Earth Observation & Science

Earth Observation Applications

 

High accuracy mapping and urban intelligence

High resolution satellite imagery offers the ability to rapidly produce accurate mapping.  Updates to existing information and acquiring new mapping information offers benefits of continual and repeatable coverage, the ideal choice for accurate large area surveys.

                  
Consumer Mapping, China
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    Land Cover Mapping, UK  


 

Security and Surveillance

Beijing-1 2006Continuous coverage of wide areas, combined with high resolution surveillance of specific locations, provides an invaluable source of strategic information to complement the resources available for security and surveillance applications.









© Beijing-1 image 2006 221/AT



Natural Resource Management and Planning

Natural resources can be scarce, unpredictable, difficult to locate and difficult to manage and are under ever increasing pressure.  Significant economic, social and environmental benefits can be realised by using satellite systems to help manage available natural resources and to help locate new sources.


 

                       
 Inland Water Resources, Australia
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   Glacier Extent Change, Peru  



 



Agriculture and Forestry

Agricultural planning, development and management, precision farming, vegetation growth and health monitoring, forest mapping, de-forestation monitoring and forest fire tracking are just some of the applications routinely underpinned by information supplied by satellites.  The ever increasing focus on these issues for economic, social and environmental reasons, requires a reliable and accurate source of information, which can be provided by the satellite systems we offer.

 

 
 Agriculture, Italy
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Deforestation - Brazil, Bolivia borders
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Disaster Monitoring

Disaster monitoring activities are undertaken by many nations and in particular by the Disaster Monitoring Constellation of satellites supplied by SSTL.  Undertaken on behalf of society worldwide, this service provides an important source of humanitarian information as well as a framework for international collaboration.

 

                
California Forest Fires
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          Hurricane Katrina flooding
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Earth Imaging and Intelligence

Satellite imaging provides data for topographical mapping, land use analysis, and bathymetry.  

 
Mine Subsidence Mapping, South Africa           Topographical Mapping