Remote Sensing Tools

A number of years ago, a close friend and I used to talk well on for hours — dreaming of a day when we would potentially become our own “entities” through the Internet. The advent of XML technologies allowed us to establish concepts in our imaginations that it could be possible to integrate a full […]

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After Frank and Ogle Earth announced the default Darfur layer that Google Earth rolled-out, I wanted to take some time to see how that information spread. It was an experiment that led to certain pleasant surprises, as well as certain sadness in the wake of current coverage of events that consumed the media.

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Frank Taylor announces the most significant update to Google Maps yet! Google Maps, My Maps, takes the “mash-up” to the next level — allowing full user control in the creation of content for maps through the KML language, and further adding value to true integration with Google Earth!

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I’ve explored a number of options in how virtual viewers, such as Google Earth or NASA World Wind, can be enhanced to demonstrate practical or up-to-date visualizations within the model. The visualization space that these applications provide is useful in its own way, but what about that added context of placing a person in a […]

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I took some time this morning to download and review the new regional Landsat 5 false-color derived mosaics, provided by GeoSage at ~120 meter spatial resolution for non-commercial use. The dataset makes for a nice intermediate resolution, between the Blue Marble Next Generation mosaic made available by NASA, and any 30 or 15 meter higher […]

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