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Using Deep Learning and UAVs to Identify Citrus Trees

It is not always easy to find academic papers that grab an audiences’ attention right from the start, but this new article from Csillik et al. did just that” Their article, entitled “ Identification of Citrus Trees from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery…

Natural Disasters by Keith Peterson January 10, 2018

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Automating Landslide Detection with eCognition

"Similar to earthquakes, landslides are next to impossible to predict," explained Daniel Hölbling, a research scientist at the University of Salzburg, in a recent article entitled “ Shifting Approaches to Landslides ” published in The American Surveyor . Hölbling…

LiDAR by Keith Peterson December 10, 2017

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eCognition and Point Cloud OBIA

A recent article from Thomas Blaschke and Ivan Tomljenovic in the November edition of GIM entitled “ OBIA and Point Clouds - Airborne Lidar and Object-based Image Analysis ” poses the question in the introduction - “Is OBIA also suited for the…

Forestry Natural Disasters by Keith Peterson October 10, 2017

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Sentinel-1 based evaluation of 2015 burned area & resulting carbon emissions in Indonesia

In the latter half of 2015, fires raged once again across Indonesia, creating a state of emergency due to poisonous smoke and haze across Southeast Asia as well as incurring great financial costs to the government. Within the ESA Fire CCI Project the Remote…

Natural Disasters by Keith Peterson September 10, 2017

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Fast Prototyping – Natural hazard mapping for Hurricane Harvey

In late August 2017, the gulf coast of Texas found itself in the path of Hurricane Harvey. In a 4-day period, Harvey brought immense rainfall (more than 40 inches 1,000 mm) to a number of communities along the coast, including Houston -…

Automation by Keith Peterson July 1, 2017

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Automated Modeling

Trimble’s own Ron Bisio recently had an interesting article entitled “Automated Modeling - smart, fast, flexible” in the April 2017 edition of The American Surveyor. He discusses the advancements in scanning and imaging technology over the years and the challenges they present…

Forestry by Keith Peterson June 1, 2017

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Uncovering the Truth Behind Canopy Loss in Nepal

Forests throughout the world are under tremendous anthropogenic pressure as they are continually threatened by forest fire, over harvesting, disease and increases in human population. A project launched by Nepal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) was the focus of an article in…

Forestry by Keith Peterson April 1, 2017

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COWI combines high accuracy & speed in commercial eCognition solutions

In November 2016, we presented COWI’s use of the Trimble eCognition software for forest monitoring. For those of you interested in learning more about this use case an additional article was published in INFORMED INFRASTRUCTURE entitled “One Forest, Multiple Perspectives”. This article goes into…

Forestry Urban by Keith Peterson February 1, 2017

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Smart Cities are Green Cities

In the age of climate change, natural resource management in cities is an increasingly difficult task as city managers and planners have to to consider the health and longevity of their city’s green infrastructure. The 2016-3 issue of Trimble’s technology & more included an interesting…

Forestry by Keith Peterson January 2, 2017

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Monitoring Forest Health in Sweden

The first issue of this year’s eCognition News brings us back to the forests of Scandinavia. This time we are reviewing the use of eCognition for forest health monitoring. The study, entitled “Satellite Imagery Vital to Proactive Forestry Management”, was carried out by TerraNor,…

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Using Deep Learning and UAVs to Identify Citrus Trees

Automating Landslide Detection with eCognition

eCognition and Point Cloud OBIA

Sentinel-1 based evaluation of 2015 burned area & resulting carbon emissions in Indonesia

Fast Prototyping – Natural hazard mapping for Hurricane Harvey

Automated Modeling

Uncovering the Truth Behind Canopy Loss in Nepal

COWI combines high accuracy & speed in commercial eCognition solutions

Smart Cities are Green Cities

Monitoring Forest Health in Sweden

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