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3D Terrain Mapping

This video demonstrations a Silverlight web application rendering 3D terrain using Esri’s Silverlight SDK and Balder, a 3D graphics engine.

Remote Sensing

What’s New in ENVI 5.1?

  Yesterday I got my first hand on experience with the ENVI 5.1,  image processing software.  Loaded with lots of many new features and with a new user interface. The

GIS

China Gathers Data of its 10, 500 Islands

In recent news, China has gathered  detailed topographic topographic information and images of all its 10, 500 islands using remote sensing technology. It took three years of work by the aviation

GIS

Dehradun Municipal Corporation Fails to Put GIS into Property Assesment

In a recent news by Hindustan Times,  the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC) has failed to put into use the Geographical Information System (GIS) for mapping properties in the state capital. In the

Remote Sensing

Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Launches Successfully

The world has enters a new era of global weather observing and climate science on February 27, 2014, at 1:38 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. GPM, a joint mission between NASA

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Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to

Remote Sensing

Landsat 8 Eyes Japan, GPM Launch Site

This Landsat 8 satellite image of some southern Japanese islands includes Tanegashima (far right), from where the Global Precipitation Measurement, or GPM, mission’s Core Observatory is scheduled to blast into

Remote Sensing

Bears from Space: Scientists Try to Count Polar Bears Using Satellite Imagery

They look like tiny white specks on a mottled grey background. They’re polar bears seen from space — using the newest tool in the kit for scientists to monitor Canada’s

GIS

Google’s Project Tango

The goal of Project Tango is to give mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion. Project Tango is the outcome of Google team working with universities, research labs,

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Georeferencing Google Earth images

This will help to understand how to Georeferencing Google Earth images.