Latest Satellite imagery Stories
Researchers journey along the Transamazon Highway to learn about deforestation and the logging industryThe Amazon Rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest on Earth and home to millions of species. Yet, deforestation, or the clearing of forested areas, poses a threat to the livelihood of the forest."The prime global consequence of Amazonian deforestation is loss of the world's greatest repository of biodiversity," said Robert Walker, a Geography professor at Michigan State...
REDLANDS, Calif., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Working in close collaboration with the US Department of the Interior (DOI), Esri is pleased to announce the release of Landsat image services. These provide access to almost four decades' worth of Global Land Survey (GLS) Landsat data developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and DOI's US Geological Survey. Esri provides access to the full multispectral, multitemporal Landsat data for free on ArcGIS Online as dynamic...
Since 2006 ESA has been making satellite images of Earth available to anyone wanting to explore the planet in near-real time. ESA has now added nearly 13 000 radar images to the service, bringing the number of viewing possibilities to about 58 000.The MIRAVI service tracks ESA's Envisat satellite around the globe, generates images from the raw data collected by its instruments and provides them online free of charge within two hours. "We have been very pleased with the number of...
HERNDON, Va., April 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced today it will host its first quarter conference call and webcast for investors and analysts on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, beginning at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The call will include a review of the first quarter 2011 financial results, a discussion of the Company's operations and an update on the outlook for Fiscal 2011. (Logo:...
HERNDON, Va., April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a leading source of geospatial information and insight, announced today that Esri has signed a strategic contract to license a large amount of GeoEye's high-resolution IKONOS archive imagery. Esri, based in Redlands, Calif., will blend this highly accurate imagery with its current imagery data from multiple sensors to produce a global, static cache map layer. This imagery base layer will be displayed and served to...
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are processing satellite imagery of regions in Japan affected by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated sections of the country's east coast on March 11. (Vocus/PRWEB) March 24, 2011 Japan needs maps. Not just any kind"”detailed informational maps georegistered with latitude and longitude and annotated with simple, self-evident details: this bridge is out, this port is damaged, this farm field is scoured; this one is...
Geospatial information maps created for Fukushima, Hachinohe and KesennumaJapan needs maps. Not just any kind"”detailed informational maps georegistered with latitude and longitude and annotated with simple, self-evident details: this bridge is out, this port is damaged, this farm field is scoured; this one is verdant.Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are processing satellite imagery of regions in Japan affected by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that devastated...
Following the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on 11 March, satellite imagery has been vital in providing a clear picture of the extent of devastation to aid the relief effort now underway.In response to this event, which turned out to be the biggest earthquake Japan has suffered in living memory, the International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters' was triggered by the Cabinet Office of Japan the same day the earthquake struck.As a result, satellite images from several space...
CyberCity 3D, Inc. today announced plans to produce 3D buildings from stereo satellite imagery, becoming the first company known to do so on a commercial scale. CyberCity 3D, a cutting-edge, web technology company headquartered in El Segundo, CA, enters the satellite imagery arena with seven years experience constructing 3D buildings from aerial imagery. The Company's proprietary CC modeler software enables CyberCity 3D to transform satellite imagery into 3D. El Segundo, CA (PRWEB)...
Ground-breaking Energy sector monitoring program aims to minimize environment impact of oil and gas operations globally Boulder, CO (Vocus/PRWEB) January 18, 2011 Spatial Energy, the leading source for digital imagery, data management and services for the energy industry, and Apache Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Canada, Egypt, the United Kingdom North Sea, Australia and Argentina, today announced the launch of an...
