2.3 million scenes from the ASTER archive were processed to create the latest version of the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM).
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NASA is Expanding its Worldwide Landslide Data Catalog Using Volunteers
NASA has developed Landslide Reporter as a way to collect as much information as possible about landslides from citizen scientists from around the world.
Maps and Cartography
Real-time Fire Mapping and Satellite Data
New satellites and improved image processing methods are better enabling the ability to provide real-time and near real-time mapping of wildfires.
GIS Data
First Data from NASA’s GEDI Program to 3D Map Forests
The first set of data that have returned have demonstrated GEDI is able to measure density of forests far better than previous satellite missions.
GIS Data
PACE: NASA’s Earth Observation Satellite to Launch in 2022
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem) is a planned earth observation satellite with an anticipated launch in 2022.
Spatial Analysis
Tracking Post-Storm Water Movement Using GPS
NASA researchers recently published a study which uses GPS technology to track water volume and movement post-Harvey
Spatial Analysis
Forecasting Cholera Using Remote Sensing
The NASA cholera forecasting tool effectively takes satellite observations on environmental conditions and combines the data with information on infrastructure and conditions in a country.
GIS Data
Black Marble: Nighttime Lights Data from NASA
NASA’s Black Marble provides a suite of nighttime geospatial data acquired from Suomi satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument.
GIS Industry
Geo Roundup: Paid Cartography Internship, Mapping Italy’s Moving Border…
In this edition of Geo Roundup: Italian Limes maps the shifting border from glacier melt, a cartography internship from National Geographic, a new data and visualization tool from NASA, and other new releases in geospatial.
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Developing Damage Proxy Maps from Satellite Data
Satellite data is being used to create Damage Proxy Maps to assess changes in an area as the result of natural disasters like Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and the wildfires that have hit Northern and Southern California.