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Airbus, Vantor and Nearmap imagery streams converging through Esri over a city

Esri Brings Airbus, Vantor and Nearmap Under One Global Imagery Basemap

Esri is expanding World Imagery with competing satellite basemaps from Airbus and Vantor and aerial coverage from Nearmap. The strategy promises sharper, fresher urban imagery—but acquisition dates, analytical rights and source hierarchy still matter.
Esri is expanding World Imagery with competing satellite basemaps from Airbus and Vantor and aerial coverage from Nearmap. The strategy promises sharper, fresher urban imagery—but acquisition dates, analytical rights and source hierarchy still matter.
Satellite SAR processing concept showing onboard AI compression and downlink

Onboard AI Could Help SAR Missions Reduce the Downlink Bottleneck

A new hardware study tests whether SAR imagery can be despeckled and compressed efficiently onboard, bringing learned processing closer to mission constraints.
A new hardware study tests whether SAR imagery can be despeckled and compressed efficiently onboard, bringing learned processing closer to mission constraints.
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