Alberta tech company Wyvern hopes to build a better Earth from space

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An Edmonton-based company made up of University of Alberta alumni is uncovering new insight into our planet with the first-ever commercial hyperspectral satellite.

You don't normally see many space companies in Alberta, let alone Edmonton. A group of University of Alberta alumni is behind a local company called Wyvern, that is on a mission to help build a better earth using their specialized satellite images. Jaclyn Kucey explains in this month’s Alberta Innovates Game Changers series.

A hyperspectral map looks like an infrared heat map — but in the case of the map pictured above, different colours represent things like moisture levels, vegetation, and a camouflage vehicle hiding on the edge of a forest.Waterbombers from Quebec and Ontario help Labrador fight wildfire, no rain expected for days“These colour bands are the things that allow you to figure out what sort of chemistry is going on and is happening inside of a pixel,” Robson said.

 

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