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Etihad Cargo completes transportation of UAE-built space mission probe from UAE to the United States
With the probe’s design, build and testing now complete,...
Europe space chief heads to Gulf as bloc looks beyond US
Europe space chief heads to Gulf as bloc looks...
UK aims to launch space junk relocation mission in 2029
The UK is to use giant robotic claws to...
ISRO’s GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite lifts off
NVS-03 is the third satellite in next generation navigation...
Ethiopia Prioritises National Geospatial Data Infrastructure in New Strategy
The review aimed to build an evidence-based foundation for...
Russia Says It Will Launch Tanzania’s First Earth Observation Satellite in March 2027
Russia says it will launch Tanzania’s first Earth observation...
South Korea Tests First Indigenous Hypersonic Missile
South Korea conducted its first test-firing of an indigenously...
UAE space economy grows 27.1% to $1.5 billion
Findings also recorded an increase in employment across the...
Japan targets 30 rocket launches a year by 2030s
TOKYO -- Japan's economy ministry plans to add new...
China’s LandSpace Launches 10 Satellites to Advance Orbital Computing and Communications
China has launched eight computing satellites developed by ADA...

Earth

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Morgan and Claypool Announce Availability of Remote Sensing Image Processing Book

Earth observation is the science of modeling and monitoring of the processes on the surface of the planet and their interaction with the Earth’s atmosphere. The planet is constantly monitored using state-of-the-art radar and optical sensors. The...

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

IDRISI Selva Now Shipping

The Selva software incorporates major revisions to IDRISI's Land Change Modeler and Earth Trends Modeler applications. It also includes a variety of new analytical techniques, refined display and map composition elements, optimizations to current modules and additional...

Monday, December 26th, 2011

1st Direct Measurement of Earth’s Rotation

The Earth wobbles. Like a spinning top touched in mid-spin, its rotational axis fluctuates in relation to space. This is partly caused by gravitation from the sun and the moon. At the same time, the Earth's rotational...

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

OGC Videos Highlight GEO’s Progress Implementing GEOSS

The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), as part of its lead role in the Architecture Implementation Pilot for the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), announced videos showing the remarkable progress that has been made in implementing...

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Mapping the Earth’s Changes Over Time

Without time there is no change. Over longer periods of time we may expect more changes, but very significant changes can arise in short durations. Heavy rainfall brings floods, an earthquake...

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Satellite-Based Earth Observation Market Continues to Grow

Government agencies around the world are investing in earth observation data from commercial satellite providers for defense and security purposes in an effort to avoid the high capital cost of building their own...