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I know Strange Maps; its Frank Jacobs blog that details, well, strange maps. Now it’s part of Big Think a curated blog that seems to offer content from selected blogs (now including Jacobs’) and interviews with experts. I’m not sure at all what this “joining” means, but wish Jacobs continued success in his work.
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology issued an image of the Al Maktoum International Airport taken by DubaiSat-1 while it was passing over the UAE. The aerial image shows the airport after the inauguration of its first phase. DubaiSat is the UAE’s first remote sensing satellite.
NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft camera collected the images that are now part of the most accurate global Martian map ever. The map is made up of nearly 21,000 images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System, a multi-band infrared camera on Odyssey. Researchers at Arizona State University’s Mars Space Flight Facility in Tempe, in collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., have been working on the mosaic for eight years. The smallest surface details are 330 feet wide. This map provides the most accurate view so far of the entire planet. High res images are downloadable here.
Satellite imagery is being used not just to help in reclaiming spilled oil, but to aid in investigations and prosecutions.
In particular, the club said that the European Maritime Safety Agency and some coastal states were using the CleanSeaNet satellite surveillance service to identify oil slicks. ...Following a resulting oil spill alert a spotter aircraft is sent to confirm the slick and all ships in the vicinity are potentially subject to investigation.
Researchers will head to the Titanic resting site in August “to assess the deteriorating condition of the world’s most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map.” There are no details on the tools used save that they include advanced imaging and sonar.
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July saw more than its share of acquisitions in the geospatial domain. Among the players involved were large companies with household names like Nokia and Facebook, and smaller ones only known in tighter circles, including NextStop and Photo Science. Our editors review the deals and offer predictions on their success.
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