Remote Sensing
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Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
NASA’s Aura Satellite Mission
Although Landsat is NASA’s most well-known satellite program, other missions are providing a wealth of information about our Earth. Aura, a satellite which was launched July 15, 2004, collects data […]
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BBC NEWS | Europe’s pollution hotspots shown
An interesting article from the BBC. While we spoke to Dr Warner primarily about sensors that record reflectance values of the surface of the earth, there are several sensors in […]
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SkyTruth
Tim Warner mentioned this non-profit organization on this weeks episode and it looks quite exciting. In their own words, “SkyTruth promotes environmental awareness and protection with remote sensing and digital […]
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Landsat 5 in trouble
On November 26th, Landsat 5 began experiencing problems with its back-up solar array drive, which maintains the proper pointing angle between the array and the sun to charge the batteries. […]
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General, GeographyBlogs, GIS_Software, Remote Sensing
Where It’s At… Newsletter & Podcast
Where It’s At… Newsletter & Podcast is a great new podcast that is being produced down under. Their first podcast includes a couple of interviews including one with Michael Goodchild. […]
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NASA’s World Wind now has Moon images
A nice article at NYTimes.com (free registration required) highlights NASA’s World Wind viewer and the ten-terabyte satellite imagery archive that is available and now includes imagery of the lunar surface […]
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NASA’s ISS EarthKAM program
I just read an article about a teacher in Maine who has had her students participating in projects based on NASA’s ISS EarthKam project. EartKAM is Earth Knowledge Acquired by […]
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GIS_Software, Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
Geography and GIS in Land Use/Land Cover research
Dr. Richard Aspinall discusses the role of Geography and GIS in an interdisciplinary approach to studying Land Use and Land Cover Change in an editorial in this week’s Directions Magazine. […]
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Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
European Space Agengy’s Forest Mapping project
The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a mapping service called Kyoto-Inventory which utilizes satelllite imagery to assist in annual reporting on afforestation, refforestation, and deforestation as part of the […]
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Physical Geography, Remote Sensing
EO Natural Hazards
Natural hazards mapping…NASA…satellite imagery. What more do you need on Halloween night…other than candy corn. EO Natural Hazards: Natural Hazards Main Page
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