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GeoEye-1 Exclusivity Deal with Google

Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 11:29pm CEST by Satri

Tags: satellites_sensors

Last week the geoblogs mentioned the important exclusivity deal between Google and GeoEye (GeoEye is Space Imaging and OrbImage together, since early 2006). Why important? Because Google already has an exclusivity deal with DigitalGlobe which can cause difficulties to casual buyers. The GEB has a nice summary: "Not only that, as part of the deal, Google's logo is being flown on the side of the rocket. The new satellite is capable of up to .41 meter resolution, but by [U.S.] law Google will be limited to .5 meter/pixel resolution. This is still VERY good resolution, and a bit better than DigitalGlobe's typical .6 meter imagery." APB also offers coverage. The EOPortal informs us on GeoEye-1, to be launched later this week: "[...] the satellite will make 15 earth orbits per day and collect imagery with its ITT-built imaging system that can distinguish objects on the Earth's surface as small as 0.41-meters (16 inches) in size in the panchromatic (black and white) mode. The 4,300-pound satellite will also be able to collect multispectral or color imagery at 1.65-meter ground resolution. While the satellite will be able to collect imagery at 0.41-meters, GeoEye's operating license from NOAA requires re-sampling the imagery to half-meter resolution for all customers not explicitly granted a waiver by the U.S. Government." See also related stories below. Update: Slashdot now discusses the story.
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Embedding NASA WWJava Into a Web Page

Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 10:39pm CEST by Satri

Tags: webmapping

After news last May about the capability of running Google Earth in a browser, early last month the EiS blog shares three tutorials on embedding NASA World Wind Java in a web page. From the first tutorial: "Embedding WWJava into you're website is a simple process that requires two files, a web page and the applet embed code." See also related stories copied below.
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Geolocation Absent from Reference Management Software

Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 9:39pm CEST by Satri

Tags: software

Last week there was a discussion on some geoblogs about the quasi total absence of geolocation support in bibliographies and references managing software, also known as reference management software. In the beginning, EndNote was the tool to use, now, there are several alternatives, including open source ones. From Kurt's blog: "For an overview of many reference mangement programs, check out wikipedia: Comparison of reference management software. Note that KML, WKT, Google, spatial, location, or PostGIS do NOT show up in the document." The import cartography blog shared his insights: "I have in fact seen mapping integrated with Zotero. Shekhar Krishnan used the GeoNames database to locate items by their place of publication in a demo at THATCamp." Related, the regular geoblogger PerryGeo mentions JabRef, another alternative (not geo-enabled though).
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