On Feb 15 early morning, a meteor darted across the sky above Russia’s Ural Mountain range. The fireball exploded near Chelyabinsk, injuring hundreds of people, creating a sonic boom and damaging hundreds of buildings and causing injuries to thousands of people. The injuries were mainly from the falling glass and other building material taken apart… Continue reading Meteor Strike over Russia: Was it the first?
India has a vast amount of geospatial information generated through various topographic surveys, geological surveys, soil surveys, cadastral surveys, various natural resources information generated with the use of the remotely sensed imagery. Encapsulating these maps and images into a National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) is expected to provide information transparency and sharing. One of the… Continue reading SATPALDA Participates in NSDI 12
Launched on December 1st , 2012 from Guiana Space Centre, Kourou, French Guiana, Pléiades 1B is the second high resolution satellite to join the Astrium constellation. Pléiades 1B will provide 50-centimeter (cm) panchromatic and 2-meter (m) 4-band multispectral (i.e. blue, green, red and near-infrared) products with the widest footprint of any high resolution satellite at… Continue reading Pléiades 1B Starts operations, First image in
“The earth has music for those who listen.” ? George Santayana Beauty of nature could not have been put in more apt words than this Spanish philosopher and writer. But some natural sights are too overtly beautiful to even require such aesthetic natural perception. Niagara Falls on the border of Canada and the USA is… Continue reading Image of the Day : Niagara Falls
This image of South Qatar shows how the ebb and flow of the tide can create some unusual formations. Here, water and sand conjure up the shape and color of a tree as the tide swirls into the Persian Gulf. Qatar, an Arab Emirate in the Middle East, is one of the region’s wealthiest states… Continue reading Satellite image of Khor al Adaid, South Qatar
The ‘smart’ revolution. We are living in a generation where most common and important word is ‘smart’. From smart people to smart phones and from smart maps to smart cities everything is getting smarter. Geospatial technology is progressing by leaps and bounds towards this smartness. The technology itself is getting smarter and contributing in other… Continue reading Planimetric Mapping
“Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.” Hippocrates. As a provider and user of an advance technology of modern day we are proud to be a part of past, present and future of medical science. Technology That Is Touching Lives You must heard this line at some point of time in your life… Continue reading Medical Science and Geospatial Technology
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today. – Chinese proverb" About 90% of wildfires in the United States are started by humans. More than 100,000 wildfires clear 4-5 million acres of land in the U.S. every year. Importance of Forest Ecosystem … Continue reading Remote Sensing in Wildfire Management
A recent UN report reveals the unprecedented decline in global biodiversity. About one million of the planet's eight million species are threatened with extinction by humans. IPBES Report Said: Main Drivers of Species Loss: Shrinking habitat Exploitation of natural resources Climate change and pollution A comparison: Human Awareness and Technology in Action This is… Continue reading Endangered Species And Technology At Rescue
"Tree makes one million matchsticks, but one match-stick can burn one million trees" Shifting Cultivation This is a system of farming where a piece of land is cleared followed by several years of wood harvesting or farming until the soil loses fertility. Once the land becomes inadequate for crop production, it is left to be… Continue reading Shifting Cultivation and Geospatial Technology