Designed by the French engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, Millau Viaduct is the tallest bridge in the world with one mast’s summit at 343.0 metre above the ground. It is the 12th highest bridge deck in the world, being 270 metres between the road deck and the ground below. It is basically… Continue reading Image of the Day : Millau Viaduct
Landsat Data Continuity Mission(LDCM) or soon to be rechristened Landsat 8 is operating normally as per the latest update from NASA. The two Systems onbaord Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) have been ramping up their collection rate steadily and have now reached 4000 scene/day. Optimal design rate for the both sensors… Continue reading Landsat 8 Going Full Steam, Collecting 400 scenes a Day !
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), also known as Landsat 8, was one of the most anticipated satellite launches in recent history. Its arrival was particularly crucial following the failure of the Scan Line Corrector (SLC) onboard the Landsat 7 ETM+ sensor in 2003—just four years after its launch. The malfunction caused nearly 22% data… Continue reading Landsat 8 and Landsat 7 comparison, First Look
On the first day of February we did a post on merger of DigitalGlobe and GeoEye. You can see it here. Market capitalization of the merged entity is $2.1 billion. The new entity, still named DigitalGlobe, is in the course of merging processes, products and pricing. In order to systematically tackle the complexity of merger… Continue reading Post Merger DigitalGlobe announces ‘Bridge’ Pricing
The 50,000 ton Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, which ran aground last year due to error made by its Captain was righted after massive salvage efforts by a team of engineers and mariners. This has been the most expensive salvage operation in marine history. The very high resolution Pleiades satellite, captured the refloating on 17… Continue reading Pleiades Captures Massive Salvage Operation of Costa Concordia
DigitalGlobe Basemap +Metro is high resolution orthophoto product for customers who need spatial data of major capitals and major cities of the world with population over 2 million. It is an easy access to world`s most important cities according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network. DG uses its high resolution satellites and third party… Continue reading Nearest Coffee shop to remotest oil rig , Digitalglobe Basemaps covers it all for its customers(Part 2)