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AUG 2020Story map: Using flaring data to measure oil production
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JUL 2020Sensor Showdown Highlights: Part 1
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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JUL 2020As Ethiopian dam fills, tensions rise
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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JUL 2020Story map: Amazon Fulfillment Centers
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JUL 2020Story map: Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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JUL 2020Tesla lots reveal vehicle production trends ahead of earnings reports
Before Tesla reported second quarter results, the question wasn’t so much whether production and sales had fallen, but by how much?
Based on Ursa’s SAR activity index, Tesla’s Q2 production was forecasted at 83,000 vehicles, nearly exactly what Tesla reported.
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JUL 2020Story map: Wuhan North Railway Station in Hubei Province, China
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JUL 2020Story map: FAW-Volkswagen Manufacturing Plant in Tianjin, China
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JUL 2020Story map: Tesla Auto Manufacturing Plants in California & Shanghai
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JUL 2020As freight demand falls, idle locomotive queue grows
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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JUL 2020Story map: India & China Border Tensions
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