The villages around Maungdaw in Rakhine state of Myanmar witnessed a massive evacuation of the Rohingya settlements. The huge clearance of the land first by burning the villages and later by bulldozers have destroyed the Rohingya buildings, mosques, cemeteries and homes which has totally removed the roots of Rohingya history and culture. The temporal satellite… Continue reading Rohingya Massive Evacuation in Rakhine state of Myanmar
Better Resolution Enable Better Decision Making Fig-1. (Offshore drilling rig, Kazakhstan, WorldView-3) Resolution matters. You cannot create a data from nothing and the laws of physics cannot be conquered via software enhancements. These indisputable… Continue reading Geospatial intelligence for energy companies
DRONE – Making Volumetric Calculations Worthwhile The people working in the construction, agriculture and mining industry very well understands importance of volumetric calculation of stockpile & its direct link to the success of their work. Whether the stockpile measurement is carried out to ensure availability of material enough to meet requirements or providing a financial report to… Continue reading Making Volumetric Calculations Worthwhile
Presently, the fish stock is not only under a threat from excessive legal fishing but also from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing which is why Global Fishing Watch (GFW) finds it difficult to estimate the precise level of such fishing activities. GWF enables active users with Internet access to monitor fishing activity at global… Continue reading Satellite Surveillance For IUU Fishing
By now, Puerto Rico is the worst affected area from Hurricane Maria, the number of deaths related to this category 4 Hurricane may exceed from what the government has officially accounted for so far. According to the Vox Media, the current death toll of Hurricane Maria hasn’t been updated from the last figure as Puerto… Continue reading DigitalGlobe’s Campaign For Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria is a weakening tropical cyclone which struck Dominica as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale, Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane, and is currently threatening North Carolina and parts of the Mid-Atlantic. Till now, it is the tenth-most intense Atlantic hurricane on record. By September 25, 2017, Hurricane Maria has… Continue reading DigitalGlobe monitors Hurricane Maria
An estimated 3,89,000 Rohingya have fled since the latest violence erupted in the northern Rakhine state of Myanmar on August 25. They have arrived by foot and boat to the refugee camps in Bangladesh. Presently there are two government-run refugee camps, in Cox's Bazar, Ukhia, Bangladesh i.e. Kutupalong and the Nayapara Refugee Camp. The two… Continue reading Satellite images show Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
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DigitalGlobe publicly releases pre and post event imagery of the Hurricane Irma affected areas to support the disaster response on the Open Data site. Hurricane Irma is an extremely powerful and catastrophic Cape Verde type Category 5 storm with maximum sustained winds of 175 miles an hour. Irma originated near the Cape Verde Islands on… Continue reading DigitalGlobe tracks Hurricane Irma from space
Myanmar also known as Burma is a Southeast Asian nation with a total area of 6,78,500 square kilometers, bordering India, Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand. On 4th January 1948, the nation became independent from the British. Many religions are practiced in Myanmar i.e. Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Tribal religions and Hinduism. Satellite images of DigitalGlobe show… Continue reading Satellite images reveal violence in Myanmar