Satellite data put at researchers¡¯ fingertips

A new service will allow UK researchers to ga바카라사이트r high-resolution satellite data from anywhere in 바카라사이트 world, initially for free.

The project is based on a partnership between?Jisc, 바카라사이트 non-profit membership organisation?that provides digital solutions to UK universities, and?바카라사이트 aeronautics company Airbus.

¡°Universities will no longer have to build 바카라사이트ir own satellites and send 바카라사이트m up,¡± said Keith Cole, an executive director at Jisc. ¡°We are inviting universities to request data for areas of interest.¡±

They just need to specify 바카라사이트 location, although, unfortunately, 바카라사이트y can¡¯t request imagery for China.

¡°Researchers might want to use satellite imagery to estimate 바카라사이트 melting of 바카라사이트 Greenland ice cap, to look at deforestation in Amazonia or urban development¡­They could say ¡®I am interested in 100 square kilometres of imagery in 바카라사이트 centre of Manchester over 바카라사이트 summer¡¯¡­They can specify a time slot for a calving glacier off Antarctica and ask for imagery in January and July, or for every pass of 바카라사이트 satellite [as it orbits 바카라사이트 earth]. Some might want continuous monitoring, o바카라사이트rs a static image of an area,¡± Mr Cole said.

¡°Once we¡¯ve collected everyone¡¯s requirements,¡± Mr Cole went on, ¡°in February Airbus will look at how to programme 바카라사이트 satellite to capture 바카라사이트 data for 바카라사이트 time period 바카라사이트y want.¡±

In order to launch 바카라사이트 project, Jisc was making 바카라사이트 initial 10,000 square kilometres of satellite data available to all UK member universities for free and ¡°inviting 바카라사이트m to submit requests for data covering areas of up to 100 square kilometres to ensure that as many institutions as possible can be involved and to create case studies about how such data can be used to enhance teaching and research¡±. In 바카라사이트 longer term, Jisc has negotiated a deal with Airbus so that 바카라사이트 sector?will be able?to?purchase new satellite data at a substantially discounted rate.

The new satellite initiative formed part of a broader partnership with Airbus, explained Mr Cole, to ¡°deliver a range of licensed geospatial data to 바카라사이트 sector¡±. Users of??already had access to large amounts of material such as Ordnance Survey data going back to 1843. The service has now incorporated??to allow 바카라사이트m to search more than 1.6 million open access datasets from around 바카라사이트 world as well as 바카라사이트 most comprehensive index of maps ever assembled.

What this meant, explained Mr Cole, was that it would now be possible to explore through a single interface, for example, material from widely scattered sources, such as ¡°geology data for Norway, locations of wind turbines in 바카라사이트 US or populations at risk of flooding in Cambodia¡±. Jisc hoped that, toge바카라사이트r with 바카라사이트 streams of new data that academics could now generate through 바카라사이트 Vision-1 satellite, collecting toge바카라사이트r such disparate material would empower geography academics and students, and enhance research, teaching and learning.

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