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The Earth Observation and Environmental Remote Sensing (EO-ERS) laboratory of the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) has developed an animated video that shows the urban expansion of Abu Dhabi from 1986 through 2010. The animation makes use of satellite data from NASA and the USGS. With MIST’s focus on advanced energy and sustainable [...]
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An FAA bill that calls for the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the national airspace system now goes to the president for his signature. The rapid technological advancements brought on by widespread military use have elevated the technology to a safety level that make it an attractive option for a variety of tasks [...]
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It’s no secret that the removal of troops from Iraq, and eventually Afghanistan, will reduce the need for military personnel and geospatial analysis. There has been a great expansion in the number of professionals that practice geospatial intelligence, and inevitably many of these workers will be looking for a new vocation. Indeed, just today we [...]
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The U.S. Geological Survey has partnered with GeoEye to provide OrbView-3 one-meter satellite images from between 2003 and 2007 for free download via the USGS EarthExplorer. You may recall that the OrbView-3 satellite was put out of service in 2007 due to a malfunction of electronics, and has since been guided to a controlled reentry [...]
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Researchers looking at Landsat imagery over a 20-year period in Northern Quebec have shown an increase in shrubs and grasses with a warming world. The detailed study is one of the first to show detailed views of the impact of warming on plant distribution and density in northern areas of North America. Much of the [...]
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The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 15 satellite, launched in March 2010, today replaced the 11-year-old GOES 11, which was retired. The most remarkable aspect of this news is that there has been such a coordinated replacement scheme where the satellite has been in orbit and at the ready for more than a year. In [...]
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Maybe you’ve seen the strange patterns found in China’s Gobi Desert via satellite imagery in Google Maps. These strange patterns are located near Jiuquan, where China’s space program is headquartered, and the latest news is that these patterns are used to calibrate China’s spy and radar satellites. The massive scale of these structures, with one [...]
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Today is 11-11-11, and the day set aside by the Creative Visions foundation as the One Day on Earth collaborative film to help benefit humanity. This effort that was founded in 2008 held its first simultaneous filming event last year on 10-10-10, with a unique geo-tagged video archive that will also soon be a feature [...]
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NASA successfully launched the NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite early this morning from Vandenberg Air Force. The polar-orbiting satellite is a joint project between NASA and NOAA, with NASA using it as a research project and NOAA collecting weather details for forecasting and environmental monitoring. The satellite features five [...]
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Russia has been aggressively expanding their Glonass navigation satellite constellation, and will continue to expand from the 23 operational satellites they have now to a total of 30 by 2015. In this same time span the country also plans to increase the number of earth observation satellites from five to 20. The Russian space agency [...]
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