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Remote Sensing

Artificial Intelligence: More Than Just Running an Algorithm

September 16, 2021 – “In fifteen years, at least half of our current staff will have retired.” That’s what innovation consultant Jeroen Waanders said three years ago when we asked him what motivated him to explore innovation for his water authority. “If we want to keep doing everything we’re doing now, we simply won’t be able to keep up...”

Plastic pollution
Remote Sensing

Plastic pollution: we're missing 950 million elephants!

August 26, 2021 – Over the course of 70 years, plastic has gone from a global innovation to a global problem. A problem as big as 950 million elephants! How did this happen? Plastic production took off in the 1950s, and since then we have manufactured approximately 8.3 billion tons of plastic. More than 6.3 billion tons of that is...

Remote Sensing

The Air Force flies wherever possible using the LUIK dashboard

August 17, 2021 – Managing Dutch airspace is a challenge. The Air Force plays an important and supportive role in this. It monitors Dutch airspace and supports its colleagues in the Air Force and Navy. To carry out all of this seamlessly, the Air Force needs to train. But where do you do that? And how...

Remote Sensing

Analyzing the impact of climate change

Climate change has been a major and recurring topic for years, both in the news and in politics and the business world. The costs, causes, and consequences are frequently discussed at the national and international levels.

Remote Sensing

Making Location Data Smarter with Machine Learning

April 30, 2021 – Whether you’re conducting an inspection using satellite imagery or simply watching videos on YouTube from your couch, machine learning is everywhere. Take Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn, for example, whose search functions are powered by various machine learning algorithms. The same goes for Netflix or Spotify,...

Remote Sensing

Ever Given: The real challenge is yet to come!

Apeldoorn, March 29, 2021 – The Ever Given, 400 meters long and 60 meters wide, is stuck across the Suez Canal. Getting it back on course is a challenge, but it will be done. Getting shipping traffic in the Suez Canal back up and running is an even bigger challenge! Blockage in the Suez Canal On average, there are...

Remote Sensing

Rijkswaterstaat is aiming higher

March 4, 2021 – Civil engineering structures (viaducts, portals, bridges, etc.) always deform slightly. This is taken into account in the design. However, regular monitoring is necessary to verify that the structure is behaving as intended in the design. Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) uses not only visual inspections but also deformation measurements for this purpose. Read more...

Remote Sensing

Snow-related disruptions in February

February 18, 2021 – Unfortunately (for some), the snow and ice have already melted away, but they did give us some fun on the ice and a few beautiful images. On February 11, it started snowing from the south, and the photos below capture a stunning scene. A wealth of data In early February, it started from the south...

From Data-Driven to Context-Aware at Make Geospatial Matter 2021

After nearly a year and a half, we were finally able to host our annual Make Geospatial Matter conference in person again. Whereas last year’s event was held entirely online, on Thursday, October 14, attendees were once again able to participate in person in various knowledge sessions, keynotes, and workshops, and network with one another in the Media Plaza at the Jaarbeurs Utrecht....

Remote Sensing

Preparing for the consequences of flooding

With an average of 847 mm of precipitation per year, the Netherlands is a wet country. Flooded streets and basements caused by heavy rainstorms are what make the Dutch climate so characteristic these days. And according to the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), annual precipitation will only increase due to climate change. Will it get even wetter? The Netherlands is the...

Remote Sensing

Mauritius, MV Wakashio: From Grounding to Salvage?

In the news reports, we see photos of the ship, oil leaking from it, and people cleaning up the oil, but where does all that oil end up? In the reports, we read and hear that about 1,000 tons of oil—that’s roughly 20 tanker trucks—has leaked. What does that mean? At a distance of ~9,500...

Remote Sensing

Beirut: The aftermath of the explosion

On the afternoon of August 4, 2020, a massive explosion occurred in the port of Beirut (Lebanon), resulting in countless casualties and severe damage to the infrastructure. Just one day later, we saw the first crystal-clear “aerial photos” appear in the news. The port area was completely destroyed, and in the harbor lay an overturned...