Feature articles
Under Thin Ice: Mapping changing glaciers from the inside
February 27, 2014
Mountaineers climb mountains. Cavers explore caves. Surveyors measure and map. In Oregon, a small team of people with all three...
February 27, 2014
Mountaineers climb mountains. Cavers explore caves. Surveyors measure and map. In Oregon, a small team of people with all three...
UAS for Agriculture, Ready for Take-off
February 26, 2014
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have recently become ubiquitous in the mass media and in trade publications, due to a variety...
February 26, 2014
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have recently become ubiquitous in the mass media and in trade publications, due to a variety...
Lidar Innovations: Software Catching Up, Alternative Technologies Emerge
February 24, 2014
Throughout its history, lidar has been one of the very few technologies in which the exponential growth in the hardware’s...
February 24, 2014
Throughout its history, lidar has been one of the very few technologies in which the exponential growth in the hardware’s...
Surveying Cultural Heritage
December 6, 2013
CyArk, a nonprofit organization dedicated to digitally preserving and sharing the world’s cultural heritage, uses laser...
December 6, 2013
CyArk, a nonprofit organization dedicated to digitally preserving and sharing the world’s cultural heritage, uses laser...
Can Satellites in the Sky Help Prevent Atrocities on Earth?
November 25, 2013
Currently, about a dozen government and commercial Earth-imaging satellites circle the Earth daily. They take thousands of pictures...
November 25, 2013
Currently, about a dozen government and commercial Earth-imaging satellites circle the Earth daily. They take thousands of pictures...
The Abyss, Now Live on Your Desktop
August 5, 2013
The advent of Earth-observation satellites transformed how we view our planet—from occasional snapshots to near continuous,...
August 5, 2013
The advent of Earth-observation satellites transformed how we view our planet—from occasional snapshots to near continuous,...
Mapping the Damage from Superstorm Sandy
July 22, 2013
When it hit the United States as a post-tropical cyclone, Sandy had a diameter of 1,100 miles and had been the largest Atlantic...
July 22, 2013
When it hit the United States as a post-tropical cyclone, Sandy had a diameter of 1,100 miles and had been the largest Atlantic...
Measuring Distant Winds: Remote Sensing for Siting Wind Turbines
July 8, 2013
Wind's contribution to energy production in the United States continues to grow. In 2011, it represented a third of all new electric...
July 8, 2013
Wind's contribution to energy production in the United States continues to grow. In 2011, it represented a third of all new electric...
Sensing the Forest for Fuel, Fire, and Recovery
May 6, 2013
Every year, several hundred million hectares of forest, grasslands, and other types of vegetation burn throughout the world,...
May 6, 2013
Every year, several hundred million hectares of forest, grasslands, and other types of vegetation burn throughout the world,...
What and Where: The Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS
March 5, 2013
The sciences, technologies, and practices of remote sensing and of geographic information systems (GIS), arose separately,...
March 5, 2013
The sciences, technologies, and practices of remote sensing and of geographic information systems (GIS), arose separately,...