The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center has set October 31 as the date to receive innovative solutions from local and international startups that aim to address pressing environmental issues.
This is within the “Climate Change and Flood Monitoring via Satellite Challenge” competition, which was recently announced, in cooperation with Amazon Web Services, while the final candidates are scheduled to be announced on November 6, when they will be invited to present their proposals and innovations during the Dubai exhibition. Aviation 2023.
Device development
The competition requires the development of devices and tools from startups that use satellite images and artificial intelligence to accurately monitor the impact of floods. The developed tools and devices must distinguish between flood patterns and satellite images, and analyze changes in land cover, water levels, and infrastructure.
The competition targets startups from all over the world, while a financial prize of $25,000 will be presented in Amazon Web Services accounts to the first place winner, $10,000 for second place, and $5,000 for third place, while proposals can be sent to the following link:
Startups can view the “OMBRIA” flood data set and maps, which includes images taken by the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites, of many areas before and after they were exposed to floods, as all data will be available on the link, and the proposals must distinguish between the areas that were flooded. Floods and non-flooded areas.
Rising sea levels pose a major threat to coastal areas, causing severe flooding, damage to infrastructure, displacement of communities, and loss of life.
2023-10-13 22:05:18
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