI for SDGs Innovation Initiative — a joint initiative by the World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator and the European Space Agency Φ-lab. By Amine Baha and Fiona Huang The Earth Observation (EO) & Artificial Intelligence (AI) for SDGs Innovation Initiative…Earth Observation5 min readEarth Observation5 min read
Akis KaragiannisinSpectral Reflectance·Mar 9Member-onlySpectral Reflectance Newsletter #24Weekly newsletter on Earth Observation — Level-2 News Airbus wins contract from Angola for Earth observation satellite Angeo-1 [link] “Airbus Defence and Space has announced an agreement for Angeo-1, the first very high performance Angolan Earth observation satellite, to be manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space in France.” The study concept for PERTEO, an AI-based Earth Observation constellation…Earth Observation4 min readEarth Observation4 min read
Steminist Woman·Mar 8Why Earth isn’t flat?One of the key reasons why Earth is not flat is the way that gravity works. Gravity is a force that pulls objects towards the center of mass of another object. On a flat Earth model, gravity would have to somehow pull objects straight down towards the ground, which would…Earth Observation4 min readEarth Observation4 min read
Akis KaragiannisinSpectral Reflectance·Mar 2Member-onlySpectral Reflectance Newsletter #23Weekly newsletter on Earth Observation — Level-2 News Egypt Launches Earth Observation Satellite, Horus-1 [link] The Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) CEO, Prof Sherif Sedky, announced that Egypt had added another Earth observation (EO) satellite to its fleet after successfully launching the Horus-1 satellite into the sun-synchronous polar orbit. …Earth Observation4 min readEarth Observation4 min read
IABG/AI·Feb 28Natural Language Processing Application: Earth Observation and Event DetectionVindhya Singh | Data Scientist — If you landed here, chances are that you are either an NLP enthusiast or an Earth Observation enthusiast. Or you could be both. Or neither. We do not judge here. We are happy that this topic is of interest to you. …Earth Observation5 min readEarth Observation5 min read
Sonica Sinha·Feb 27Machine Learning Use Cases in Remote SensingBefore I start sharing my views on the use cases of machine learning in remote sensing, we need to understand first “what is remote sensing ?”. Remote sensing is the process of detecting and monitoring the physical characteristics of an area by measuring its reflected and emitted radiation at a…Earth Observation5 min readEarth Observation5 min read
Akis KaragiannisinSpectral Reflectance·Feb 23Member-onlySpectral Reflectance Newsletter #22Weekly newsletter on Earth Observation — Level-2 News ECMWF and Netherlands’ Deltares Use Case to develop a coastal forecasting and climate adaptation tool [link] “Netherlands’ Deltares has signed a contract with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to develop tools for improved forecasting and climate adaptation, specifically designed for coastal areas, based on Destination Earth’s digital twins’…Earth Observation4 min readEarth Observation4 min read
