The new GEO-K app Login Earth was presented at the ESA – European Space Agency event Earth Observation Open Science 2.0. Play Geography from Space! Look how it works Using spectacular images of our planet taken from Space, Login Earth is aiming to offer a new approach to physical and political geography by way of […]
“The number of the extreme meteorological events has increased in the last few years and the trend should be the same for the next future”. GEO-K participated in the 2015 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, held in Toulouse, France, 21-25 September, presenting StormTrek, the innovative algorithm for the nowcasting of extreme meteorological events. “These events generally […]
Precision Farming will benefit from satellite weather forecasting. GEO-K took part in the XVIII AIAM Convention 2015, the annual Convention of the Italian Association of Farm-Meteorology, hold at San Michele all’Adige (Trento), 9-11 June 2015. At the meeting, the use of satellite data and short-term weather forecast (nowcasting) was proposed as an important tool to […]
Earth Observation (EO) systems and the advances in remote sensing technology increase the opportunities for monitoring the thermal behavior of cities. Several parameters related to the urban climate can be quantified from EO data products, providing valuable support for advanced urban studies and urban climate modeling. The study has been presented at the last JURSE congress […]
GEO-K has been invited to give a talk at the European Space Expo on 1st November 2014, the itinerant free exhibition that highlights the many ways in which the EU space programme helps EU citizens “on the Earth” every day. The exhibition has already visited the following cities: Copenhagen, Toulouse, Helsinki, Brussels, Vienna, Larnaca (Cyprus), […]
Over the years, the University of Tor Vergata has continually improved its position in the international rankings: in the recently published QS World University Top 50 Under 50 2014 ranking (less than 50 years old universities), Tor Vergata risen yet again advancing by 5 positions, more precisely from 38th to 33rd in the world. This […]
GEO-K is a partner of LearnEO!, a 2-year Earth Observation education project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and developed by different European Institutions. LearnEO! main aim is to increase the understanding and knowledge of satellite data obtained from ESA missions and demonstrate how these can be used in the real world when facing environmental […]
GEO-K and SERCO prized at the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Masters competition (GMES MASTERS 2012). GEO-K and SERCO won the “Ideas Challenge” competition proposing “MOSP-RIOS – OFF-SHORE OIL SPILL & FLARING MONITORING”, a service for the monitoring of gas flaring and of oil spilling from off-shore platforms using GMES products. The competition, […]