On occasion of the World Hydrography Day 2024, EOMAP interviewed a highly experienced expert: Stewart Dunne, the Former Hydrographer of Australia. The interview covers his personal experiences with satellite-based services, the uptake of new technologies or upcoming trends in the hydrographic domain. This year’s theme of World Hydrography Day is "Hydrographic Information – Enhancing Safety, […]
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eoapp AQUA: Monitoring Water Quality from Space
While global warming puts severe pressure on water bodies, public authorities and industry must balance their efforts to minimise risks. At the same time, public and private entities need to satisfy growing demands for information on water safety. This calls for efficient monitoring of water quality. For far-sighted monitoring routines, satellite sensors can provide many […]
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Harvesting Earth Observation data for offshore renewables: BLUE-X project kicked off to speed up the energy transition
Seven European partners, including offshore renewable energy and Earth Observation specialists, have teamed up for the BLUE-X project. Together, they will develop a satellite-based decision support tool to accelerate offshore renewable energy deployments. This is the first blue energy Horizon Europe project funded by the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). More than 75% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions […]
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EOMAP has been awarded the CASSINI Prize for Digital Space Applications ‘Eyes on Plastic’ helps fight plastic pollution
At the EU Space Week 2023 in Sevilla, the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has announced the winners of the CASSINI Prize for Digital Space Applications: With the new web app ‘Eyes on Plastic’, EOMAP is one of the three awardees. The CASSINI prize, endowed with almost one million Euros each, awards innovative […]
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EOMAP erhält CASSINI-Preis für ‘Eyes on Plastic’
Anlässlich der EU Space Week in Sevilla erhielt das deutsche Unternehmen EOMAP einen der hoch dotierten „Cassini Prizes for Digital Space Applications“ für seine Lösung zur Überwachung der Plastikverschmutzung in Gewässern. Mit der Web App „Eyes on Plastic“ lässt sich Plastikmüll in Flüssen- und Küstengebieten tracken. Der mit je einer knappen Million Euro dotierten Preis wurde […]
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Déjà-vu on the river Oder – Ensuring water quality on rivers
In April and May 2023, for example, the Gliwice Canal already had chlorophyll values in the highest range of the previous year, and the Czernica reservoir northwest of Ratovice showed a clearly visible algae bloom (over 100 µg/l) at the end of May. This was preceded by days of increased solar radiation. At the beginning of June, […]
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SDB-Online revamp: New features to map shallow waters within mouse clicks
On the 21st of June, SDB–Online – the first WebApp for Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB) – is relaunched. After its introduction in June 2022, five new features and workflow improvements have been added to advance the new online solution for mapping shallow waters worldwide. “On this World Hydrography Day 2023, we would once more like to […]
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