While cloudy skies mostly obstructed Maxar’s overhead view of the U.S. presidential inauguration during the day yesterday (January 20, 2021), the company’s WorldView-3 satellite collected dramatic nighttime imagery (collected January 20th at 9:55 PM EST) that revealed the fireworks display that capped the celebration.
Imagery, earth imaging and remote sensing
Satellite Imagery: US Capitol, January 7th via @Maxar
Yesterday (January 7th at 10:59 a.m. and 11:02 a.m. EST), two of Maxar Technologies’ high-resolution satellites collected new imagery of Washington D.C., including the U.S. Capitol and surrounding area. The imagery provides an excellent view of the inauguration stands/seats along the west side of the Capitol as well as an overview of the Capitol grounds.
Maxar Satellite Imagery: SpaceX Starship Facilities, Boca Chica, Texas
Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-3 satellite collected new imagery on December 10th of the SpaceX production and launch facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.
No Pot of Gold in Commercial Constellations
Commercial constellations set new standards for the industry in numbers but GEO comsat and government still drive the biggest demand in manufacturing and launch revenues.
LuxCarta Launches BrightEarth Platform at vIITSEC Seamless Global Mosaic First Product in New Viewer
Sophia Antipolis, France – December 1, 2020 – LuxCarta announced today it has launched its new web-based viewer to demonstrate its seamless BrightEarth® global cloud-free mosaic derived from Sentinel-2 imagery.
UP42 Hosts Webinar on Fusion of Satellite Imagery, AIS Data, Machine Learning for Maritime Surveillance
BERLIN, Germany, 30 November 2020 – UP42, creator of the leading developer platform for Earth observation data and analytics, will host a free webinar on maritime monitoring and surveillance on Dec. 9, 2020. Presentations will discuss the integration of optical and radar satellite imagery with Automatic Identification System (AIS) ship tracking data for analysis using machine […]
Satellite Imagery: Aftermath of Hurricane Iota in Providencia Island, Colombia @Maxar
Maxar Technologies collected new satellite imagery yesterday (November 21st) of the small Colombian island of Providencia, which suffered extreme damage from Hurricane Iota. Nearly all of the island’s infrastructure was destroyed from the powerful category 5 storm that struck the island on November 16th
Major Production Update: ‘Los Angeles’ 3D Buildings for Unity3D
USTER, Switzerland, Nov. 20, 2020 / — vrbn studios announced its new release of 29 3D building packs, with a total of over 80 high-quality 3D buildings (four packs are free of charge) for the Unity3D game engine.
Satellite Imagery: Earthquake Recovery Operations in Izmir, Turkey @Maxar
Maxar’s WorldView-3 satellite collected new high-resolution imagery today (3 November) of Izmir, Turkey that shows rescue and recovery operations continuing in the aftermath of last Friday’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake
Virtual Surveyor Introduces Curb & Gutter Mapping in New Version of Drone Surveying Software
AARSCHOT, Belgium, 2 November 2020 – Virtual Surveyor has introduced Curb & Gutter mapping functionality in Version 7.6 of its popular drone surveying software. The new capability enables surveyors to create a lightweight CAD model of curbs and gutters along the edges of streets and parking lots from standard orthophotos and elevation models captured by unmanned […]
