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MYSTERIOUS ‘BLOBS’ lurking beneath the Earth’s surface could be responsible for the cataclysmic volcanic eruptions that ...
You might think you know all the continents, but what about Zealandia? In 2017, a previously unknown contingent of the shores ...
NASA and ISRO’s NISAR satellite will map Earth’s land and ice in 3D using dual-band radar, detecting movements as small as a centimeter to monitor disasters, land shifts, and climate changes.
Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past ...
IGIS Tech Notes describe workflows and techniques for using geospatial science and technologies in research and extension. They are works in progress, and we welcome feedback and comments below.
Yes, we've been able to time-travel around our cities and previous homes for years now on Google Maps, but Google Earth feels ...
For the service's 20th anniversary, Google was inspired by a social media trend from last year in which people shared ...
First created in the 7th century, the Christian orbis terrarum (circle of the Earth) maps, known for visual reasons as ‘T-and-O’ maps, included only the northern hemisphere.
In 2007, two years after Google Earth was launched, it partnered with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to map the Darfur genocide in real time. This was the sort of thing Gore had in mind for his ...
NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth June 29 that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.
New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems ...