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• [New] The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in Bangladesh announced in January that it intends to use a brick kiln tracker, which will use remote sensing technology to identify harmful brick kilns and to help improve enforcement. Al Jazeera
• Truly global IoT connectivity, something that only satellite can offer, will change environmental monitoring, agriculture, public infrastructure management and anything related to wide area remote sensing. International Defense Security & Technology
• The use of digital image processing in remote sensing and earth observation applications is projected to grow by ~18.1% compared to 2023, in 2024. Market.us
• In 2024, the use of digital image processing in satellite imaging and remote sensing for environmental monitoring is projected to grow by ~22% compared to 2023. Market.us
• If we can build a foundation model for HLS, there are thousands of other remote-sensing datasets that could benefit, paving the way for new applications and discoveries. IBM Research Blog
• Like a sonar using light instead of sound, lidar technology increasingly helps NASA scientists and explorers with remote sensing and surveying, mapping, 3D-image scanning, hazard detection and avoidance, and navigation. NASA
• Geological databases already exist for several parts of the world, but they could benefit from incorporating and aggregating the more complex data emerging from advanced remote sensing and monitoring of hydrothermal resources around the world. IEA
• Focused especially on extreme heat, Hines used satellite remote sensing to monitor the fluctuation of temperature to assess the risk being imposed on prisoners, including death, especially in states like Texas, where 75% of prisons either do not have full air conditioning or have none at all. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• In alignment with Beijing's five-year plan for 2021-2025, which emphasizes an integrated satellite network for communications, remote sensing, and navigation, Geely's satellite initiative contributes to the broader national goals. Business Tech Africa
• A Chinese satellite manufacturer and operator has conducted satellite-to-ground laser tests that will improve its ability to get remote sensing data to Earth. SpaceNews
• Satelligence is the world leader in using remote sensing technology to manage environmental risks such as deforestation, measure land-based carbon emissions and removals, and simplify reporting of sustainability performance. Satelligence
• With 60-plus million acres in the state of Wyoming, the IMAGINE team turned to remote sensing to augment their ground data collection, leveraging Planet's satellite data. Planet Pulse
• Using a long-time series of remote sensing data to study the effects of desertification will further the understanding of China's desertification control engineering and climate change mechanisms. MDPI
• New Public-Private Partnership: NSF will launch a new public-private partnership through NSF's Geodetic Facility for the Advancement of Geoscience that has developed a commercial data product for use in vehicle navigation and high-precision land surveys across the globe. The White House
• Over the coming years, increasing amounts of remote sensing data from airplanes and space-borne sensors will be paired with field observations, providing scientists with efficient ways to monitor biodiversity at global scales. phys.org
• Being able to monitor biodiversity using remote sensing and AI will help landowners across the UK who want to monitor biodiversity. Envirotec
• In the next decade, improving resolution and decreasing per-image prices will create the opportunity for satellite-based remote sensing to scale to a level previously considered impossible. World Economic Forum
• Hitachi Ltd has developed a vegetation management system that uses remote sensing data to classify and predict the growth of vegetation near facilities. Power Technology
• We found in three cases that if we can use remote sensing to predict a poor harvest in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere can plant more so they can avoid a shortage. phys.org
• Freedom Photonics secured $1.6 million to develop a watt-class direct diode lidar for remote sensing technology that could better detect methane in Earth's atmosphere and improve scientists' understanding of climate change. Photonics Media
• San Francisco-based satellite imaging company Planet Labs is investing into remote sensing to help African governments make decisions around drought risk protection, forest management, and renewable energy. The Hill

Last updated: 15 April 2024