The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its commercial space policy, which sets a broad framework for agency use of commercial space-based approaches.
Complete Landsat Mosaic of Australia Released
Australian company geoshepherds created a complete Landsat 8 Mosaic (L8M) of Australia, consisting of more than 7.6 million square kilometers of imagery that has been orthorectified, radiometrically color balanced and pansharpened.
Satellite Imagery Catalogs Nepal Earthquake Landslides
Scientists with the Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) network, an international consortium of glaciologists, used satellite imagery to search for landslides after the April 25, 2015, earthquake that claimed more than 9,000 lives in four countries, primarily Nepal.
NASA Satellite Tracks Deadly U.S. Weather
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite, an international mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, analyzed extreme weather that affected the United States between Dec. 23-27, 2015.
Satellite Technology Supports Anti-Logging Stance of Indigenous Waswanipi
Elders of the indigenous Cree First Nation of Waswanipi people of Broadback Valley in Quebec, Ontario, Canada, have been fighting to protect their land from logging so it can remain in place for future generations.
NEON Ecology-Monitoring Project Needs New Management
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is seeking a new organization to build its National Ecological Observatories Network (NEON), as it has lost confidence in NEON Inc., which has been running the project since its inception in 2007.
Climate Scientists Studying Arctic with HALO Research Aircraft
Scientists from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are investigating the complex processes involved in climate change and their impact on the polar atmosphere using the High Altitude and Long Range (HALO) research aircraft.
$7 Million Xprize Motivating Ocean Mappers
The latest Xprize offers a total of $7 million for teams that advance ocean-mapping technology.
Library of Congress Collecting Geospatial History
Recently, the Geography and Map Division at the U.S. Library of Congress has undertaken a large-scale project to collect manuscripts, technical information, algorithms, software and hardware from the earliest days of computer cartography.
New Camera Measures Greenhouse Gases
A new camera from Sweden's Linköping University and Stockholm University can photograph and film methane in the air to help measure and monitor greenhouse gases.
