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The Laboratory for “Patient Earth”
Prof. Hans-Peter Plag, PhD Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute Old Dominion University Norfolk, Va. www.mari.odu.edu The leaders of the world are in need of knowing what is happening to the...
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A Look at Earth from Aliens’ Perspective
Prof. Hans-Peter Plag, PhDMitigation and Adaptation Research InstituteOld Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Va.www.mari.odu.edu The unseen patterns in human behavior are not only among the causes for...
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Dear Reader, Rarely do contests capture people’s imagination in the way that the XPRIZE does. I remember learning about the 2007 $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, a competition that challenges...
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This series began a year ago by examining alternatives to Google Earth Enterprise, which Google will stop supporting on March 22, 2017; it then expanded to review a wide range of tools for geospatial...
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Report on 2016 UNCOPUOS Meeting
Michael K. Simpson, PhDExecutive Director SecureSecure World FoundationBroomfield, Colo.www.swfound.org For people who care about space-based Earth observation, this is a good time to pay attention to...
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Google Earth Enterprise Goes Open Source
Myrna James YooPublisher andManaging EditorApogeo Spatialand LBx Journalmyrna@apogeospatial.com Google is open-sourcing Google Earth Enterprise (GEE)! It is rare for a quarterly publication to be able...
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The global community is not making much progress towards sustainability and the current economic and environmental development is not sustainable—even the rapid technological, social and political...
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Changing the Story:
Prof. Hans-Peter Plag, PhD Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute Old Dominion University Norfolk, Va. www.mari-odu.org It surprises me again and again how much we know, or could know, and how...
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Aeospatial Developments in Open Source, GPS, and Data Downlink Capabilities
Ray A. Williamson, PhDEditor, Apogeo Spatial LETTER FROM THE EDITOR As I Look Back on the half of this year, I am struck with the increasing speed of exciting changes in the Earth observation...
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Extreme Weather’s Tie to Climate
Prof. Hans-Peter Plag, PhDMitigation and Adaptation Research InstituteOld Dominion University Norfolk, Va.www.mari-odu.org Flows in the Earth’s Life-Support System (ELSS) were the subject of my last...
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Geospatial Data Act Exposes Geospatial Community Division
John M. PalatielloPresidentJohn M. Palatiello & Associates, Inc.Reston, Va.www.jmpa.us Legislation in congress has exposed a chasm in the geospatial community that could jeopardize chances to...
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The Power of Imagery Insights and The Overview Effect
Myrna James YooPublisher andManaging EditorApogeo Spatialand LBx Journalmyrna@apogeospatial.com LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER Dear Readers, In this issue, we begin our new series on the emerging imagery...
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Interpreting What We See
Prof. Hans-Peter Plag, PhDMitigation and Adaptation Research InstituteOld Dominion University Norfolk, Va.www.mari-odu.org Our Perception of an object changes depending on how far or close we are and...
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The Value of Space-Based Data
Myrna James YooPublisher andManaging EditorApogeo Spatialwww.ApogeoSpatial.comFounderApogeo Advisorswww.ApogeoAdvisors.com Myrna@ApogeoSpatial.com Dear Readers, Let’s start with art. A few months ago,...
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Atmospheric Terrain
BY FAWN ATENCIO / ARTIST / DENVER, COLO. HTTPS://WWW.MAIWYN.COM/ARTISTS-SUMMARY/FAWN-ATENCIO Atmospheric Terrain presents interpretations of affected and altered bodies of water using the Colorado...
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Improving Disaster Response with Faster Data Downlink
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW WITH DAVID HARTSHORN SECRETARY GENERAL / GLOBAL VSAT FORUM LONDON AND WASHINGTON D.C. / WWW.GVF.ORG For a few decades, the Earth Observations (EO) and Satellite Communications...
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The Economic Impact of Spaced-Based Big Data
DYLAN TAYLOR DYLAN TAYLOR / CO-FOUNDER / SPACE ANGELS AND SPACE FOR HUMANITY DENVER, COLO. / WWW.SPACEANGELS.COM, WWW.SPACEFORHUMANITY.ORG Famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen famously said in 2011...
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The Value of Geospatial Data
Myrna James YooPublisher and Managing Editor Apogeo Spatialwww.ApogeoSpatial.comMyrna@ApogeoSpatial.com Apogeo Spatial is partnering with Innovation Pavilion’s NovaSpace, as I announced in my last...
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The Case for Remaking Data Downlink
Dylan Taylor Founder Space Angels www.SpaceAngels.com Space for Humanity www.SpaceForHumanity.org Denver, Colo. ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY SOURCES, NEARLY 8,000 NEW small satellites are scheduled to be in...
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Modern Climate Change
Prof. Hans-Peter Plag, PhDMitigation and Adaptation Research InstituteOld Dominion University Norfolk, Va.www.mari-odu.org CLIMATE IS CHANGING AT A MUCH HIGHER rate during the last century than during...
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