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Supporting ecosystems using satellite images

Supporting ecosystems using satellite images

Forests are essential in maintaining healthy ecosystem interaction and biodiversity on Earth. They are in a key role in the fight against climate change since they can restore increasing carbon stocks. Hence, several national and international initiatives (including the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and the EU LULUCF Regulation) require regular reporting

Zero Gravity and Terramonitor to gain ESA contract for Green Buildings

Zero Gravity and Terramonitor to gain ESA contract for Green Buildings

HELSINKI, Finland. 3rd November 2020 Zero Gravity Oy and Terramonitor aligned a consortium for ESA (European Space Agency) open bidding for Green buildings - Feasibility Study during spring 2020. Green buildings are structures that reduce and eliminate negative impact on the environment by using less water, energy or natural resources.

Errors related to the automatized satellite-based change detection of boreal forests in Finland

Errors related to the automatized satellite-based change detection of boreal forests in Finland

Terramonitor took part in a Finnish government head project related to detecting changes in boreal forests during 2016-2019. Time series change detection.The project was executed by Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finnish Forest Centre, Finnish Environment Institute and Terramonitor. Examples of clear-cut and thinning detection.Some

3D modeling with Terramonitor

3D modeling with Terramonitor

Combination of satellite image and elevation model brings new viewpoints to landscape. Terramonitor maps together with an elevation model enable simple 3D visualization.

Natural disasters from the space

Natural disasters from the space

Smoking forests, brown fields, flooding rivers... Extent of disasters may be difficult to understand from the Earth, but looking from the space situation seems different.