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Traffic in Africa is not just a daily inconvenience. It is an economic problem. Every hour lost in gridlock costs businesses money, reduces worker productivity, and raises the cost of doing business. Africa is urbanising faster than almost any other region in the world, but road infrastructure has not kept pace with population growth. The

Real Estate By The Canadian Press Opens in new window Published: February 26, 2026 at 5:42AM EST Office towers are photographed in Toronto on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin A ‘perfect storm’ in the ER: Why one Toronto hospital is sounding the alarm Fire at public works building in Caledon under investigation Texting

Tomorrow-S1 and Tomorrow-S2, Tomorrow.io's microwave sounder satellites, were launched in August 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: Tomorrow.io NEW ORLEANS – In addition to purchasing global datasets, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to pay a premium for observations of oil spills or other events. For oil spills, the spot-market approach

In an experiment last fall near Virginia's coast, a team of engineers used commercial hardware, software and satellite data to show the U.S. Navy how it could quickly turn information from satellites into useful intelligence. The post In Navy experiment, commercial satellites serve as key weapons against drug traffickers appeared first on SpaceNews...

The way in which commercial imagery is procured by the government does not necessarily support military commanders’ needs for timely intelligence, officials said at the Planet Explore 2023 conference. The post Amid commercial boom, U.S. military lacks timely access to satellite imagery appeared first on SpaceNews...