By Ken White, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Bethesda, Md. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Letitia A. Long outlined the agency’s three-way transformation of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT)...
Why Buy?
By Jeff Specht, publisher, Earth Imaging Journal (www.eijournal.com), Greeley, Colo. With search engines and other online sources trying to distinguish their offerings with ever-greater amounts of free content, managers in public agencies find themselves asking,...
Intriguing Images of 2012
Earth imagery’s unparalleled insights and transparency are elevating our understanding of today’s interconnected world. From Earth-orbiting satellites armed with an incredible array of sensors to cutting-edge digital airborne platforms capable of collecting...
Collective Sensing Sheds Light on Urban Landscapes
By Thomas Blaschke, Centre for Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, and Bernd Resch, Research Studio iSPACE, Research Studios Austria, Salzburg. Cities are complex systems composed of many interacting components that evolve over multiple...
Appreciating the Value of TREES
By Kevin Corbley, principal, Corbley Communications  (www.corbleycommunications.com), Castle Rock, Colo., and John Stenmark, principal, Genesee Communications (www.geneseecomms.com), Golden, Colo. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), scheduled to launch in...
Night View of Riyadh Portrays Population Growth
Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, appears as a brightly colored patchwork in this nighttime astronaut photograph. Riydah's population has risen dramatically during the last half century, from 150,000 in 1960 to an astounding 5.4 million in 2012.
Pléiades 1B Launch Successful
On Dec. 2, 2012, a Soyuz rocket catapulted the Pléiades 1B very high-resolution optical satellite into orbit, where it has joined its twin Pléiades 1A satellite.
Border Agency Expands Drone Fleet
A new sole-source contract that could approach a half-billion dollars offers the latest insight into the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's vision for its controversial drone program.
Definitive Satellite Evidence: Ice Sheet Melt on the Rise
After two decades of satellite observations, an international team of experts has produced the most accurate assessment to date of ice losses from Antarctica and Greenland.
NASA Expands Reach of Earth Observation Drone
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems are bolstering the command and control satellite link capabilities on NASA's Predator B drone.
