Astronomy – GIS For Other Planets
Not just for landlubbers, the use of GIS technology has applications in astronomy. Browse this list for GIS and mapping resources related to outer space. … Read more
Capturing the Gulf of Mexico Oil Slick
NASA has put together an informative page on the challenges of capturing imagery of the Gulf of Mexico oil slick and why new images aren’t … Read more
Global Forest Heights
Where are the tallest forests in the world? NASA has an article on the first global map of the world’s forest heights. The map was created with data collected by NASA’s ICESat, Terra, and Aqua satellites.
Help Map Mars
NASA is joining in on the crowdsourcing trend. Their Be a Martian web site solicits help from the public to help improve Martian maps and … Read more
Earth Live
The Discovery Channel has a fascinating and educational interface with their Earth Live application. The site pulls in data from National Aeronautics and Space Administration … Read more
Behind the Fire Mapping Scenes
CIO|Insight has a behind the scenes look at how San Diego’s Center for Information Technology and Infrastructure (CITI), which is run out of the San … Read more
NASA in Google Earth
Google Lat Long Blog has announced the availability of the NASA layer group in Google Earth: The new “NASA” layer has three components: Astronaut Photography … Read more