This Jan. 10, 2013, photograph acquired by astronauts on the International Space Station highlights Sakurajima, one of Japan's most active volcanoes. Sakurajima began forming approximately 13,000 years ago. Prior to 1914, it was an island in Kagoshima Bay, but it was joined to the mainland by the deposition of volcanic material following a major eruption that year.
A recent update to Google Maps by citizen cartographers includes secretive locations such as the reclusive regime's main nuclear complex and gulags.
Data from NASA's Aqua satellite depicts the January 2013 record-setting heat in Australia that lasted for weeks, mirroring a pattern that occurred in the continental United States during 2012.
The European Space Agency's Proba-V microsatellite, designed to chart global vegetation every two days, is midway through testing prior to its April 2013 launch.
Astronauts on the International Space Station will be using a new modified Celestron telescope to acquire Earth imagery for disaster analysis and environmental studies.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 14, 2013—A recent demonstration proved that operators can observe surface moving targets -- including a terrorist role-player planting an improvised explosive device -- in real time using a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) MTS-B Multi-Spectral...
TORONTO, Jan. 28, 2013—National Geographic Maps, one of the most trusted names in cartography for nearly 100 years, has joined with Avenza Systems Inc. to offer a new channel to access its rich map content. The alliance enhances Avenza’s digital map database by...
AURORA, Colo., Jan. 22, 2013—People worried about getting caught in an earthquake will be relieved to know there’s an app for that. The iPhone app, Earthquake Buddy, which was recently featured at an IEEE conference, sends a warning email to those in 5.0 and...
CHANTILLY, Va., Jan. 28, 2013—The SI Organization, Inc. (the SI) announced today that Barry Barlow will join the company as Chief Technology Officer. Barlow recently retired from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) as Director for Online GEOINT...
Reston, Va., Jan. 17, 2013—Congressman Joe Garcia, a Democrat from Florida's 26th District, will be the keynote speaker for the MAPPS Winter Conference, to be held January 27-31 at the Trump International Resort in Sunny Isles Beach, FL, MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the...
