Emergency Management | European Space Imaging

01 Apr EU Commission Asks EO Community for Help With COVID-19

Posted at 12:33h in Article, Civil Government, Emergency Management, News, Research

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] On Friday, 27 March, DG DEFIS (European Commission Department for Defense Industry and Space) issued an urgent request for Earth Observation resources that could provide insight into the economic and logistical impact of...

26 Mar To See the Sea – Achieving Total Maritime Awareness With VHR Satellite Imagery

Posted at 13:14h in Article, Emergency Management, Maritime, News

VHR satellite imagery is a key component in achieving Maritime Situational Awareness (MSA)....

01 Aug Press Update: Southern France – Satellite Images of Pine Forest Fire in the Var

Posted at 15:10h in Civil Government, Emergency Management, News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] European Space Imaging collected an image with WorldView-2 near Saint-Mandrier-sur-Mer in the Var yesterday afternoon as a pine forest fire fuelled by a Mistral wind was burning. Approximately 170 firefighters tackled the blaze with the assistance...

26 Jul Portugal Wildfires: Rapid Delivery of Satellite Imagery in Emergency Situations

Posted at 14:38h in Article, Civil Government, Defense, Emergency Management, Forestry, News

European Space Imaging accepted overnight orders to deliver Very High Resolution satellite imagery for the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) in response to devastating wildfires in Portugal....

12 Jun Mapping Landslides with VHR Satellite Imagery

Posted at 13:19h in Article, Civil Government, Emergency Management, News

Copernicus Emergency Management Service is using Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery supplied by European Space Imaging to create grading maps and analyse damage after landslides in Germany....

08 Mar PAKISTAN: Satellite Imagery confirms India missed target in Pakistan airstrike

Posted at 11:01h in Article, Civil Government, Defense, Emergency Management, News, Publications

A satellite image captured by WorldView-2 on 27 February 2019 confirms that the religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammed in northeastern Pakistan appears to still be standing days after India claimed its warplanes hit the Islamist group's training camp on the site....

20 Feb Highly Automated Beach Litter Detection

Posted at 12:15h in Article, Case Study, Civil Government, Emergency Management, Maritime, News, Research

Tama Group is using machine learning along with Very High Resolution 30 cm satellite imagery supplied by European Space Imaging to create a highly automated system for detecting beach litter along the Italian coast....

The Gateway to Europe where thousands of refugees attempt to enter illegally each year | Melilla, Spain | Captured by WorldView-3 | 13 January 2019

04 Feb Smarter Decision Making from Space

Posted at 15:04h in Agriculture, Article, Civil Government, Defense, Emergency Management, Maritime, News, Publications

Very High Resolution satellite imagery has become an invaluable resource for many government functions, writes Adrian Zevenbergen, European Space Imaging....

04 Jan Near-Real-Time Satellite Imagery Aids in Beach Cleanup Efforts

Posted at 18:00h in Case Study, Civil Government, Emergency Management, News, Publications

On January 2, 2019, the MSC Zoe lost up to 270 containers off the coast of Germany and The Netherlands. As the debris, including chemicals, washes ashore Dutch beaches, Near-Real-Time satellite imagery can serve as an invaluable tool in large scale disaster response scenarios....

03 Jan Satellite Images: Denmark Train Collision Location

Posted at 17:09h in Civil Government, Emergency Management, News

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Nyborg, Denmark - On January 2, around 7:35 local time, debris from a freight train stuck a passenger train traveling to Copenhagen via the Great Belt Bridge. Emergency services report 6 dead and...