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February 24, 2020 | Earth Intelligence

Emerging Space Technologies and the Evolution of Maxar: Earth Intelligence

In a recent interview with the Federal News Network, Tony Frazier, Executive Vice President for Global Field Operations at Maxar, discussed the integration of DigitalGlobe, Radiant Solutions, SSL and MDA under one brand, Maxar Technologies

March 18, 2019 | Earth Intelligence

AI-Driven Geospatial Solutions for Intelligent Connectivity

Along with all of the traditional telco operators and ecosystem companies, MWC19 hosted a long list of AI-focused exhibitors like IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Daimler and BMW that shared their vision of intelligent connectivity

March 12, 2019 | Earth Intelligence

A New Wildlife Surveying Technique: Using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning to Detect and Monitor Elephants

African elephants are at risk in the majority of the countries where they live because of poaching. Elephants are killed in retaliation for crop raiding or for ivory, which is highly lucrative in Asian markets. The human population in Africa is rapidly increasing and as a result, more elephant habitat is being used for agricultural production and human settlement

March 07, 2019 | Earth Intelligence

Bringing Satellite Imagery to the Architectural, Engineering and Construction Industry Through AutoCAD

Bird.i is on a mission to make the world’s most incredible satellite images—and the insights they bring—accessible to absolutely everyone. Bird.i, in partnership with Maxar’s DigitalGlobe and other world-leading satellite operators, has lowered the barriers for using satellite imagery, making Earth observation data more accessible and affordable for all types of businesses and individuals.

February 25, 2019 | Earth Intelligence

Insights at Night: SecureWatch Integrates VIIRS Nighttime Lights

Our latest release of SecureWatch includes an integration of the open source NOAA / NASA Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Nighttime Lights imagery for all subscribers.

February 11, 2019 | Leading the Industry

Maxar's Kumar Navulur joins the Board of Directors of Open Geospatial Consortium

Dr. Kumar Navulur, Sr. Director of Strategic Business Development was elected to the Board of Directors of Open Geospatial Consortium

January 28, 2019 | Earth Intelligence

The Mighty Power of Pixels: GBDX powers a new imagery exploitation tool for analysts

To deliver immediate access to custom imagery production through Image Exploit Mode, DigitalGlobe needed to rethink our traditional image processing system.

December 19, 2018 | For a Better World

Satellite Imagery helps Indonesian Earthquake victims

During the evening rush hour of September 28, 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the island. This triggered a tsunami that reached heights of 50 feet in places and tore through the provincial capital of Palu.

December 06, 2018 | Earth Intelligence

Training a machine learning algorithm to create more insight from low-resolution images

The advent of machine learning and access to readily available Earth satellite imagery is fostering big data solutions that unlock valuable insights. Earlier this year, Maxar’s DigitalGlobe hosted the 2018 Australia Sustainability Hackathon to leverage the opportunities provided by geospatial big data and high-resolution satellite imagery.

December 03, 2018 | Earth Intelligence

Creating Forest Inventory from High-Resolution Satellite Images

The forestry industry can benefit from multi-spectral, high-resolution satellite imagery in a number of ways, particularly for inventory components, such as tree stocking assessment, Leaf Area Index (LAI) estimation, volume survey and health analysis at stand and individual tree level.

November 29, 2018 | Earth Intelligence

Geoimage uses DigitalGlobe technology to develop a machine learning solution addressing one of Australia’s most significant environmental challenges – the Murray-Darling Basin

The Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) in Australia is a vast catchment covering more than 1 million km2 and with a primary water course exceeding 3000km in length.

November 27, 2018 | Earth Intelligence

Sending Data From Space to Amazon S3 in Less Than a Minute

Technology in the space industry is modernizing rapidly and Maxar’s DigitalGlobe has been on the forefront of shaping and integrating the latest tech into our processes. A key part of this transformation has been our work with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

November 26, 2018 | Earth Intelligence

How GAIA Disrupted the Viticulture Industry

Technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Although this change can be feared, it also presents an incredible opportunity to challenge the status quo and identify new ways to improve. Organizations that embrace this opportunity can use it as a catalyst to thrive in their given industries.

November 16, 2018 | Earth Intelligence

Unlocking the True Potential of GEOINT with AWS

As the premier provider of Earth imaging services, Maxar has earned the responsibility of serving dozens of friendly foreign governments around the world with commercial geospatial intelligence (GEOINT).

November 08, 2018 | Leading the Industry

#HackABetterWorld for Refugees

There were 68.5 million individuals in 2017 who were forced to flee their homes due to persecution, war or violence – the largest number of individuals in history. Among these individuals are 25.4 million refugees, over half of which are children.

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