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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Customer Challenge There is a growing initiative to preserve forested areas in Africa. The Woods Hole Research Center needed a way to map land areas to assess damage and gain an accurate representation of preserved land versus covered land. Solution Achieved In recent years, scientific research, outreach programs, and public education have... Read More >
Customer Challenge Columbia University needed to make a Global Climate Model teaching aid for high schools, universities, and anyone else interested in learning about meteorology and climatology. Solution Achieved Columbia University, in cooperation with NASA, developed a free Global Climate Model using IDL, which is now available for high... Read More >
Customer Challenge NASA planned an historic mission to impact a comet in outer space. Lead mission engineers needed sophisticated space vehicles, onboard imaging instruments, and a solution for calibrating the instruments and visualizing and analyzing huge amounts of data. Solution Achieved Ball Aerospace built a space system for NASA that... Read More >
Customer Challenge The military had a need to Unexploded ordinance (UXO) is a serious problem for military service personnel on artillery ranges across the U.S. and in operational theatres around the world. Solution Achieved Blackhawk Geoservices, based in Golden, Colorado, is a company with expertise in the detection and mitigation of... Read More >
Customer Challenge Forest fires, with the capacity to devastate landscape quickly and totally, are a threat to ecosystem functioning in the areas of biodiversity and hydrology. By releasing carbon dioxide, they can also affect global atmospheric chemistry. A system to map the extent of the damage and plan recovery efforts has become a priority... Read More >