Envisat Satellite Malfunctioning
Envisat, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) earth observation satellite, has stopped functioning properly. Communication with the satellite was lost on April 8th when data was … Read more
Geospatial Redux: Google Building Map Squad, Mapping the Oil Spill Plume
Seattle’s TechFlash reports that Google is hiring 300 temporary workers in Kirkland as part of a yearlong effort to improve the accuracy of Google Maps … Read more
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Mapping
There are numerous mapping tools available to aid in determining the Deepwater Horizon spill’s size, direction, and local effects.
GeoBriefs: Gulf of Mexico Oil Maps from NOAA, Hand-drawn Maps at Slate
NOAA has a trajectory map showing the oil locations by day and projected location for May 1st for the Deepwater Horizon Incident located in the … Read more