Take a tour of the new Google Maps announced at Google I/O May 15, 2013. Request access: http://maps.google.com/help/maps/hell...
Coahuila, one of the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, shares a border with the U.S. for a 512-kilometer stretch along the Rio Bravo, also known as the Rio Grande. Flood risk is a geographically sporadic, yet very serious concern in the state. In...
Tropospheric ozone, which is formed when nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) react with sunlight, is a severe threat to the health of U.S. National Forests. Ozone damage causes forest foliage to change colors, shortens its...
Fires across Colombia have imposed a significant threat to biodiversity, rural communities, and established infrastructure. NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) can play a major role in monitoring fires and natural disasters. SERVIR, the Regional...
In previous DEVELOP projects, the team has studied methods to accurately determine flood extent and levee seep locations using UAVSAR data collected along the Mississippi River during the Spring 2011 floods. This project applied previously...
Short video explains the use of Bing Maps in AutoCAD 2014. More info: http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/maps/archive/2013/04/03/bing-maps-in-autocad-2014.aspx
The MPB (Dendroctonus ponderosae) infestation has reached epidemic proportions across coniferous forests in the Rocky Mountains. Understanding the changes in forest structure and composition due to beetle infestation is critical for addressing an...
Southeast Louisiana Ecological Forecasting - NASA DEVELOP Fall 2012 @ Stennis Space Center Every year, U.S. federal, state and local agencies coordinate wetland restoration projects under the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and...
Unmanned aerial vehicles, also known as drones, may soon become commercialized. In Grand Forks, N.D., people are preparing for a coming boom in drones-related business.
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) atop an Atlas V rocket was launched successfully from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:02 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 11. LDCM is a collaboration between NASA and the Department of the Interior's...
High Resolution Digital Elevation Models — from Satellite Imagery
Producing Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) from remote sensing imagery is very important for a variety of mapping applications including orthophoto generation, terrain modeling, volumetric analysis,...Download this paper