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The Convergence of Geospatial Data has Great Potential …

WebThe intersection of demographic and geospatial data could also help answer pressing public health and emergency response questions. Maxar recently collaborated …

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Disaster Response and Public Health: Identifying Standing …

WebMaxar analysts applied an automated water classification algorithm to identify areas of standing water and determined that nearly 20,000 square meters were …

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Using Data from Space to Make Informed Decisions …

WebAccording to the University of Florida Thompson Earth Systems Institute, the 2015-2016 red tide event in Florida resulted in a loss of $3.3 million in revenue for the …

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Absolute Radiometric Calibration is an Essential Tool to …

WebRadiance is the intensity of light energy from the Sun that reflects off the Earth and travels through the atmosphere to the cameras in our satellites. In other words, absolute …

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In the blink of an eye – looking back on nine years with …

WebRead Time: 5 minutes. Nine years. Millions of volunteers. Zillions of square kilometers of satellite imagery analyzed. Tomnod, the world’s first satellite imagery …

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Year in Review: Maxar News Bureau Reflects on Biggest …

WebAustralia experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons on record from 2019-2020. A national council for fire and emergency services says more than 17 million …

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Using the Cloud to Forecast Clouds: Leveraging AWS to …

WebAnd, this new way had to give us more control on the output – both in terms of performance of forecast skill and speed at which the data was created. We reached out to Amazon …

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Maxar Opens Direct Primary Care Clinic for Bay Area …

WebLast month, Maxar opened a new direct primary care clinic in Sunnyvale, California, which will provide near-site healthcare services for our employees in our Palo …

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Eliminating malaria with the power of the crowd

WebFebruary 24, 2020 | Earth Intelligence Emerging Space Technologies and the Evolution of Maxar: Earth Intelligence. In a recent interview with the Federal News …

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Infectious Disease Response Planning with Geospatial …

WebWhen these datasets are combined, infectious disease experts gain a complete geospatial understanding of the outbreak area for health surveillance …

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Counting Whales by Satellite

WebThe 60 whales counted in the San Ignacio Lagoon. Counting whales from space is a new idea, and an exciting one. For the past few years, my team at the British …

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Open Data for Ebola Response in the DRC

WebThe Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has indicated new clusters of Ebola virus in the North Kivu province. Ebola is a constant threat in the DRC, …

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Digitization of Insecticide-Treated Net Distribution in Benin:…

WebCatholic Relief Services (CRS) worked with the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) in Benin to digitize a mass distribution campaign of ITNs, while maintaining physical …

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When Mapping Saves Lives: Supporting the Ebola Response in …

WebOn May 8, the government of DRC declared the latest outbreak in Equateur Province. When it jumped a few days later to Mbandaka, a major transport hub along the …

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Maxar Spotlight: Analyzing Disaster Recovery After Hurricane …

WebHurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas on September 1, 2019. According to Mercy Corps, a nongovernmental humanitarian aid organization, more than …

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Maxar Better World Foundation Awards $125,000 in Grants to Five…

WebThe Maxar Better World Foundation has announced five new grants, totaling $125,000, to support veterans and active-duty military and their families. These grants …

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Creating Forest Inventory from High-Resolution Satellite Images

WebTree stocking assessment from WorldView-3 images. The forestry industry can benefit from multi-spectral, high-resolution satellite imagery in a number of ways, …

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Uncovering hidden intelligence with multispectral imagery

WebSWIR imagery enables analysts to unlock further insights, such as the location of a fire through smoke; separation between vegetation and man-made materials; identification of …

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Celebrating WorldView-3’s first year in orbit

WebIt’s been an exciting and productive first year for WorldView-3. To-date, WorldView-3 has collected over 180 million square kilometers of imagery in her first year, equal to 1.2 of …

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