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Changes in Earth’s gravity field resulting from loss of ice from West Antarctica between November 2009 and June 2012 (mE = 10–12 s–2). A combination of data from ESA’s GOCE mission and NASA’s Grace satellites shows the ‘vertical gravity gradient change’.

Measuring Small Variations in the Earth’s Gravity

May 23, 2021September 29, 2014 by Caitlin Dempsey

The NASA–German Grace satellites were launched in May of 2002 in order to map variations in Earth’s gravity field.

GOCE Gravity Mapping Mission Has Ended

May 23, 2021October 21, 2013 by Caitlin Dempsey

GOCE, which stands The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer was launched with the purpose of mapping the Earth’s gravity field at a high level of detail.

GeoBriefs: Embedding Google Maps, GIS Career Profile, Mexico Wins the Geography Bee

February 18, 2021August 21, 2007 by Caitlin Dempsey

UPDATE: Google has formally announced the availability of embedded Google Maps. Read about it and get instructions on using this new functionality from Google’s Lat Long … Read more

Mapping mountains from space with GOCE

April 11, 2021August 1, 2007 by Caitlin Dempsey

Mount Everest 1 August 2007 How high is Mount Everest exactly? Recent surveys have come up with heights that differ by more than … Read more