This week saw the successful (yay!) landing of the latest Mars rover, Curiosity. If you missed the teary live landing, you can catch up on the mission details here. I don’t know about you, but I prefer this kinda thing to the Olympics. In fact, in the midst of all this space fever, […]
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Landsat celebrates its 40th anniversary
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first Landsat satellite. Landsat 1 was launched on 23 July 1972; at that time the satellite was known as the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS). It was the first Earth-observing satellite to be launched with the express intent to study and monitor […]
Japanese supply vehicle launches two new earth observation imagers
Two new earth observation camera systems recently launched aboard the Japanese HTV-3 transfer vehicle, headed to the International Space Station. The seven-day trip will end with delivery of the cameras and other supplies on July 27. The cameras will acquire imagery for disaster analysis and environmental studies. The Environmental Research and Visualization System […]
New tool enables weather satellites to ‘see’ through clouds
Scientists from the University of Iowa (UI), in the US, have created a technique to help weather monitoring satellites "see" through the clouds, and better estimate the concentration of pollutants, such as soot. The finding is important, because, like GPS systems, clouds block remote-sensing satellites' ability to detect, and thus calculate, the concentration […]
Topcon partners with UFO investigators for National Geographic Channel
Chris Carter’s famous X-Files slogan,“The truth is out there,” will be put to the test when a team of pioneering investigators pushes the limits to find the truth behind unexplained UFO sightings, using modern technology for data collection and analysis. According to the National Geographic Channel (NGC), these real-life “Scullys and Mulders” are not looking […]
GPS technology improves weather forecasting
Researchers at RMIT University's SPACE Research Centre and the Bureau of Meteorology are using GPS and low earth orbit satellites to provide an additional type of temperature profile observation for use in weather forecasting computer models. The computer models draw on about a hundred thousand million current weather observations, including data from 30 […]
Best of the Blogs 8 May 2012
The ever-interesting O’Reilly Radar has a great piece on the history of data journalism. If you don’t know what it is, it’s worth a look, but even if you do, you should take a look anyway, as the practice is works hand-in-hand with geospatial data. GIS Café has an overview of GeoEye’s public […]
Veteran Landsat 5 Mission Suspended
Last month saw the 28-year-old LANDSAT 5 satellite have its operations suspended, while the USGS Flight Operations Team “continues to investigate options for the resumption of imaging.” Landsat 5’s operations were originally halted in November 2011 due to a rapidly degrading electronic component. Since 1972, the Landsat 5 satellite, jointly managed by the […]
Best of the Blogs 3 April 2012
The Map Room points out a beautiful visualisation created by NASA that shows the world’s ocean currents in a way that looks like it could have been created by Van Gogh himself. Simply beautiful, and there’s a link to a video, too. With April Fool’s Day having just passed us by, eSpatial have […]
Best of the Blogs 12 March 2012
Xinhuanet have an article about the latest 7m resolution, full-coverage moon map released by the Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence (SASTIND). “If there were airports and harbors on the moon, the Chang'e-1 could simply identify them, while the Chang'e-2 would be able to detect planes or ships inside […]
