Google Earth just launched the first high-resolution map of global deforestation. The project was developed in collaboration with the University of Maryland, NASA and USGS by analyzing 654,178 ...

This beautiful data visualization tool gives the first comprehensive, high-resolution look at deforestation around the world ... and Google researchers. The map was made by team members at ...

They closely represent truth on the ground — truth created from high-resolution aerial imagery captured at heights of up to 18,000 feet. Camera systems mounted in the bellies of planes can efficiently ...

Antarctica is a very cold and desolate place and maps of the continent were not of very high resolution in the past. Previous maps had a resolution of 1,000 meters, but a new map has been created ...

This alarming finding emerged from the world's first high-resolution global groundwater sulfate distribution map, launched by the university's School of Engineering. While groundwater is a vital ...

Caltech scientists have created a nearly complete global map of Mars at an extremely high resolution of 5 m (16.4 ft) per pixel. The image itself is an impressive feat of engineering. It’s a ...

DigitalGlobe, Inc. DGI, -1.08% a leading global provider of high-resolution ... mapped at this resolution from space, and never before has there been a complete imagery base map of Africa with ...

Much of Bedmap3’s accuracy comes from its very high-resolution grid, which is set at 500 meters, the granularity of earlier maps ... of mystery that shrouds our world.