Building an Earth Observation Network
Ray A. Williamson, PhD Senior Advisor Secure World Foundation Broomfield, Colo. www.swfound.org The lush tropical landscape of the state of Chiapas, Mexico, seems an unlikely place to encounter an...
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Laura Delgado López Project Manager Secure World Foundation Washington, D.C. www.swfound.org From their vantage point in orbit, earth observation satellites offer a unique perspective in the...
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Victoria SamsonWashington Office DirectorSecure World Foundation Washington, D.C. www.swfound.org O ver the last several years, the long-term sustainability of the space environment has been a growing...
View ArticleBuilding Geospatial Capacity in Mesoamerica
Ray A. Williamson, PhD Editor Apogeo Spatial Denver, Colo www.apogeospatial.com Earth Observation analysts from developing countries face several daunting challenges in pursuing their chosen...
View ArticleLandsat & Google Earth Engine Prove Valuable to Scientific Community
Ray A. Williamson, PhDEditorApogeo SpatialDenver, Colo.www.apogeospatial.com How things have changed since Landsats 4 & 5 were launched in the early 1980s, about the time I began working on...
View ArticleInternational Cooperation in Earth Observations
Laura Delgado LopezProject ManagerSecure World FoundationWashington, D.C.www.swfound.org Early last year, the group on earth observations (GEO) renewed its 10-year mandate as ministers from all over...
View ArticleFlood Modeling
Laura Delgado Lopez Project Manager Secure World Foundation Washington, D.C. www.swfound.org The international disaster management community is paying increasing attention to the role of space-derived...
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Laura Delgado Lopez Project Manager Secure World Foundation Washington, D.C. www.swfound.org According to 2014 figures of The World Bank, at least five countries in Central America have suffered...
View ArticleGEO Moves Forward
Michael K. Simpson, PhD Executive Director Secure World Foundation Broomfield, Colo. www.swfound.org The Mexico City Declaration adopted at the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit in...
View ArticleReport on 2016 UNCOPUOS Meeting
Michael K. Simpson, PhDExecutive Director SecureSecure World FoundationBroomfield, Colo.www.swfound.org For people who care about space-based Earth observation, this is a good time to pay attention to...
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