Start-up 3vGeomatics is using a remote sensing radar satellite-based technology called InSAR to monitor thawing permafrost across the Canadian Arctic.
Conducting analyses via an on-premises server with NVIDIA data center GPUs enables thousand-fold increase in processing speed of the radar satellite images, each of which contains billions of pixels and covers thousands of square kilometers. Through InSAR monitoring of built structures, it is possible to identify movement in specific parts of a building as well as specific areas within a network of buildings across a property.
• Resources like Oil & Gas and Mining face additional challenges when exploring or developing new projects in the Arctic, 3vG can support the development of these ventures through the early detection and monitoring of potential geohazards associated with changing permafrost.
• The project aims to work with the world’s largest mining, oil & gas, and pipeline companies to detect the early onset of landslides and other geohazards for the protection of the environment, and the safety of our client’s people and assets.
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