Version 3 of SMOS L3 Soil Freeze and Thaw product Soon Available
Germany gets a Spaceport
Software, Tools and Services
New Version of the Copernicus Marine Services
The State of GeoServer
Beyond EO
Are you a Real GIS Nerd? You Probably Need These!
EOMasters News
Social Media - New Directions
The situation at X makes me more and more think to leave that platform. It simply doesn't feel good anymore. So, I looked around and created new accounts. One at LinkedIn and another one at BlueSky. At the moment, no one knows which one will be the next big player, but LinkedIn looks attractive. I just try to be everywhere. Both accounts are not yet filled with content but will be soon. If you have an account on one of those, or on the other platforms (Mastodon, Facebook, Threads) I suggest that you follow EOMasters there. The account on X will be closed soon.
EO and RS News
ESA and OSGeo Forming Partnership
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) have signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) to formalise their partnership on free and open-source geospatial software. They aim to use open-source geospatial technologies to address societal and environmental challenges. ESA plans to use the Free and Open-Source geospatial ecosystem to enhance Open Science practises, particularly as part of the Earth Observation FutureEO program's Science for Society initiatives.
The Candian Space Agency will invest $1.012 billion over 15 years for RADARSAT+, a program to ensure continuous access to high-quality Earth observation data for Canada. This has been announced by the Candian government. The RADARSAT programme started in 1995 and it includes the satellites RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM).
Version 3 of SMOS L3 Soil Freeze and Thaw Product Soon Available
The SMOS L3 Soil Freeze and Thaw status productprovides daily information on the soil state in the Northern Hemisphere. The Version 3 will be available from ESA on 30 October 2023, with scientific enhancements and format updates.
Yes, Germany is really getting a spaceport. If you now think of a launch facility like Cape Canaveral or Baikonur, you have the wrong picture in mind. It is planned as a mobile platform in the North Sea that will launch rockets with small satellites into low-Earth orbits.
This is a reply to the growing demand for space-based data and services, especially in the private sector, which creates a market worth billions of euros by 2040. The port shall reduce the cost of launch vehicles and help the German industry to compete with companies like SpaceX.
During the 7th Copernicus Marine General Assembly several usability enhancements to MyOcean Viewer and Marine Service Catalogue were announced. To the list of the enhancements belong new thumbnails, depth range filter, file browser, and add to map feature.
At the last FOSS4G event in Prizren (Kosovo) Andrea Aime and Jody Garnett held a presentation to show the current statte of GeoServer. The presentation has been recorded ans is available on YouTube.
The Projection Collection is a set of trading cards. The set consists of 77 unique map designs that show off a wide variety of different projections. Each card shows off a custom-made map. Along the top you can find details about the projection, including its name, origins, and a few symbols that represent its features. The reverse of each card features a key to those symbols. This is the second print run of this set. In the first run almost 15,000 cards were delivered. Now there is a second chance to get these cards. You can get these cards by backing the project on Kickstarter. It is already successfully funded, and the Kickstarter ends on the 26th of October.
That's it for this issue. I hope you enjoyed this collection of news. Stay tuned for the next edition, which will arrive in your inbox in about two weeks.
