💧🌏 Greg CocksApr 29, 2025
Landsat At Work – Better Wireless Communication - National Land Cover Database (NLCD), Based On Landsat, Helps Plan Clear Signal
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/news/landsat-work-a-path-better-wireless-communication <-- shared article
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https://www.usgs.gov/landsat-missions <-- shared about Landsat
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https://www.usgs.gov/centers/eros/science/annual-national-land-cover-database <-- shared about NLCD
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #Landsat #remotesensing #satellite #earthobservation #fedscience #usecase #USGS #EROS #cellphone #mobilephone #telecommunications #communications #cost #benefit #wireless #towers #antennas #landcover #landuse #NLCD #radio #frequency #siting #lineofsight #clutter #economics #risk #hazard #signal #signalquality #USA #value #returnoninvestment
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Landsat at Work: A Path to Better Wireless Communication

Landsat’s mission isn’t communications, but its data is helping shape the networks we rely on every day. Imagine the task of designing clear paths for a wireless communication system, large or small. It could be permanent with towers and antennas, or it could be temporary with a mobile command unit and handheld receivers. 

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💧🌏 Greg CocksMar 22, 2025
A Site Selection Framework For Urban Power Substation At Micro-Scale Using Spatial Optimization Strategy And Geospatial Big Data
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https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13093 <-- shared paper
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“In this study, [they] model spatiotemporal heterogeneity and incorporate it into optimizing the location of substations. The optimized substation placement ensures electrical service coverage for over 99% of the area during peak power usage seasons, compared to the current coverage of 72%...”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #siting #demand #electricity #heterogeneity #substations #powertransmission #electricalpower #distrubition #service #city #urbanisation #extremeweather #model #modeling #parameters #factors #energycrisis #energy #urbanplanning #routing #outages #framework #UrbanPS #bigdata #AI #machinelearning #Pingxiang #Jiangxi #China #casestudy #coverage #utilisation #dynamic #load #loading #loadbalancing
Jessica A. ShoemakerMay 23, 2023

Starting a new summer series over at The Rural Review highlighting law student work from the last year. Here's the first post: a short digest highlight some recent Berkeley labs work on the justice implications of renewable energy siting in rural America, written by one of my own fabulous students, Ryan McKeever (rising 3L at UNL, incoming FERC intern): https://www.ruralreconcile.org/ruralreview/renewableenergyjustice

#rural #energyjustice #renewableenergy #siting #landuse #wind #solar

O’Shaughnessy et al.: Energy Justice Implications of Renewable Energy Project Siting — The Rural Reconciliation Project

This digest summarizes new research by Eric O’Shaughnessy and colleagues on energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting as they affect rural communities.

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