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.
Up on the Rooftops, Click, Click, Click
Phillips & Co., a business development and public relations consulting firm, will install a giant QR code on your roof that will be visible on Google Earth or Google Maps.
Kruger National Park Restoration Project Successful
Satellite images reveal how a black, charred landscape from a prescribed burn quickly transformed into healthy grassland in just a year.
Whale Watching with Unmanned Aircraft
During a two-week operation, Insitu Pacific’s ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system captured up to 3,000 images of humpback whales daily.
SSTL Celebrates Satellite's 30th Anniversary
Surrey's first Earth observation satellite, the UoSAT-1, with onboard reprogrammable computer and a forerunner of the digital camera, was a modern marvel in 1981.
GEOINT: NGA's Expansive New Post Officially Open
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency cut the ribbon on its new $1.7 billion headquarters on Sept. 26, making it Washington's third-largest federal office building behind the Pentagon and Ronald Reagan Building.
Dedicated Satellite Could Revolutionize Global Warming Research
An international group of physicists believe policy makers could more effectively combat global warming if scientists could access accurate measurements of Earth’s radiation balance from a dedicated satellite.
