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Project Geospatial and Ursa organized the 2020 Sensor Showdown, a number of live-streamed panels featuring experts in space, technology, data analytics, and more, as part of the Geospatial Frontier Virtual Technology Fair.

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Ursa is monitoring reservoirs in Ethiopia and Sudan impacted by the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a mega-project on the Nile’s main tributary with wide-ranging consequences.

We are measuring these reservoirs using satellite radar imagery, similar to previous work we’ve done monitoring Iraq’s water crisis.

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Union Pacific Railroad Company, one of the world’s largest transportation companies, is no stranger to economic fluctuations and oscillations in demand for their transportation services.

During an economic downturn, less freight moves around, so where does Union Pacific store the locomotives no longer needed until demand returns?

It is not uncommon to spot hundreds of idle locomotives at a 3-mile stretch of track snaking through the Arizona desert outside Tuscon.

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What do you consider the most important US crude oil storage site?

Chances are the site is located on the Gulf Coast, the beating heart of the US oil industry.

The Gulf Coast contains more than half of the country’s refining capacity, making it a huge demand center. The region is also the outlet for US crude exports.

Much of the supply now comes from the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico, the biggest driver of US production growth.