A WINCHESTER firm is celebrating after winning an award for its environmental ideas.
GlobalTrust, which is in Southgate Street, Winchester, came joint winners in Geovation’s Diffuse Coastal Pollution Challenge.
The challenge was set up by the Ordnance Survey’s geospatial innovation hub, with the UK Hydrographic Office, to find a sustainable solution to diffuse coastal pollution.
The challenge saw four finalists - Seaswirl, GlobalTrust, Satsense Solutions and UpDownstream - pitch their solutions at an event at the Geovation Hub in London.
GlobalTrust and Satsense Solutions were awarded joint winners of the challenge and received £5,000 each in prize money.
GlobalTrust designed a solution using satellite data and a geo-temporal platform built on datacube architecture to identify environmental degradation and pollution in coastal areas.
Estel Blay, senior business development manager of GlobalTrust, said: “We are proud to be the winner of the latest Geovation Challenge. Our team worked hard to identify a present space-based innovative solution to tackle diffuse coastal pollution.
“The discussions with organisations such as the UK Hydrographic Office, Ordinance Survey and Geovation sparked new ideas for further development of our solution. We would like to thank the organisers and sponsors for their support and their belief in us.”
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