16th-Century Maps vs. 21st-Century Satellite Images

On The Atlantic’s website, a slideshow comparing modern-day satellite images of cities with city maps from the 1572 Civitates Orbis Terrarum by Braun and Hogenberg. It’s not as effective as you might think: the atlas plates haven’t been georeferenced (some of them are bird’s-eye illustrations rather than top-down maps), so the images aren’t aligned. Via GIS Lounge.

16th-Century Maps vs. 21st-Century Satellite Images first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on May 2, 2011. Copyright © 2011 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.

16th-Century Maps vs. 21st-Century Satellite Images

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16th-Century Maps vs. 21st-Century Satellite Images

16th-Century Maps vs. 21st-Century Satellite Images

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Comment on Google-backed O3b Satellite Gets $1.18B in Funding by Brent

Shayan, you make some great points, but I don't entirely agree with you. You are speaking of satellite technology in its current state. Satellite technology still has so possibilities for innovation. A great example of this is is Japan where they are running 100GB of bandwidth through their satellite network. Satellite internet technology is capable of doing much more than what it is utilized for here in the US. I actually have an entire blog on this subject at mybluedish.com/blog and would love for you to make a comment, as you seem to know this industry well.

Comment on Google-backed O3b Satellite Gets $1.18B in Funding by Brent

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Comment on Google-backed O3b Satellite Gets $1.18B in Funding by Ryan Kim

You may well be right. We still have a ways to go before these birds are actually up in the air.

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China Launches Another Compass Satellite - Its Fourth This Year

Inside GNSS reports that China has launched its fourth Compass satellite this year on November 1, 2010. You can read the full story at Inside GNSS.

The Sunburned Surveyor

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Post originale: http://slashgeo.org/2010/11/05/China-Launches-Another-Compass-Satellite-Its-Fourth-Year