Decade back satellite imagery was limited to view remote locations and major scientific applications but over the last decade space technology had changed the way we view our planet. With the advent of online and mobile mapping applications imagery Basemap have become the cornerstone of any preliminary intelligent business decision in order to understand the… Continue reading Nearest coffee shop to remotest oil rig , Digitalglobe Basemaps covers it all for its customers(Part 1)
A devastating forest fire destroyed thousands of acres of lands in Fort McMurray, Alberta municipality Canada in May 2016 .On May 1St 2016 the wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray Alberta. On May 3rd 2016 the fire swept through the community destroying approximately 2400 homes and buildings. The fire was declared to be under control… Continue reading DigitalGlobes`s WorldView tracks Canada`s devastating forest fire from space
Introduction As per the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (1987), photogrammetry is the art, science, and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment by recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images. The word photogrammetry is derived from three Greek words: photos – meaning "light", gramma– meaning "drawing" and… Continue reading Concepts of Photogrammetry
Introduction Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Maps The terms land use and land cover are often used interchangeably, but each term has its own unique meaning. Land cover refers to the surface cover on the ground like vegetation, urban infrastructure, water, bare soil etc. Identification of land cover establishes the baseline information for activities like… Continue reading Significance of Land Use / Land Cover (LULC) Maps
Pléiades and SPOT 6/7 commercial offers have been enhanced with advanced radiometry and geometry image processing options: New Geometric processing: Projected The image acquired by the sensor is projected onto a terrestrial planethrough projection system. The plane inherits a constant altitude value which is the mean height value (with reference to ellipsoid). An embedded geometric… Continue reading Pléiades and SPOT 6/7 Enhanced with Advanced Radiometry and Geometry Image processing Options
The latest in the series of Landsat satellites the LDCM, Landsat Data Continuity Mission was launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This satellite continues the four decades old legacy of the Earth Observation from space. The first Landsat satellite launched in 1972. The joint program between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey… Continue reading Landsat Data Continuity Mission Launched !
Barely half an hour after a major earthquake on 23rd September, people of the Pakistani coastal town of Gwadar had another jolt when they saw a new island emerge in the sea, just over a kilometre from the shore. This island is made of sea mud. The mud island was created due to decompression of… Continue reading Pléiades Measures Earthquake born Island in Pakistan
The solar array in Seville, Spain looks a bit like a giant human eye from space. On closer examination, the center of the eye features a concrete solar tower that stands forty stories high. It is ringed by 2,650 mirrors that blast scorching rays of sunlight to the tower, which stores the heat and converts… Continue reading Image of the Day : Gemasolar Plant, Spain
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
.png)
.png)
.png)
.png)
