GEOmedia 3 2017

In this
issue...
FOCUS
REPORT
COLUMNS
36 NEWS
New Trends in
Geomatics, in the Era
of Lowcost Sensors,
Free and Open
Source Software and
HPC GeoBigData
infrastructures
by Roberta Ravanelli, Martina
Di Rita, Valeria Belloni,
Andrea Nascetti, Augusto
Mazzoni, Mattia Crespi
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46 AGENDA
The image on the background is
a Sentinel-2A satellite taken over
the peninsulas and islands of the
Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar.
With a length of over 2200
km, the Irrawaddy River is the
country's largest, flowing northto-south
before fanning out into
the delta and emptying into the
Andaman Sea.
Evident by the brown colour of
the rivers and streams, sediments
carried by the water are deposited
in the delta. These deposits make
the area very fertile, and the accumulation
of deposits over time
causes the coastline to advance.
Owing to the rich soils, the region
is the country’s largest rice producer.
This image was captured in
March 2017 after the harvesting
season but before the planting, so
bare ground appears beige.
This image, also featured on the
ESA Earth from Space video programme,
combines two acquisitions
by the Copernicus Sentinel-
2A satellite in March 2017
On the cover image of Autonomous
Driving. Significant advancements
in satellite-based positioning are
contributing to the development of
better transport services and new
applications for safe transport and
smart mobility. With its flexibility, fast
growing capability, low infrastructure
costs and long-term sustainable use,
GNSS is an important asset in the
design of new Intelligent Transport
System (ITS) infrastructures.
Significant advancements in satellitebased
positioning are contributing to
the development of better transport
services and new applications for safe
transport and smart mobility. With
its flexibility, fast growing capability,
low infrastructure costs and longterm
sustainable use, GNSS is an
important asset in the design of new
Intelligent Transport System (ITS)
infrastructures.
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Emerging
Technologies: the
digital revolution
around and above us
by Marco Lisi
Improving
Resilience to
Emergencies
through
Advanced Cyber
Technologies: the
I-REACT project
by Claudia Maltoni, Claudio
Rossi, Guzmán Sánchez
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GEOmedia, published bi-monthly, is the Italian magazine for
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latest news, developments and applications in the complex
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Observation, Geospatial Data, BIM, UAV and 3D technologies.