Posts by geogadmin

The following CIO.com article is by Joab Jackson of the International Data Group (IDG), posted March 19, 2015 and with the title above: Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering its customers free use of over 85,000 satellite images, setting the stage for new types of geographically-oriented cloud applications. The images, from the Landsat 8 observation satellite, are already available at no cost directly from the U.S. Geological Survey...

The following is the complete text of a BBC Panorama broadcast, written by David Wheeler, narrated by Richard Dimbleby, and with the title above: It is not only in Britain that spring, this year, has taken everyone by surprise. Here in the Ticino, on the borders of Switzerland and Italy, the slopes overlooking Lake Lugano have already burst into flower at least a fortnight earlier than usual. But what, you may ask, has the early and...

The following is a Boston University research article written by Barbara Moran and with the title above: Suchi Gopal bursts into her classroom, buzzing with energy. The 11 graduate students parked behind glowing computer monitors rouse themselves from reverie. It’s late in the semester and they are preoccupied with their final projects. But Gopal has more to teach. “Aha!” she claps with delight. “Today we will do some math!” She grabs...