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NASA world wind – a beautiful imagery software program
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If you looking at NASA World Wind as software program that is designed by NASA to view planet earth then you might be wrong. The good part about this satellite program is that you area able to travel around the world right from your computer. You do not need to purchase tickets or pay money in order to visit different ...3 days ago -
Google’s New Earth Engine for Satellite Imagery Analysis: Applications to Humanitarian Crises
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So that’s what they’ve been up to. Google is developing a new computational platform for global-scale analysis of satellite imagery to monitor deforestation. But this is just “the first of many Earth Engine applications that will help scientists, policymakers, and the general public to better monitor and ...4 days ago -
Google Earth comes to the Audi A8’s in-dash navigation system
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Google has teamed up with German car manufacturer Audi to bring Google Earth to the car dashboard. Today on the Google LatLong blog, the company announced that the new Audi A8’s in-dash navigation system will include access to Google Earth with its 3D satellite imagery, terrain information, and even Layers ...5 days ago -
Google Earth Engine customizes satellite imagery for monitoring deforestation
GPS Comarison|GPS Reviews —
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Today at the COP15 International Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Google demonstrated Earth Engine, its new computational analysis platform that will enable organizations to track deforestation in near real-time.While normal Google Earth satellite imagery may provide a qualitative look over time at the effects ...5 days ago -
GeoEye-1 Antennae Causes Temporary Suspension
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An irregularity in the GeoEye-1 downlink antennae is limiting its range of motion and affecting the ability to image and downlink simultaneously. Imagery collections were suspended for a few days after the irregularity was discovered on Dec. 11. The glitch was discussed in the company’s quarterly earnings call, and ...5 days ago -
Googles Earth Engine to help tropical countries monitor forests
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A powerful forest monitoring application unveiled last week by Google will be made freely available to developing countries as a means to build the capacity to quality for compensation under REDD, a proposed climate change mitigation mechanism that would pay tropical countries for protecting forests, according to a ...6 days ago -
MyWeather Mobile introduces Huafeng Weather to China Apple Store
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MyWeather, LLC, the industry-leading developer of digital weather and traffic content, is pleased to announce the release of Huafeng Weather for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. Huafeng is the only officially authorized weather services provider in China. Huafeng Weather has recently gained special notoriety for its ...6 days ago -
GEOINT to Play Major Role in Afghanistan Surge
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As we highlighted in our post about President Obama’s decision to add 30,000 more troops in Afghanistan, GEOINT is going to play a major role in how we deal with such a decentralized enemy. In fact, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency plans on increasing geospatial intelligence for troops in Afghanistan ...6 days ago -
Amouage Ubar Perfume for Women Review
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Amouage Ubar is an ideal springtime perfume for women mainly because nothing exemplifies the idea of spring quite like the scent of lily of the valley. This scent is light an ethereal and it has just a tinge of something luscious and green. The Amouage Ubar perfume for women is loaded full of lily of the valley as ...1 week ago -
Global forest map moves forward
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A plan to create a pan-tropical map of forest cover and carbon stocks is moving ahead with data now available on Google Earth, reports the Woods Hole Research Center.1 week ago -
Seeing the forest through the cloud
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Seeing the forest through the cloud Today, at the International Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, we demonstrated a new technology prototype that enables online, global-scale observation and measurement of changes in the earth’s forests. We hope this technology will help stop the destruction of the ...1 week ago -
Google Earth to monitor deforestation
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It what could be a critical development in helping tropical countries monitor deforestation, Google has unveiled a partnership with scientists using advanced remote sensing technology to rapidly analyze and map forest cover in extremely high resolution. The effort could help countries detect deforestation shortly ...1 week ago -
New Tech in Emergencies and Conflicts: Role of Information and Social Networks
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I had the distinct pleasure of co-authoring this major new UN Foundation Report with my colleague Diane Coyle . The report looks at innovation in the use of technology along the time line of crisis response, from emergency preparedness and alerts to recovery and rebuilding. “It profiles organizations ...1 week ago -
New Tech in Emergencies and Conflicts: Role of Information and Social Networks
iRevolution —
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I had the distinct pleasure of co-authoring this major new United Nations Foundation & Vodafone Foundation Technology Report with my distinguished colleague Diane Coyle . The report looks at innovation in the use of technology along the time line of crisis response, from emergency preparedness and alerts to ...1 week ago -
Brazil allocates first funds under plan to save the Amazon
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Brazils development bank BNDES has announced the first five recipients of grants under the South American countrys ambitious Amazon Fund, which aims to reduce deforestation by 70 percent over the next decade.1 week ago -
Brazilian tribe owns carbon rights to Amazon rainforest land
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A rainforest tribe fighting to save their territory from loggers owns the carbon-trading rights to their land, according to a legal opinion released today by Baker & McKenzie, one of the world’s largest law firms. The opinion, which was commissioned by Forest Trends, a Washington, D.C.-based forest conservation ...2 weeks ago -
Ethnographic maps built using cutting-edge technology may help Amazon tribes win forest carbon payments
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A new handbook lays out the methodology for cultural mapping, providing indigenous groups with a powerful tool for defending their land and culture, while enabling them to benefit from some 21st century advancements. Cultural mapping may also facilitate indigenous efforts to win recognition and compensation under a ...3 weeks ago -
More El Salvador lahar satellite imagery
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In an earlier post today I highlighted the availability of satellite imagery covering the El Salvador lahar disaster, triggered by Hurricane Ida earlier this month. Whilst sitting in a conference session this morning it occurred to me that the Disaster Charter , which provides satellite images for disaster relief ...4 weeks ago -
Satellite imagery of the El Salvador lahars
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NASA has released before and after satellite images of the lahars (volcanic debris flows) triggered by Hurricane Ida in El Salvador earlier this month. The final toll of the landslides remains unclear, over 60 is the widely reported statistic. The images are false colour composites collected by the ASTER ...4 weeks ago -
Google – the new eye in the sky for protecting forests?
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Google looks set to play a part in a called-for "new environmental world order" by satellite-monitoring the rates of deforestation of tropical rainforests and pinpointing illegal logging and land misuse, Google’s Northern and Central Europe head Philipp Schindler has revealed. Schindler made the announcement in ...4 weeks ago
