Remote Sensing

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 […]
February 21, 2013Contest, Events, Remote Sensing

2013 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest – registration open until May submission dates

The 2013 IEEE GRSS Data Fusion Contest scientific challenge has been held annually since 2006. The Data Fusion Contest is organized by the Data Fusion Technical Committee of the IEEE […]