Single-source, global DEM nearing completion
The German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X, together with its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X, have completely mapped the entire land surface of Earth.
Tue 17/01/2012 12:26:52 / Read More »TerraSAR captures NZ Oil Spill
The German Aerospace Centre's TerraSAR satellite has captured the likely extent of the oil spill that occurred off of the northern coast of New Zealand in October.
Tue 08/11/2011 01:53:03 / Read More »5th Int'l Earth from Space Conference to be broadcast online
Events from the 5th International Conference 'Earth From Space - the most effective solutions' will be broadcast online, giving interested people from across the world the chance to watch the presentations.
Tue 18/10/2011 09:53:58 / Read More »GA releases new satellite imagery gallery and digital maps
Geoscience Australia has today released two new bodies of work adding to its range of cartographic information used by decision makers, researchers, industry and the public.
Tue 20/09/2011 11:14:38 / Read More »Remote Sensing editor resigns over 'flawed' climate paper
Professor Wolfgang Wagner, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Remote Sensing, has resigned from his position after admitting that a recent paper that cast doubt on human-induced climate change should not have been published.
Tue 13/09/2011 11:43:18 / Read More »Remote sensing to help farmers fertilise their crops
Department of Primary Industry scientists are using satellite imagery to determine crop nitrogen levels with the view of developing technology to help grain growers determine fertiliser applications.
Tue 06/09/2011 12:55:05 / Read More »Satellite images find uncontacted Amazonian tribe
Satellite images have uncovered an ancient, uncontacted tribe deep in the Amazon rainforest. Flyovers were carried out in April, confirming the community's existence. The flyovers took images revealing four small straw-roofed huts surrounded by thick jung
Tue 12/07/2011 11:46:07 / Read More »SPOTMAPS Australia updated
The second version of SPOTMAPS Australia is now available from Astrium GEO-Information Services. More than 5 million square km are already available in its second version, the majority of which is made with data acquired within the last two years.
Tue 12/07/2011 11:43:29 / Read More »India adopts new remote sensing policy
The government of India released its new Remote Sensing Data Policy (RSDP - 2011) on July 4, 2011. The new policy removes restrictions on all remote sensing data up to 1 m resolution, that is, all satellite remote sensing data of resolutions up to 1 m wil
Tue 12/07/2011 11:32:01 / Read More »Near-real time video views from space
Canadian-based company UrtheCast has announced a new video platform that will broadcast near-real time images and video of Earth, captured from the International Space Station.
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