June
8 news
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Earth from spaceThe on-line NASA project publishes on the Web Earth images taken from the Space Shuttle.
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ESA turns 30!
"ESA acts as a motor for European innovation across the globe". From deep-space missions to Earth Observation and telecommunications this is a common appreciation given to ESA space programmes. Some of most significant programmes include the Cassini-Huygens and Mars Express deep-space missions, and the Envisat Earth Observation satellite, ESA`s flagship environmental, climate and natural disaster monitoring mission. Future navigation system Galileo is another notable programme expected to strive Europe to an international technological leadership role in space and beyond.
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Envisat produces the sharpest global Earth map everThe most detailed portrait of the Earth`s land surface is being created with ESA`s Envisat environmental satellite. The GLOBCOVER project aims at producing a global land cover map to a resolution three times sharper than any previous satellite map.
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A space view of the Province of BariEuropean Space Imaging has collected IKONOS high resolution satellite images of the entire Province of Bari. The great information content of IKONOS satellite images is a new possibility for all those Agencies and Municipalities aiming at using this brand modern technology to update their cadastral data, digital and traditional carthography, and, nonetheless, to environmental and natural resources monitoring and managing.
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APAT: Corine Land Cover 2000It has been presented during the last edition of MondoGIS Conference, the I&CLC2000 project, a joint initiative of EU Commission and EU Environment Agency, involves 26 countries in updating at year 2000 environmental parameters and information. The CORINE Land Cover is a full available database now including orthorectified Landsat 7 ETM satellite images of the italian and european territory, Land Cover and Changes definition maps. The italian National Authority managing the project and the diffusion of the products is APAT (Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services). Planetek Italia has developed the system for the consultation and download of maps.