Dozens of established players and newer entrants are competing to bring the most cutting-edge remote sensing data to customers. These companies may use hyperspectral, thermal, radar or optical ...

Johnson’s Reef on the northwest shore of St. John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands forms colorful peaks in this lidar image recorded by NASA’s Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) in ...

NUVIEW's satellite constellation will use LiDAR to create its 3D maps, which could prove beneficial to farmers and urban planners. reading time 2 minutes Satellites flying overhead in Earth’s orbit ...

LiDAR uses lasers to measure the distance, shape, and orientation of objects around you, making it great for both mapping and ...

A new commentary by Professor Qiming Qin of Peking University, recently published in the Journal of Geo-information Science, delivers an independent review of AlphaEarth Foundations (AEF), a ...

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Explore new features coming to Google Earth and take a look back at the major milestones of the platform since 2005. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how ...

Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth. Until now, you’ve only been able to access historical Street View imagery on Google Maps. Google ...

Global satellite communications. Conceptual representation of a global network of communications satellites, such as the Starlink satellites. Dozens of established players and newer entrants are ...

An example of 3D mapping produced by LiDAR. Image credit: Nuview. Clouds and darkness: These are the two challenges that bedevil every Earth observation (EO) satellite that relies on visible light ...