The winners of the first European Earth observation competition, the GMES Masters, demonstrated projects that exploit social media to advance Earth observation applications.
New NASA EO Satellite to Show The Big Picture
NASA is planning an Oct. 27 launch of the first Earth observation satellite to measure both global climate changes and key weather variables.
Drone Collects Images of Ancient Russian Site
A miniature unmanned aircraft has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia.
Is an Arctic Ozone Hole in Earth's Future?
A NASA study concludes that cold temperatures lasting long into 2011 have some implications for the formation of an Arctic ozone hole.
North Dakota Schools Train UAS Pilots
The University of North Dakota and Northland Community and Technical College are preparing students for the coming wave of unmanned aircraft operations.
Global Elevation Map Features 260,000 New Images
NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth, produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.
Drones Observe Rangeland in Eight States
Unmanned aircraft are being used by U.S. Agricultural Research Service scientists to monitor changes in rangeland ecology.
Fighting the Rising Flood of Data Costs
By Michael Ehman, CEO, Cutting Edge Networked Storage (www.cuttedge.com), El Cajon, Calif. Organizations of all sizes and types are struggling to deal with a relentlessly rising flood of data. This challenge is made especially difficult by the shift toward more...
GEOINT: NGA Launches New Public Web Site
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's new Web site aims to give a wide range of GEOINT users a single access point for critical unclassified geospatial information.
UAS Motion Video Guides Operation Nanook
Canadian forces used an unmanned aircraft system to identify traversable ground routes, watch for polar bear threats and monitor daily iceberg movements in Canada's largest Far North exercise to date.
