Satellite images have uncovered an ancient, uncontacted tribe deep in the Amazon rainforest.   Fabricio Amorim, a regional co-ordinator for Brazil's indigenous foundation, Funai (http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/funai), said the indigenous community had been found after three small forest clearings were detected on satellite images.   Flyovers were carried out in April, confirming the community's existence. The […]

  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. The updated Australian SPOTMAPS now include coverage of Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, […]

   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 will now be distributed on a non-discriminatory […]