A True Split In Africa
The volcanic landscape of the Afar region in northern Ethiopia results from tectonic forces working deep below the surface.
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Aqua’s Amazing Antarctica Exposure
Relatively few people have seen Antarctica. A myth until the early 1800s, the ice-covered southern continent is difficult to get to and hostile to most life.
Read MoreFor The 4C-able Future, e-GOES SatImagery Has Additional Distribution Channels
4C Controls Inc. (OTCBB: FOUR.OB) has announced the signing of a major Strategic Alliance and Distribution Agreement with e-GEOS, the recently formed joint-venture between Telespazio s.p.a (a Finmeccanica (FNC IM)/Thales(HO FP) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
Read MoreEO Imagery To Order, Via MapMart
The MapMart division of IntraSearch Inc. has unveiled a new interface on its MapMart online mapping portal where satellite imagery customers can search, preview and order high-resolution data from DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, SPOT and KOMPSAT.
Read MoreGriffith Comes To The Attention of RapidEye, Among Others…
Demonstration products generated by the RapidEye system are being made public for the first time today. The samples of the RapidEye Standard Image Products show an area over Griffith in New South Wales, Australia.
Read MoreHiRes EO For Telogis’ Mobile Users From DigitalGlobe
DigitalGlobe has signed an agreement with Telogis, the leading global platform for Location-Based Services (LBS).
Read MoreSoil SatStudy For Africa
An article in the online version of The East African publication, bylined by Philip Ngunjuiri, reports that The International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (Ciat) has an initiative to produce the first detailed digital soil map of all 42 sub-Saharan countries.
Read MoreChaitén’s Caldera Chugging Chunks Continuously
Chile’s Chait?n Volcano had been dormant for more than 9,000 years when it erupted in May 2008. In the months that followed, the volcano remained active, releasing plumes of steam and volcanic ash, coating local vegetation, clogging waterways, and inundating the nearby town of the same name.
Read MoreESA’s ALOS Work Receives JAXA Award
Based on a cooperative agreement, ESA has been delivering data from ALOS — Japan's four-ton Earth Observation satellite — to users across Europe and Africa since the satellite's launch three years ago.
Read MoreObama Inaugural Captured By GeoEye-1 From Height Of 423 Miles
GeoEye-1 collected an image over the United States Capitol and the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. The image, taken from 423 miles in space, is the world’s highest resolution, color satellite image of the Inaugural celebration.
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