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  Satellite imagery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Satellite imagery are photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites.
First satellite photographs of the Moon might have been made on October 6, 1959 by the Soviet satellite Luna 3, on a mission to photograph the far side of the Moon.
In the early 21st century satellite imagery became widely available when affordable, easy to use software with access to satellite imagery databases is offered by several companies and organizations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Satellite_imagery   (598 words)

  
 Satellite imagery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Satellite imagery are photographs of (The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live) Earth or other planets made from (Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon) artificial satellites.
All satellite images produced by (An independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight) NASA are published by (additional info and facts about Earth Observatory) Earth Observatory and are freely available to the public.
Satellite imagery can be combined with (additional info and facts about GIS) GIS data.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/satellite_imagery.htm   (582 words)

  
 Space Aid - Current and Potential Uses of Satellite Imagery in UN Humanitarian Organizations: Publications: Virtual ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The objective of this paper is to provide an up-to-date overview of the current and potential use of satellite imagery within the UN humanitarian organizations and their operations and to illustrate the wide range of applications of earth observation (EO) data among this community.
Satellite images are processed and analyzed according to the specific needs of the organizations and distributed to users in the field and/or decision makers in regional offices or headquarters.
Typical parameters listed in satellite metafiles are the type of sensor, center and corner coordinates, acquisition date and time, satellite orbit parameters, file size in pixel width and height, number of channels for multispectral images, processing level and data provider, information on missing data, and number of bits/pixels.
www.usip.org /virtualdiplomacy/publications/reports/12.html   (8181 words)

  
 Space Imaging :: One Year Viewed From Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
As no other high-resolution commercial imaging satellites were in orbit on that fateful day, IKONOS was the only space-based camera able to capture this compelling visual chronology of the destruction and rebirth.
The imagery provides a special perspective to this story that couldn't be achieved with hand-held cameras on the ground or even cameras mounted in airplanes.
Space Imaging routinely sells satellite images of newsworthy events to the media; however, it is the company's policy to not charge for any images related to September 11.
www.spaceimaging.com /gallery/9-11   (230 words)

  
 U.S. Satellite Imagery, 1960-1999
Imagery can be obtained during day or night in the presence of cloud cover by employing an imaging radar (an acronym for radio detection and ranging).
Radar imagery is produced by bouncing radio waves off an area or an object and using the reflected returns to produce an image of the target.
The satellites have operated in orbits of approximately 400 miles and at inclinations of 57 and 68 degrees respectively.
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB13   (4088 words)

  
 Satellite Imagery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Imagery is a powerful visual aid and serves as a source of derivative information such as planimetrics and classification schemes to derive such information as land use or vegetation.
Satellite imagery is often the preferred choice of imagery for larger regions.
More and more choices of satellite imagery are becoming available and the cost associated with its purchase is dropping.
gislounge.com /features/aa011701a.shtml   (367 words)

  
 Satellite Imagery (Stormsurf)
Geo-synchronous satellites, positioned about 18,000 miles above the earth, rotate at the exact same speed as the earth, and thus appear to remain in a fixed position over one place of the globe at all times.
Polar orbiting satellites circumnavigate the earth at a much lower altitude than their geo-synchronous counterparts, but make a complete pass over both poles of the earth (north and south) about once every 100 minutes and cover the entire globe twice in a 24 hour period.
The data obtained from the satellite, when compared to baseline data, is used to determine how much higher or lower a particular segment of the ocean is from 'normal'.
www.stormsurf.com /page2/tutorials/satimagery.shtml   (2237 words)

  
 The Map Room: Satellite & Aerial
Orbimage’s satellite photos of New Orleans post-Katrina, here and here, are in fl and white; as a result, the detail is much sharper and the flooded parts of the city are much more visible, as the example above (courtesy Orbimage) shows.
Sprol is a relatively new blog that uses satellite imagery to draw attention to the effects of environmental predation.
Scavengeroogle and WorldChanging are among those who’ve discovered that Google Maps’s satellite imagery for the rest of the world just got a lot more detailed, with high-resolution images available for a number of cities and other locations outside North America.
www.mcwetboy.net /maproom/cat_satellite_aerial.phtml   (5490 words)

  
 Satellite Images, Satellite Imagery, Satellite Photos and Satellite Maps by MapMart
This 2 Foot imagery is a versatile and cost effective satellite imagery product that delivers seamless coverage of the world at a 2 foot resolution.
Based on high-resolution weather satellite imagery, the Satellite Imagemap offers a realistic view of the Earth's land surface down to a pixel size of 1km for any location worldwide.
The use of digital satellite images with accurate geometric processing and consistent color gives a stunningly realistic view compared with physical maps based on artistic impression.
www.mapmart.com /worldsatelliteimagery/satellite.htm   (461 words)

