Burning forests speedily space-mapped for fire fighters

Maps of burning Spanish forests taken from space have been relayed to local fire fighters in near real-time. A successful demonstration campaign using Earth Observation data has taken place in Galicia ­ delivery time from raw orbital data to final value-added product in the hands of the user came to 92 minutes.

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