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Dietmar Backes

@DJBackes
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Joined February 2013
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@vantortech24 Jul 2023
New #satelliteimagery of the #wildfires burning across the island of #Rhodes, #Greece. SWIR (burned areas shown as black/grey) & natural color imagery collect July 23 & 24, reveals the most active fires are located along the southeastern coast of the island, near #Gennadi.
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Two key sessions on yesterday's #Phiweek agenda painted a bright future for the proliferation of AI-backed Earth observation applications. The success of the #Phisat1 experiment launched last year is just the beginning... the future? Here's a glimpse ➡️incubed.phi.esa.int/%cf%86-w…
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🆕#ESAIncubed and @SurreySat have announced a new initiative to design and test a high-throughput payload downlink chain for small #EO satellites. The module aims to provide data processing/transfer capabilities for tomorrow’s onboard imagers: incubed.phi.esa.int/sstl-to-…
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Will Marshall
@Will4Planet12 Oct 2021
Meet Pelican, @Planet’s next-gen very high-res satellites! This fleet is like SkySat but higher res, more revisits, lower latency. Will help users from govt (security, disaster response) to mapping. Tech demo next year; operational 2023! Boom! 🛰️buff.ly/2YLbM9X $DMYQ
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In memory of Martin Isenburg blog.qgis.org/2021/09/14/in-… @qgis @LAStools

In memory of Martin Isenburg · QGIS.org Blog

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NASA JPL
@NASAJPL15 Sep 2021
From flying Ingenuity on Mars to @NASA's unmanned aircraft on Earth and everything in between, safety comes first. We’ve joined @FAAdronezone's conversation on #DroneWeek. See how we work w/ @FAAnews to ensure a bright future for our skies & those beyond: go.nasa.gov/2ERSe6u
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What a busy week talking about @ESA, the climate, #Galileo, Matthias' upcoming flight, and more. Thanks to @astro_matthias & @Thom_astro for being my wingmen😆& to Elena Grifoni Winters for being the best co-pilot & my Head of Cabinet. Tis a great feeling working with the best!
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Did you know we have two Python webinars coming up? A great way to brush yo your skills or learn something new. Join us on Wednesday for our first session!
GRSG (@GRSG_GeolSoc) profile pictureGRSG@GRSG_GeolSoc13 Sep 2021
There is still time to grab your ticket and join us Wednesday to learn how to start #programming with #Python! Click bit.ly/3ht4hdV and for only £5 members & £10 non-members, you could open the door to a whole new world! #careers #careerdevelopment #coding #learning
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Stephan Amann@StephanAmann9 Sep 2021
Presenting #BLKARC & #BLK2FLY, the latest digital reality-capture innovations from @LeicaBLK. Designed for safe #autonomous navigation, they connect directly to Hexagon’s cloud-based visualisation platform, #HxDR. Read our press release:... hxgn.biz/3A0yqZa
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There is still plenty of time to register! Check out the workshop programme at ml4esop.esa.int/agenda
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@ESA_EO24 Aug 2021
Why register for the next @esa/@ECMWF workshop on #MachineLearning and #EO? The programme is filled with experts - including @esa's Pierre Philippe Mathieu and #ECMWF Director of Research Andy Brown who will both be present at the opening session. ℹ️ml4esop.esa.int/agenda
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Will Marshall
@Will4Planet6 Aug 2021
2/2 This deal continues that collaboration!🚀🛰️💫 Together, we’ve pioneered rapid satellite build & launch— to quickly respond to client needs. (Our record is 8 days to build sats & <2 months to launch!) For fun, here's our view of @SpaceX launch complex growing at Boca Chica!
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FDL.AI@FDL_AI5 Aug 2021
Introducing the FDL 21 #EarthScience Digital Twin Earth - Coasts team, watch their results live 13 Aug buff.ly/3C2sRev @FDL_Ai @NASA @NASAEarth @NASAAmes @SETIInstitute @googlecloud @azure @MITportugal @USGS @LBNLcs @SimAI4Science #FDL #FDL2021 #FDL #AI #MachineLearning
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Introducing the FDL 21 ML Payload for Phi-Sat-2 and Beyond team, watch their results live on 13 Aug bit.ly/fdl2021europeshowcase @FDL_Ai @esa @ESA_EO Φ-lab @esaoperations @UniofOxford @nvidia @ScanComputers @planet @D_Orbit @Airbus @SatAppsCatapult @EoCdt #FDL #FDL2021 #AI #FDLEurope
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Guy Schumann@guy_schumann4 Aug 2021
Great paper in #Nature out today! Using #EO imagery to map #flooding at global scale reveals new insights! nature.com/articles/s41586-0… Check out this science news article on @CNN as well! edition.cnn.com/2021/08/04/w… #GlobalFloodDatabase #DFO @Cloud2Street @NASA @Google
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Jan Boehm@jan_boehm26 Jul 2021
How much point cloud training data is enough? Next large scale data set: DALES Objects #lidar #ML ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract…
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🎬 Der neue Generaldirektor der #EU-Weltraumorganisation @ESA @AschbacherJosef hat uns erzählt, wie die #ESA Agenda 2025 die 🇪🇺 #Raumfahrt gestalten soll. Und wie sie wettbewerbsfähiger wird, verrät unser Raumfahrtkoordinator @tjtweets. Zur Agenda (auf 🇬🇧):esa.int/About_Us/Introducing…
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It finally happened! We have our machine learning model deployed in space. 🚀🛰️🌌 Details are in the university page now. 😀🎉
University of Oxford (@UniofOxford) profile pictureUniversity of Oxford
@UniofOxford1 Jul 2021
New technology, developed by Oxford researchers and @esa, will pilot the detection of flood events from space. This project is the first step towards relaying real-time information from space to disaster response teams. Read more ⬇️ ox.ac.uk/news/2021-06-29-art…
Artificial Intelligence pioneered at Oxford to detect floods launches into space

Artificial Intelligence pioneered at Oxford to detect floods launches into space

A new technology, developed by Oxford researchers, in partnership with the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Φ-lab, will pilot the detection of flood events from space. It was deployed on hardware on...

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TechCrunch
@TechCrunch30 Jun 2021
SpaceX delivers 88 satellites to orbit, lands first stage onshore for first time in 2021 tcrn.ch/3jpPMtc by @breadfrom
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Enabled by @FDL_AI @D_Orbit @ESA_EO Φ-lab @UniofOxford @KelloggOx @IntelAI @googlecloud There will be more info from the university a bit later. In the meantime nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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