  
 Satellite Imagery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Made from the processing of digital data from the Handsat 5 Remote Sensing Satellite, this scale of image shows details as small as 90 feet on the ground.
The Seattle to Vancouver from Space poster combines satellite imagery with cultural overlays to provide an interesting and informative map.
satellite composite is called "The Face of the Earth." It has attractive coloration with fl panels along the top and bottom.
www.metskers.com /Satellite_Imagery.htm   (758 words)

  
 Interactive Weather Satellite Imagery Viewers from NASA GHCC
Satellite imagery of Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Atlantic Ocean from METEOSAT-7.
GOES weather satellite imagery courtesy of the Global Hydrology and Climate Center at NASA Marshall Space Flight in Huntsville Alabama.
The global composite satellite maps are courtesy of the NCEP Aviation Weather Center in Kansas City Missouri.
www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov /GOES   (159 words)

  
 Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Satellite Imagery
The Operational Significant Event Imagery team produces high-resolution, detailed imagery of significant environmental events which are visible in remotely-sensed data available at the NOAA Science Center in Suitland, Maryland.
Since the emissivity of water droplets at 3.9 µm is less than that for longer wavelengths, it is often easier to identify fog and stratiform cloudiness in the channel 2 imagery, and to discriminate between water and ice clouds.
Channel 4 imagery has a wide variety of uses, including determination of cloud top heights, identification of cloud top features, tracking synoptic and mesoscale features at night, etc.
www.caller2.com /weather/imagery.html   (268 words)

  
 University of Hawaii Meteorology: Satellite   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Visible imagery is available 1700 to 0330 UTC (7:00 am to 5:30 pm HST).
Imagery from Unidata updates every 30 minutes, approximately 15 minutes past valid image times.
Imagery from NWS updates every 30 minutes (except for 1 km visible every 15 minutes), approximately 35 minutes past valid image times.
mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu /satellite/index.cgi?banner=uhmet&satgroup=hawcloseups   (125 words)

  
 NOAA Environmental Visualization Program
Multi-Dimensional Imagery from polar orbiting and geostationary satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-NOAA.
The following imagery from geostationary and polar NOAA satellites is updated as frequently as possible.
Realtime imagery from the NOAA Satellite Services Division including polar microwave data is available for the Atlantic and Caribbean and the Eastern and Central Pacific.
www.nnvl.noaa.gov   (404 words)

  
 Jenin - Satellite Imagery
Ikonos browse imagery of the town of Jenin as of December 2001
IDF aerial imagery of the Jenin Refugee Camp as 13 April, 2002.
IDF aerial imagery of the Jenin Refugee Camp--orthorectified and geocorrected
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/palestine/jenin-imagery.htm   (607 words)

  
 Satellite and Imagery Information
Geostationary satellites are called geostationary because they are in orbits so that they go around the Earth at the same rate at which the Earth rotates on its axis, so that they stay in the same position relative to the earth.
These satellites are much closer to the earth than the geostationaries and move over different points on the earth.
Visible imagery is only taken during the day (in the area where the satellite is located).
dbaron.org /sat/satinfo   (1215 words)

  
 SSEC - Images and Data
Provides access, maintenance and distribution of real-time and archive weather and satellite data.
Antarctic satellite images and animations, synoptic weather data, iceberg images, model data...
Satellite images and derived parameters (winds, vorticity...) focusing on hurricanes and tropical storms
www.ssec.wisc.edu /data   (322 words)

  
 FY-2C Satellite Images
The animation sequence consists of past 24 satellite images taken at half-hourly or hourly intervals.
In general, the higher the top of the clouds, the lower its temperature and the brighter it will appear in the image.
The images were originally captured by Fengyun-2C (FY-2C), a geostationary meteorological satellite operated by China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
www.hko.gov.hk /wxinfo/intersat/satpic_s.shtml   (175 words)

  
 Met Office: Satellite imagery
The satellite images are updated every six hours unless otherwise stated.
During the equinoxes the geostationary satellites pass through the earth's shadow.
Because of this the transponders of the satellite are switched off to conserve battery power, so some images will not be available.
www.met-office.gov.uk /weather/satellite   (73 words)

  
 RRSL Satellite Imagery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Remote Sensing Group in the Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is actively engaged in satellite remote sensing of the earth's oceans.
This is a prototype server to provide near-realtime imagery to ocean science investigators with the support of the National Aeronautics and and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Office of Naval Research.
We are also making routinely collected imagery available, which is supported by grants from the Office of Naval Research and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
www.rsmas.miami.edu /environment/imagery   (361 words)

