Leveraging LiDAR for Assessing Urban Tree Heights: A Case Study in Washington, D.C.
Urban trees are a crucial component of cities' environmental sustainability, contributing to various environmental, climatological, and social aspects of urban life, including human health, mitigation of the urban heat island effect, and maintaining overall ecological balance. Urban trees assist in ...
Enhancing Census Data Privacy with Approximate Monte Carlo Simulation
Introduction In a groundbreaking move, the U.S. Census Bureau employed a differential privacy framework for the 2020 Census to safeguard respondents' confidentiality. A pivotal tool in this effort is the TopDown Algorithm (TDA), which applies controlled noise to the data to create privacy-protected ...
Advice for GIS Professionals: Lessons from GIS-Pro 2023
Embarking on my second year at New Light Technologies and 5 years working in GIS, I found myself seated at GIS-Pro, contemplating the wealth of knowledge and experiences I had accumulated throughout my relatively young career. It struck me that it was time to pay it forward, to distill the wisdom I ...
23 Years of Pioneer Solutions: A Look-Back on our Remarkable Journey
Introduction Greetings to the NLT community,
National Preparedness Month: Ensuring Safety for Everyone and Every Business
Introduction The beginning of September marks the beginning of National Preparedness Month, a period that encourages people on a personal level as well as businesses to increase their level of preparedness for unforeseen challenges. With today's unpredictability, being prepared has become critical. ...
Top 5 Cutting-Edge Cloud Architectures Revolutionizing Enterprise Solutions
Introduction The cloud is now an integral part of how businesses function today. As enterprises continue to evolve, the need for efficient, scalable, and secure cloud architectures has never been greater. At New Light Technologies (NLT), we understand the transformative effect of cloud computing on ...
Transforming Disaster Relief: MIT Lincoln Lab & NLT Collaboration
The Remote Sensing in Disasters Community of Practice (REDICOP) (formerly known as the Remote Sensing Innovation Working Group – RSIWG) has announced its reformation, co-organized by MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) and New Light Technologies (NLT). REDICOP seeks to optimize the application of ...
Leveraging Data Science for Understanding the Consequences of Armed Conflicts
Introduction A recent publication by the World Bank sheds light on the significant role of data science and geospatial data in comprehending the consequences of war. Our team at New Light Technologies Inc. (NLT) is privileged to have contributed to this important analytical endeavor. Through the ...
Introduction to Kubernetes (K8s #1)
What is Kubernetes? We’ve all heard about "The Cloud" before, and many of us have some idea about what that means and how we can benefit from it. "The Cloud" can be great if it fits your needs and your use-case, but many people will quickly tell you that it is always the best answer. I have seen ...