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Each month, NV5 Geospatial posts new blog content across a variety of categories. Browse our latest posts below to learn about important geospatial information or use the search bar to find a specific topic or author. Stay informed of the latest blog posts, events, and technologies by joining our email list!

If a Meteor Vaporizes in the Atmosphere, Does It Make a Sound?

11/8/2022

Jim Pendleton is a Professional Services Engineer at NV5 Geospatial In this screen capture from Himawari 8 Band 3 data (0.64 microns), the vapor trail of the large meteor, or bolide, (after it presumably met its demise about 2 minutes before the image was taken), is highlighted in the diamond and magnified inset image.... Read More >

Displaying the New James Webb Space Telescope Images in IDL and ENVI

7/22/2022

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest optical telescope in space, and as space science enthusiasts know, the first images from the Telescope were released to the public on July 12, 2022. What may not be known to many, though, is that some datasets from James Webb are already available to be downloaded by the general public... Read More >

The Shockwave Heard Around the World

5/10/2022

GOES-16, GOES-17, and Meteosat-8 Image Animation of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption’s Atmospheric Wave Following the eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific on January 15, 2022, I was inspired by some of the data products and visualizations that were initially published online. In... Read More >

Cost-effectively Converting Legacy IDL Desktop Applications to Enterprise Applications

9/17/2021

Porting your IDL® application to an enterprise or cloud-based system can seem daunting. In reality, it’s quite simple and straightforward with the IDL programming language. This blog describes using your IDL license to create a backend application and how an IDL frontend client can be distributed using the IDL... Read More >

Putting a Mountain Of Data In Your Hands - From a Point Cloud to a 3D Printed Model using ENVI LiDAR and IDL

5/2/2017

For some of us, it's significantly easier to understand an object in 3-dimensional space if we're holding it in our hands, versus viewing it on a screen or even in a virtual reality environment. Land-use or military planners, architects, and civil engineers will sometimes rely on scale models of their environment to better understand... Read More >

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