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
The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig and subsequent spewing of millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico is creating an environmental … Read more
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