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Joined February 2013
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New #satelliteimagery of the #wildfires burning across the island of #Rhodes, #Greece. SWIR (burned areas shown as black/grey) & natural color imagery collect July 23 & 24, reveals the most active fires are located along the southeastern coast of the island, near #Gennadi.
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Two key sessions on yesterday's #Phiweek agenda painted a bright future for the proliferation of AI-backed Earth observation applications. The success of the #Phisat1 experiment launched last year is just the beginning... the future? Here's a glimpse ➡️incubed.phi.esa.int/%cf%86-w…
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🆕#ESAIncubed and @SurreySat have announced a new initiative to design and test a high-throughput payload downlink chain for small #EO satellites. The module aims to provide data processing/transfer capabilities for tomorrow’s onboard imagers: incubed.phi.esa.int/sstl-to-…
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Meet Pelican, @Planet’s next-gen very high-res satellites! This fleet is like SkySat but higher res, more revisits, lower latency. Will help users from govt (security, disaster response) to mapping. Tech demo next year; operational 2023! Boom! 🛰️buff.ly/2YLbM9X $DMYQ
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From flying Ingenuity on Mars to @NASA's unmanned aircraft on Earth and everything in between, safety comes first. We’ve joined @FAAdronezone's conversation on #DroneWeek. See how we work w/ @FAAnews to ensure a bright future for our skies & those beyond: go.nasa.gov/2ERSe6u
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please support; a great initiative that would have been to the liking of the great pioneer @LAStools RiP old friend (all point clouds should be equal) lnkd.in/dPepXE6u
What a busy week talking about @ESA, the climate, #Galileo, Matthias' upcoming flight, and more. Thanks to @astro_matthias & @Thom_astro for being my wingmen😆& to Elena Grifoni Winters for being the best co-pilot & my Head of Cabinet. Tis a great feeling working with the best!
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Did you know we have two Python webinars coming up? A great way to brush yo your skills or learn something new. Join us on Wednesday for our first session!
There is still time to grab your ticket and join us Wednesday to learn how to start #programming with #Python! Click bit.ly/3ht4hdV and for only £5 members & £10 non-members, you could open the door to a whole new world! #careers #careerdevelopment #coding #learning
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...I was hoping that this was not true :(
Really sad to hear of the passing of LiDAR and open source powerhouse and evangelist Martin Isenburg @rapidlasso Suicide is far to prevalent in our industry. If anyone ever needs to talk, I am here to listen A self penned explanation of his struggles: rapidlasso.com/author/downto…
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Presenting #BLKARC & #BLK2FLY, the latest digital reality-capture innovations from @LeicaBLK. Designed for safe #autonomous navigation, they connect directly to Hexagon’s cloud-based visualisation platform, #HxDR. Read our press release:... hxgn.biz/3A0yqZa
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There is still plenty of time to register! Check out the workshop programme at ml4esop.esa.int/agenda
Why register for the next @esa/@ECMWF workshop on #MachineLearning and #EO? The programme is filled with experts - including @esa's Pierre Philippe Mathieu and #ECMWF Director of Research Andy Brown who will both be present at the opening session. ℹ️ml4esop.esa.int/agenda
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2/2 This deal continues that collaboration!🚀🛰️💫 Together, we’ve pioneered rapid satellite build & launch— to quickly respond to client needs. (Our record is 8 days to build sats & <2 months to launch!) For fun, here's our view of @SpaceX launch complex growing at Boca Chica!
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Introducing the FDL 21 ML Payload for Phi-Sat-2 and Beyond team, watch their results live on 13 Aug bit.ly/fdl2021europeshowcase @FDL_Ai @esa @ESA_EO Φ-lab @esaoperations @UniofOxford @nvidia @ScanComputers @planet @D_Orbit @Airbus @SatAppsCatapult @EoCdt #FDL #FDL2021 #AI #FDLEurope
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