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https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/google-ai-wildfire-detection/>
"Wildfires are becoming increasingly common due to hotter and drier climates
around the world. Until now, firefighters have had to rely on satellite imagery
that’s either low resolution or only updated a few times a day, making it
difficult to detect fires until they’ve grown larger than a soccer field.
Google Research has teamed up with leaders in the fire community to create
FireSat — a purpose-built constellation of satellites designed specifically to
detect and track wildfires as small as a classroom (roughly 5x5 meters). With
FireSat, authorities will have high-resolution imagery that is updated globally
every 20 minutes, helping them respond to fires before they become destructive.
To kickstart this work, Google.org provided $13 million in funding to the
initiative led by the Earth Fire Alliance, a nonprofit established to launch
the FireSat constellation, with additional support from the Moore Foundation."
Via
Fix the News:
https://fixthenews.com/273-cathedral-thinking/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
