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| 06.25.2007 |
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SPOTLIGHT: Amnesty International Uses Satellite Imagery To Stem Genocidal Violence in Darfur 
A pioneering program by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is providing technical expertise to human rights groups and helping Amnesty International USA with a new online effort to monitor threatened settlements in the war-torn...
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| 12.13.2006 |
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Public-Private Partnerships Makes High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Available To Universities
Academic researchers can now scan the United States and Canada via a newly available, high-resolution satellite image catalog developed under a deal between the University of California at Santa...
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| 11.13.2006 |
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Satellite Imagery Key To Microsoft's Virtual Earth 3D Application
As part of his stand-up act, comedian Steven Wright used to say that he had "a map of the United States, actual size." To see and peruse some of Microsoft's latest plans, that scale may no longer be a joke. Microsoft Corp. launched a new service...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Precision Business Building Via Satellite
Someone once described drilling for oil as standing on a 6-foot ladder, holding a fishing line with a needle attached to the end, and trying to drill through a 2-by-4 piece of wood. Given this challenge that drilling companies face, there is no doubt that any...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Noble Drilling Services: Satellite Provides Communications Pipelines
Keeping a global company’s information technology infrastructure efficient, up to date and secure while adhering to a fixed budget is a constant struggle. Simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. Pause for a deep breath and the competition...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Satellite Data: To Handheld Devices
Telcos are seeking new ways to deliver satellite data directly to customers. A wide variety of information such as GPS coordinates, satellite imagery and maps is making its way to the desktop or to handheld devices. As information sources and platforms...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Business continuity Maintaining Communications After A Disaster
An increasing number of organizations are discovering that the only way to guarantee their communication systems stay online during times of crisis is to employ satellite backup systems to their terrestrial networks, which can be knocked out by any number of...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Satellite Imagery: Enhancing Its Commercial Appeal
By Jason Bates When the first commercial imagery satellites were proposed, owners and investors had visions of billions of commercial dollars dancing through their heads. But the commercial market forecasts for the industry were proven to be wildly...
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| 02.06.2006 |
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Italian Vineyard Mixes Satellite, Aerial Imagery To Monitor Harvest
Part of Frascati's Controlled Origin Denomination — "Denominazione d'Origine Controllata" or DOC in Italian, a wine's legally demarcated home region — was surveyed before and after the October harvest using airborne and satellite imagery...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Digitalglobe To Offer Satellite Imagery On Web
Digitalglobe (www.digitalglobe.com) and Valtus Imagery Services (www.valtusimagery.com), a division of Northwest Geomatics Ltd., entered into a three-year data distribution partnership to offer...
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