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Mapping Where Norway is Moving

January 10, 2019By Caitlin DempseyGIS Data

Norway is using Copernicus Sentinel-1 data to detect ground movement across the country.

First Images from GPM Microwave Imager: The image shows rain rates across a 550-mile (885 kilometer) wide swath of an extra-tropical cyclone observed off the coast of Japan on March 10, 2014. Red areas indicate heavy rainfall, while yellow and blue indicate less intense rainfall. In the northwest part of the storm in the upper left of the image, the blue areas indicate falling snow.

NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement

April 23, 2014By Rebecca MaxwellGIS Data

Water is essential for life on the Earth, and the supply of this precious liquid is constantly being recycled through energy from the sun. This process is known as the hydrologic cycle, and through it water is continuously exchanged between the land, the atmosphere, and the oceans. Precipitation in its […]

Very high resolution (2m) bathymetry map of the Wreck Reef in the south Coral Sea Islands. The Wreck Reef got its name from the sinking of colonial ships.

Satellite Mapping of the Great Barrier Reef

December 5, 2013By Rebecca MaxwellGIS Data

For the first time, a complete bathymetry high resolution (30 meters) bathymetry map is available of the Great Barrier Reef. The map was produced by remote sensing company, EOMAP using satellite data and imagery.

Free and Open Access to Sentinel Satellite Data

November 15, 2013By Caitlin DempseyGIS Data

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that free and open access to Sentinel satellite data will become available during the Copernicus operational phase. Copernicus is an earth observation program operated by a partnership of the European Commission (EC), European Space Agency (ESA), and the European Environment Agency (EEA). The […]

With the new CryoSatApp, elevation profiles are at your fingertips. Users can select the day and orbit from which they want to extract the data, and view Earth’s ice profile from that orbit. Credits: ACS/ESA

Ice Mapping App

January 4, 2012By Caitlin DempseySpatial Analysis

The European Space Agency has released a new iOS app for accessing ice data from the ESA’s CryoSat mission. Cryosat-2 was launched in April of last year to collect data to further understanding of the relationship between the world’s ice coverage and climate change. Data collected from the satellite includes […]

Substorm Satellite Launched

February 18, 2007By Caitlin DempseyGIS Data

A Delta 2 rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral on Saturday, February 17th.

Land use map from CARETS Final Report, 1979.

GIS From the Past: CARETS

In the early 1970s, a joint pilot project between NASA and the USGS sought to test out the feasibility of integrating data from Landsat and high-altitude aircraft sensors into a regional land use database.

Geospatial Climate Models Show How Fire Seasons Are Changing

Changing technologies, including new satellite systems, and better climate and fire modeling, including the integration of these tools and data capture methods, will likely mean improved fire modeling in the future.

Elements of a Map

Maps are the primary tools by which spatial relationships are visualized. Maps therefore become important documents. There are several key elements that should be included each time a map is created in order to aid the viewer in understanding the communications of that map and to document the source of […]

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