As satellite imagery evolves, its role in operations comes into view.
As satellite imagery evolves, its role in operations comes into view DENVER – In the last year, leaders from the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a 181-square kilometer landmass surrounded by two million square kilometers of water, wanted to reduce the time it takes to detect of vessels suspected of illegal fishing.
During a 12-day campaign by the Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority, satellite radar and optical imagery were combined with automated identification system (AIS) and vessel-monitoring data in an analytic engine from Starboard Maritime Intelligence.