  
 Satellite - Satellite News - The Official "Mystery Science Theater 3000" Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Near Earth Orbit and geosynchronous satellites are distinguishable.
Satellite system for direct-to-home transmission of TV, radio and multimedia services in Europe.
Satellite communications with Intelsat, a leading satellite service provider of voice, data, and Internet solutions.
findsiteurl.com /fsur/satellite.html   (361 words)

  
 NASA - Earthquake Satellite Imagery
DigitalGlobe?s Quickbird satellite captured an image of the devastation around Kalutara, Sri Lanka (top), on December 26, 2004, at 10:20 a.m.
Imagery of nearby beaches shows that the edge of the ocean had receded about 150 meters from the shoreline.
On December 17, the green vegetation along the west coast appears to reach all the way to the sea, with an occasional stretch of sand (white).
www.nasa.gov /vision/earth/lookingatearth/indonesia_quake.html   (454 words)

  
 Aerial Photography & Satellite Imagery-Earth Sciences & Map Library-University of California, Berkeley
Remote-sensing/satellite imagery, such as Landsat images, is collected on a highly selective basis.
UC Santa Barbara's Map and Imagery Laboratory has the primary collection in the state for this type of material.
JPL Imaging Radar Home Page in addition to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory data and images (sample radar image of the San Francisco Bay, Death Valley, and elsewhere), there are numerous internet links to other sites dealing with imaging radar, the space program, remote sensing, commercial software, and educational resources.
www.lib.berkeley.edu /EART/aerial.html   (581 words)

  
 High Resolution Satellite Imagery Assists Hunt For Infectious 'Kissing Bugs'
Satellite Images Predict Hantaviral Transmission Risk (December 4, 2002) -- Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and other institutions report that satellite imagery could be used to determine areas at high-risk for exposure to Sin Nombre...
Spy Satellite Photos Document Desert Plant Invasion (August 15, 2000) -- Declassified spy satellite images, combined with aerial photos, document an invasion of honey mesquite bushes into a former arid grassland that is now part of a long-term scientific study of the...
Following the completion of this Matagalpa pilot project, the same techniques - including use of satellite imagery — may be employed for Chagas control elsewhere in Nicaragua and Central and South America.
www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2004/09/040930121239.htm   (957 words)

  
 BetaNews | Google Adds Satellite Imagery to Maps
re: Other services with satellite imagry: MapQuest had satellite imagery for awhile, but gave it up perhaps 2 years ago, about the same time they removed the "large map" GUI button, which changed the map size from about 460x350 to something like 700x500.
I know the market is way smaller, but www.MapCity.com, a chilean website with maps to several southamerican cities, has offered satellite imagery for about a year now.
I saw something on the news (i think thats where at anyway) a couple years ago that their are satellites that are so detailed that they can read the license plates on vehicles.
www.betanews.com /article/Google_Adds_Satellite_Imagery_to_Maps/1112671379   (879 words)

  
 SSEC - Satellite Composite Images
The U.S. Composite Satellite Image is a combination infrared satellite data from GOES-East and GOES-West.
The global montage is created using satellite data, sea surface temperatures and observed land temperatures.
The Antarctic composite is a mosaic of GOES, Meteosat, GMS, and NOAA polar orbiting satellite data.
www.ssec.wisc.edu /data/composites.html   (185 words)

  
 USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) EROS, Sioux Falls, SD
Declassified Satellite Imagery - 1 consists of approximately 880,000 photographic images that were taken between 1959 and 1972.
These images were primarily collected by the CORONA satellite series, but the dataset also includes photos taken from the ARGON and LANYARD satellites.
Declassified Satellite Imagery - 1 is not available as a Medium Resolution Digitized product at this time.
edc.usgs.gov /products/satellite/declass1.html   (362 words)

  
 DSRS Geostationary Satellite Images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
These images are received at Dundee from the European METEOSAT geostationary satellite's HRI (High Resolution Imagery) PDUS (Primary Data User Station) digital data.
For more information on Meteosat and Geostationary Satellites see the PDUS Frequently Asked Questions, the latest Meteosat admin message, and our reception log and glossary.
Images (in a slightly degraded JPEG format) are provided free of charge to registered users, however, please note that full resolution images are fairly large and may take a long time to download.
www.sat.dundee.ac.uk /pdus.html   (261 words)

  
 Sources of satellite imagery
This page details sources of imagery for use by the Satellite Archaeologist.
Declassified intelligence satellite photographs from the CORONA, LANYARD and ARGON programmes date from the 1960s and early 70s.
SIR-C imaged approximately 10% of the Earth's surface on flights on board the Space Shuttle Endeavour in April and October 1994.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/mjff/sources.htm   (525 words)

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