DigitalGlobe Wins Value-Added Services Contract DigitalGlobe was awarded a one-year, $37.9 million contract via the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT Delivery (EGD) program. The award will enable value-added support to...
 Night Lights Glimmer from Above and Below  The creative minds of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are always on the alert for a great photograph of Earth, and this one doesn’t disappoint. Taken onSept. 29, 2011, with a Nikon D3S...
By Michael Hales, technical executive, International Group, Office of International Affairs and Policy, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Bethesda, Md. Imagine an architecture where 87 countries and 61 organizations pulled their Earth-observing...
By Holli Riebeek, NASA Earth Observatory (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov), Greenbelt, Md. “Because understanding of some important effects driving sea level rise is too limited, this report does not assess the likelihood, nor provide a best estimate or an...
We wind down 2011 with our annual look at notable events as seen through the eyes of Earth observation sensors, beginning on page 12. With new sensors and systems being introduced all over the globe, observing the planet is becoming more thorough each year. In...
Fast Image Delivery Helps Nashville Respond to Historic Flooding By Kevin Corbley, Corbley Communications (www.CorbleyCommunications.com), Castle Rock, Colo. On more than two days in May 2010, the city of Nashville and much of western Tennessee was pounded by...
By Rick Cobb, CEO, TerraGo Technologies (www.terragotech.com), Atlanta. GeoPDF maps, which can compress geospatial data by more than 20:1, are easy to distribute to the field where users can readily view, update and share information. Â When a 9.0 magnitude...
Earth imagery is elevating our understanding of today’s interconnected world by providing unparalleled insights and transparency. The images on the following pages highlight just a few of the many ways remote sensing helped chronicle some of 2011’s noteworthy...
The third and final stage of our mobile mapping road trip reveals some of the benefits of the collected data. By Joshua I. France, Riegl USA (www.rieglusa.com), Orlando, Fla., and Craig Glennie, University of Houston (www.uh.edu), Houston, Texas. Our mobile...
Click to Access the Earth Image Journal 2012 Market Guide
