BACKGROUND In Greece, the forest fire season coincides with tourist season, running from May through... more »
When an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operator plans a surveillance mission, success depends on many... more »
Mapping Crop Residue with Landsat Data using ENVI for ArcGIS® Background Traditionally, farmers have... more »
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Government agencies and departments across the country face a significant challenge to manage the every-growing inventory of highway assets including painted markings, signs, and other roadway features. Creating an inventory of these assets is essential to the planning and maintenance activities that keep our roadways safe and navigable. Like... Read More >
Customer Challenge Members of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory needed to find alternative uses for common gridded weather data to advance civilian and military operations, such as search and rescue missions. Solution Achieved Weather data collected from various sources, such as balloons and satellites, have been used... Read More >
Story written and submitted by Mária Putsay and Judit Kerenyi of the Hungarian Meteorological Service Customer Challenge During the recent years large and extreme floods occurred frequently in many parts of the world. In the past, the flood forecasts and defense-related information provided by Romania to Hungary (downstream) have been... Read More >
Customer Challenge Food contaminants are a problem for both food distributors and consumers. Poultry can be particularly dangerous, as contaminants can cause serious health issues. The USDA needed a way, using remotely sensed imagery, to detect contaminated poultry before it ever leaves the production line. Solution Achieved When most people... Read More >
Customer Challenge Vintners in California needed an imaging solution to improve irrigation and nutrition management, make crop adjustments, and monitor disease and pest populations. Solution Achieved Susan Mahler and Paul Skinner of Terra Spase, located in Napa, California are using airborne remote sensing data, in combination with soil... Read More >