Remote Sensing

January 4, 2014Cartography, Data, Education, general, Human Geography, Pins on the map, Political Geography, Remote Sensing, Travel

Pins on the Map: George Washington Slept Here

As you shiver in the cold today during what The Weather Channel is predicting could be the coldest winter on record for decades in North America, reflect on the 1780 […]
December 20, 2013Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

Geospatial Gif Party: Now with NASA LEGO

I like visiting the blog, i09: We come from THE FUTURE, for my daily dose of fun science and science fiction news. This headline, “Here’s the first look at Lego’s […]
December 2, 2013ESRIUC, GeographyBlogs, GIS_Software, Remote Sensing

3D printing and GIS

It is difficult to remember that last year the 3D printing industry hadn’t inundated the public consciousness because 3D printing and 3D visualizations were still an innovative, but not yet […]
October 18, 2013Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing as Art

A few years ago, I ran across a fun website, called Be My Satellite, which promotes geoliteracy through collaborative satellite image-hacking. It is a type of large scale art installment […]
June 20, 2013Environmental, Human Geography, Remote Sensing, WebMapping

Cat Tracks

The BBC News Science & Environment section has an article on “The Secret Life of the cat: What do our feline companions get up to?” with an interactive map of […]
April 8, 2013Poll, Remote Sensing

New Poll: DIY Imagery

There is a wealth of ways to get imagery today from buying or downloading satellite imagery to hiring a company to fly your project, but it is the low cost, […]
April 4, 2013Remote Sensing

First Weather Satellite Image of Earth, April 1 1960

This is the first weather satellite image of earth was taken slightly over 53 years ago on April 1, 1960. It was taken by the TIROS-1 satellite and it’s the […]
March 21, 2013Remote Sensing

PCI’s Historic Air Photo processing

In a day I thought would focus on new sensors (LDCM) I end up thinking about old sensors and the piles of hard copy historic aerial photos that are going […]
March 21, 2013Remote Sensing

First LDCM images released

As you might imagine from our previous conversations on the podcast, we are just a little excited about the LDCM. NASA/USGS have released the first scene from the new sensor […]
March 5, 2013Remote Sensing

New Hampshire to Consider Aerial Photography Ban

New Hampshire has a new bill circulating through its legislature that would ban aerial photography by anyone who isn’t the government. They’ve apparently amended the ban in committee that changes […]