This paper describes the image processing techniques designed to localize tracks of snowcats for the Italian mission in Antarctica within the ENEA R.A.S. (Surface Antarctic Robot) project for the autonomous driving of intelligent snowcats. The final goal is to enable snowcats to automatically follow preceding ones. A camera is used to acquire images of the scene in realtime; the image sequence ...

The coastal beach-dune ecosystem in California supports two federally listed threatened or endangered species: California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni) and western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus). This ecosystem has become highly stressed due to shoreline development, invasion of exotic plants, beach stabilization, and heavy recreational use. Least tern populations have i...

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority has recently undertaken a program of analysing the routine maintenance completed on its main generation and hydraulic assets. Power industry deregulation and increasing competition have created the need to reduce costs while increasing productivity. Along with downsizing and organisational restructuring, considerable effort has been placed on improvi...