- June 1, 2013
Data Democracy
By Tiffany Chow on June 1, 2013Read moreWHAT IS DATA DEMOCRACY? The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Working Group on Capacity Building and Data Democracy (WGCapD) was reconstituted in 2011 around this concept. It was first introduced as an idea in 2008 during South Africa’s...
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Home Planet Earth in the Cross-Hairs
By Leonard David on June 1, 2013Read moreThere is an ongoing hunt for asteroids and other hazardous natural objects that may have cross-hairs on our home planet. These near-Earth object (NEOs) are asteroids or comets with an array of sizes and shapes that orbit the Sun...
- March 1, 2013
No Boundaries from Space
By Myrna James on March 1, 2013Read moreDEAR READERS,
Welcome to the realization of a dream: the relaunch of Imaging Notes magazine as Apogeo! We are working to provide you with a more compelling, visually stimulating read and to illuminate the world’s most pressing problems through imagery… - March 1, 2013
Water
By Matteo Luccio on March 1, 2013Read moreFresh water is humanity’s single most critical resource. According to a recent United Nations report, stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts, and water should be considered as vital to national security…
- March 1, 2013
GIS + RS = A New World
By Matteo Luccio on March 1, 2013Read moreThe Sciences, Technologies, and practices of remote sensing and of geographic information systems (GIS) arose separately, developed in parallel, intersected, and are now inextricably linked. Nearly all the features in most GIS are collected by means of satellite imagery…