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Our case studies represent a wide range of industries using NV5 Geospatial solutions and products to solve critical challenges.


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Improving Japanese Weather Forecasting With IDL

11/9/2021

Japan has a dynamic landscape and corresponding weather patterns. While it does have four seasons, its... more »

Enterprise Analysis and Management System to Monitor Water Quality

10/26/2021

Overview The Xiamen Municipal Bureau of Ecological Environment (XMBEE), China, is responsible for... more »

Using ENVI SARscape and Sentinel-1 Data to Measure Ground Displacement from the Cumbre Vieja Volcanic Eruption

9/30/2021

The Cumbre Vieja volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on September 19, 2021. The... more »

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Mapping Assessment of Coastal Erosion Using LiDAR and Optical Data

Mapping Assessment of Coastal Erosion Using LiDAR and Optical Data

2/12/2014

Background The world’s coastlines are ever changing due to the constant erosion and redistribution of sediment by waves and wind. However, weather events like hurricanes can cause drastic changes in a short period of time. The resulting changes in dune and beach composition can increase the risk of flooding, damage property and... Read More >

IDL Helps South Korean Scientists Predict Space Weather

IDL Helps South Korean Scientists Predict Space Weather

1/30/2014

Background In 1859, the sun let loose a large coronal ejection that caused a geomagnetic storm that lit up the sky and frazzled communication wires around the world. It caused auroras knows as the “Carrington Event” that were said to have awakened campers in the middle of the night in Colorado and sent thousands into the streets... Read More >

IDL Helps Scientists Measure Global Rainfall

IDL Helps Scientists Measure Global Rainfall

9/24/2013

IDL Helps Scientists Measure Global Rainfall Background The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is an international network of satellites that will provide the next-generation global observations of rain and snow. The GPM concept centers on the... Read More >

Mapping Crop Residue with Landsat Data using ENVI for ArcGIS®

Mapping Crop Residue with Landsat Data using ENVI for ArcGIS®

8/8/2013

Customer Challenge Traditionally, farmers have “worked” or tilled their land to control weeds and kill volunteer crops. These tillage methods remove crop residues, disturb the natural soil structure, and expose the soil to erosion. Conservation tillage, on the other hand, uses either a no-till or minimal tilling method that... Read More >

How to launch multiple IDL Workbench sessions on Mac OS X

How to launch multiple IDL Workbench sessions on Mac OS X

3/5/2013

DESCRIPTION Normally on Mac OS X, attempting to launch more than one IDL Workbench session via the IDL AppleScript icon or alias on Mac OS X will result in only a single IDL Workbench session. This help article discusses an approach that may allow a user to launch multiple IDL Workbench sessions from a Desktop icon. (Note: Each separate... Read More >

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