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Ran Goldblatt Aug 30, 2022 2:17:00 PM

Fifty years of nightly global low-light imaging satellite observations

The article "Fifty years of nightly global low-light imaging satellite observations" offers a comprehensive overview of nighttime light (NTL) data collection via satellites, starting from the 1970s with the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). It emphasizes the transition to the ...
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Erin Chute May 19, 2022 12:15:52 PM

NLT Holds First Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

NLT Together in Person For The First Time in Two Years New Light Technologies held its first annual conference in Washington, D.C. Team members were able to gather together for the first time after more than two years working remotely from around the country due to the pandemic.
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Erin Chute Apr 27, 2022 10:38:52 AM

NLT Partners With 3ie to Lead Workshop for Impact Evaluation

Overview NLT’s Chief Scientist and Senior Consultant Ran Goldblatt worked in partnership with International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) to lead a workshop on remote sensing and satellite imagery. Working with ten researchers from the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), ...
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Ran Goldblatt Feb 22, 2022 1:29:00 PM

FIFTY YEARS OF NIGHTLY GLOBAL LOW-LIGHT IMAGING SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS

In our recent collaborative study, we explore the intricate connection between Nighttime Light Emission (NLE) and its profound impact on urban life. This comprehensive research, co-authored by Ran Goldblatt from New Light Technologies, dives into how NLE intertwines with urban attributes like air ...
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Tim Kuhn Jan 2, 2022 5:52:01 PM

NLT & Planet Deliver Satellite Imagery to Power Rapid Disaster Response at FEMA

New Light Technologies (NLT) and Planet, a leading provider of near-daily high-resolution data and insights about Earth, recently announced a collaboration to provide the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) imagery to support enhanced situational awareness for effective disaster response.
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Tim Kuhn Jan 2, 2022 5:37:04 PM

NLT Chief Scientist Ran Goldblatt Named Among Top Climate Change Execs to Watch

NLT is honored to have Chief Scientist Ran Goldblatt recognized by WashingtonExec as one of the Top 10 Climate Change Execs to Watch in 2022!
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Tim Kuhn Nov 18, 2021 10:49:16 AM

NLT’S CHIEF SCIENTIST AND COLLEAGUES PUBLISH NOVEL RESEARCH IN NATURE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT MAGAZINE: GLOBAL URBANICITY, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR.

NLT’s Chief Scientist Ran Goldblatt, Ph.D., and his colleagues, including several other world-class researchers, have gone thru the long and arduous process of peer-review on their project “Global urbanicity is associated with brain and behavior in young people”, which was recently published in ...
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Tim Kuhn Nov 18, 2021 9:43:35 AM

MPDI Special Issue “Remote Sensing Measurements for Monitoring Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”

*UPDATE: Opportunity Ended.* View the publication along with other articles with NLT contributions at on our publications page. Opportunity for researchers to submit a novel study to the Special Issue that NLT’s Chief Scientist Ran Goldblatt is editing with Nick Jones (World Bank Group), Nicholas ...
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Tim Kuhn Nov 8, 2021 5:30:42 AM

NLT Presents on Serverless Architectures at FOSS4G Buenos Aries 2021

NLT was honored to present at the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Buenos Aries Online conference.
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Tim Kuhn Nov 2, 2021 5:01:20 PM

NLT Wins 5 Year Support Contract with the Center for Domestic Preparedness

NLT was awarded a 5-year contract with the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) to develop and integrate advanced web-based mapping and geospatial technologies to support the center’s training courses. The CDP prepares state and local emergency ...
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