EARTH OBSERVATION - INDO DAILY

Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)

On March 29, 2013, Canada's first Earth Observation satellite, RADARSAT-1, experienced a technical anomaly. As a result it entered into "safe mode", a semi-dorm...

National Security Drives Growth for GIS Professionals in Government Sector

Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)

Geographic information systems (GIS) is a technology that uses location to bring different types of data together. One of the most important markets for the tec...

Belarus, Russia to Create New Satellite Grouping

Apr 10, 2013 (RIA Novosti)

Belarus and Russia are planning to set up an advanced civilian satellite grouping, Pyotr Vityaz, a spokesman for the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences, sa...

Ball Aerospace Begins Integration Phase for DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 Satellite

Apr 10, 2013 (SPX)

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has begun integration for WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite being built for DigitalGlob...

Satellite imagery helps fight locust plagues in North Africa

Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)

DMC International Imaging (DMCii) is helping The Algerian Space Agency (ASAL) to predict the spread of locust plagues across North Africa as part of a pro-activ...

Watching over you

Apr 06, 2013 (ESA)

Like astronauts, heavy-equipment operators in remote mines can benefit from long-distance monitoring using space technology. An ESA spin-off company has raised ...

First Light for ISERV Pathfinder, Space Station's Newest 'Eye' on Earth

Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)

From the Earth-facing window of the International Space Station's (ISS) Destiny module, nearly 95 percent of the planet's populated area is visible during the s...

New Live Bi-ocular Animations of Two Oceans Now Available

Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)

NOAA's GOES-13 and GOES-15 weather satellites sit 60 degrees apart in a fixed orbit over the eastern and western U.S., respectively, providing forecasters with ...

Protecting history with satellites

Apr 05, 2013 (ESA)

Looking down from orbit is an attractive way of monitoring historical sites in remote or politically unstable regions - and can even help archaeologists to make...

NASA Flies Radar South on Wide-Ranging Scientific Expedition

Apr 05, 2013 (SPX)

A versatile NASA airborne imaging radar system is showcasing its broad scientific prowess for studying our home planet during a month-long expedition over the A...

China to launch high-res Earth-observation satellite

Apr 01, 2013 (XNA)

China will launch the first satellite for its high-resolution system for Earth observation in April, a government agency revealed Thursday. Examinations of the ...

How hard is it to 'de-anonymize' cellphone data?

Mar 28, 2013 (SPX)

The proliferation of sensor-studded cellphones could lead to a wealth of data with socially useful applications - in urban planning, epidemiology, operations re...

Wearable system can map difficult areas

Mar 27, 2013 (UPI)

U.S. engineers say their wearable mapping system can create physical maps of locations where GPS is not available, such as in underground areas and on ships. De...

A Closer Look at LDCM's First Scene

Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)

Turning on new satellite instruments is like opening new eyes. This week, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) released its first images of Earth, collect...

CSTARS Awarded Funding Over Three Years By Office of Naval Research

Mar 22, 2013 (SPX)

The University of Miami's (UM) Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Office...

Google Maps adds view from Mt. Everest

Mar 18, 2013 (AFP)

Google on Monday added views from some of the world's tallest mountains to scenes woven into its popular online map service. Arm chair explorers were invited to...

GOCE: the first seismometer in orbit

Mar 12, 2013 (ESA)

Satellites map changes in Earth's surface caused by earthquakes but never before have sound waves from a quake been sensed directly in space - until now. ESA's ...

Significant reduction in temperature and vegetation seasonality over northern latitudes

Mar 12, 2013 (SPX)

An international team of authors from 17 institutions in seven countries, including the Woods Hole Research Center, have published a study shows that, as the co...

Japan's huge quake heard from space: study

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

The colossal earthquake that sent a devastating tsunami barreling into Japan two years ago on Monday was so big it could be heard from space, a study has said. ...

Space station to watch for Earth disasters

Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)

A new crew for the International Space Station will install equipment to monitor Earth's atmosphere and forecast natural disasters, a Russian cosmonaut says. Th...