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The Sharpest Ever Global Earth Map

Posted by Zonk on from the globcover-plus-google-maps-equals-bliss dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "The GLOBCOVER project, started by the European Space Agency (ESA), has a very simple goal. It will create the most detailed portrait of the Earth's land surface with a resolution three times sharper than any previous satellite map. The image acquisition will be done throughout 2005 and use the Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument of the Envisat environmental satellite. To create this sharp map, the GLOBCOVER project will analyze about 20 terabytes of data gathered by the European satellite. When it's completed, the map will have numerous uses, 'including plotting worldwide land use trends, studying natural and managed ecosystems and modelling climate change extent and impacts.'"

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  1. Safe voyeurism by cavehobbit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Great! Now I can check out my sunbathing neighbor legally!

    I hope it is updated often!

  2. Schedule? by rjelks · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It would be nice if they posted a schedule. I'd like to make a sign for my roof.

    oh well...

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  3. vegetation by ericdano · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's really scary to see the LACK of vegetation on the planet.

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  4. House-spotting by autophile · · Score: 0, Redundant
    When it's completed, the map will have numerous uses, 'including plotting worldwide land use trends, studying natural and managed ecosystems and modelling climate change extent and impacts, and allowing more people than ever possible to say "I can see my house from here."

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  5. I better... by FoXDie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I better !

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