The sixth ESA Earth Observation Summer School has come to a close. The two-week course saw 70 students from more than 20 countries worldwide convene at ESRIN, ESA’s centre for...

From February 1 to September 30, 2010 the second contest of tutorials on the application of Earth observation images for school children training called "Round about" is to take place....

The conflicts in Darfur and Chad have led to excessive human-rights violations, including murder, rape and enforced displacement. Millions of civilians have had to leave their homes and hundreds of...

India regularly witnesses devastating natural disasters that cause great human suffering and economic loss. The east and west coasts are affected by severe cyclones. In the Himalayan area, more than...

GAF AG started out in October 1985 as privately owned company that offered services in satellite remote sensing and image processing. Over time, this core competence has developed and expanded...

With our coastal environments undergoing constant change, Earth observation satellites are being used to better strengthen our knowledge of changing coastlines. Climate change is having an undeniable influence on coastal...

Airbus Defence and Space will manufacture Angeo-1, Angola's first very high-performance Earth observation satellite, in France. This agreement marks a significant step towards strengthening the collaboration between the two countries,...

Earth-i, the innovative British distributor of earth observation imagery and services, is following up their successful tender award from the Government of Queensland by supporting the upcoming International Symposium on...

The Engage conference, organised by DigitalGlobe has become a fixture in the Earth observation (EO) calendar in London. Engage 2017, reported in GW July/August last year, detailed new uses of...

In helping overcome a wide range of global challenges, the geospatial industry is relying on satellite information to an unprecedented degree. In this article, Italian geospatial solutions developer Gianni Cristian...