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Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer from Australia.
Rhett Dashwood, a graphic designer in Australis, with clearly a lot of time on his hands, has just put together the first official alphabet using only satellite images from Google Earth.
According to Mr. Dashwood, this project took him six months to locate a landmark somewhere inside the state of Victoria which corresponded to each of the 26 letters.
Perhaps this will inspire you to find a satellite image alphabet in YOUR state. Perhaps you’ll find it a giant waste of time. Either way it’s kind of cool and interesting, so I thought I’d tell you about it. Thanks to Telegraph.co.uk for the info.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) sponsors a program called “Polar View”. Polar View is a satellite program which concentrates on the Arctic and Antarctic for public good. One way this global satellite imagery program is being used is by reindeer herders in Norway. With this program, the herders are now able to view the snow’s depth and estimate the best locations for their animals to graze and reside.
No matter what the reasons may be for global climate change, that it is occurring is factual. And Norway is a country very much affected by this. So it’s vital to the survival of snow-dwelling animals to see and know where the snow is and where it isn’t, so they can survive.
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You can always go to Google Earth and find places, go sightseeing, see 3D street views and buildings. You know this. But a lot of this sightseeing work has already been done for you by various people who have created all the links of well-known places that you can just click on and see.
There are different kinds of niche sites with satellite images and links as well. Like links to strange places on Google Earth, links to government buildings or strange, supernatural non-landmark kind of places. At some point I will create a top 5 or 10 list of these.
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Most people, especially the older ones, still thought of satellites as those mysterious and high-tech devices they see in sci-fi movies. Only a few, and mostly the younger generation, had discovered and realized that satellites are now playing important roles in everyday life: like weather reports, television networks, telephone calls, text and images by newspapers and magazines, cable televisions,global positioning system (or GPS) , and emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB).
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The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope that orbits the earth and provides 3d images of heavenly bodies in the universe such as planets and galaxies. It has a light-gathering mirror, with a diameter size of 94 inches (240 cm). This powerful and reflecting telescope is named after American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble.
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Discover the Universe Through the Eye in the Sky
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More people, old and young, are getting as much information and satellite images of our planet Earth through watching NBC’s show titled ‘Today’. The show had tied up with DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of world imagery data with high-resolution, to gain access on the latter’s extensive collection of advanced satellite imagery and 3d images of different locations and events worldwide such as Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro and Australia’s draught; and to its 3D ImageScape product for ‘Today Goes to Ends of the Earth’ second edition project. This projects aims to raise awareness of people toward climate changes and other environmental issues around the world.
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How Satellite Imagery Affects the Environment
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Filed under: 3D Satellite Imagery, Satellite maps, satellite images
Global maps are global views of our planet Earth through the many satellite imagery data from NASA. These satellite maps can give us an idea of what’s happening anywhere in the world. Modern technology had made global maps more interesting to study because all factors that affect the Earth are shown separately. At a glance, the depth of snowfall or the temperature in sea and land surfaces are depicted in different colors. Snow cover and vegetation are seen in white and in green, respectively. Fire maps are shown in yellow, orange, and red–according to count and frequency per day.
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Know Where to Send the Firemen Through Global Maps
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Filed under: 3D Satellite Imagery, Satellite maps, satellite images
Are you suffering from hay fever? Do you sneeze or sniffle at the mere sight of pollens? Studies have shown that pollens do not just cause sneezing and sniffling. Pollen can cause serious impairment to humans, especially with respiratory and cardiovascular health troubles.
How does a tiny particle such as pollen harm people? Pollen is basically a container for the male half, which is programmed to get to the female half. Plants that are wind-pollinating tend to produce large amounts of pollen to ensure reproduction of future offspring.
Posted on April 24th, 2009 by EarthGirl
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