Satellites with AI and thermal imaging used to detect wildfires earlier
Advanced satellite technology using artificial intelligence and precision thermal cameras can now spot small fires through cloud and smoke.
Space-based technology is being deployed to improve wildfire detection in New Zealand and globally. Satellites equipped with AI systems and sophisticated thermal cameras can identify even very small fires through obscuring cloud and smoke, offering earlier warning of fire outbreaks.
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Space, the next frontier in NZ and global fight against wildfires
Satellites using AI systems and much more precise thermal cameras than previously can spot even very small fires through cloud and smoke.