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RSS space earthGoogle Earth takes a dive
News Google Earth has also used images from the European Space Agency's satellites to showcase stunning pictures of natural disasters. Google Earth maps of the seabed in UK waters have been released by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). [29 May 2007]
NASA's World Wind Puts the Planet at the Fingertips of Internet Users Anywhere
White Paper Using the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual C# .NET, and Microsoft DirectX, World Wind enables anyone with a PC and a broadband Internet connection to take a virtual tour of the earth, seeing three-dimensional images of the planet... [31 Mar 2007]
Redmond research lab shows what's cooking
News Microsoft research head Rick Rashid said the project does for space what MSN's Virtual Earth does for our planet. Researcher Curtis Wong demonstrated the technology for attendees, zooming out from Microsoft's Redmond campus to view Earth and then... [07 Mar 2007]
Virtual moon and Mars flights come to Google
News A spokesman from the European Space Agency (ESA) - which also has many high resolution images of Mars and the moon and is hoping to send astronauts to Mars by 2030 - said the deal is a great way to promote space exploration but added the new... [19 Dec 2006]
Space and Its Practical Applications at the Service of Society
White Paper In the early 21st century, the Earth's inhabitants have at their disposal a multitude of ground and space technologies enabling them to communicate, identify their position, and observe the Earth and its natural phenomena. [30 Nov 2006]
GMES: Supporting Sustainable Development and a Safer World
White Paper GMES requires all kinds of Earth observation satellites (Sentinels), but it will also use telecommunication and navigation satellites for robust communications and localization. This paper describes GMES and the contribution of Alcatel Alenia Space... [30 Nov 2006]
Photos of the month - November 2006
Photo Following on from our best of Google Earth piece, these pics from the European Space Agency show natural phenomena captured from space. Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire, UK as seen from Google Earth.silicon.com chose its favourite... [27 Nov 2006]
Space web video chat lined up
News The tech-savvy space agency ESA recently teamed up with Google Earth to provide satellite images showcasing the globe's natural disasters. He launched into space on 4 July 2006 and will return to Earth next month. [23 Nov 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Is there nothing new in IT?
Comment Most significantly, ICT is contributing hugely to just about every corner of innovation in biotech, genetics, nanotech, photonics, nuclear and quantum physics, materials, earth sciences and more. This time around the tech availability and... [20 Nov 2006]
Photos: Google Earth showcases natural disasters
Photo Google Earth and the European Space Agency (ESA) are showcasing the planet with 130 satellite images added to the planetary prowler from ESA's satellite image library. Photo credit: European Space Agency [17 Nov 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Life on Google Earth
Comment Google Earth isn't going to be enough to quell my wanderlust but it's certainly compelling enough - in fact 'addictive' would be a better word - to keep me in my seat for hours on end. I've always been fascinated by travel and able to lose myself... [06 Nov 2006]
European polar weather satellite ready for lift-off
News Polar orbiting weather satellites orbit at a lower altitude than geostationary satellites - 800km compared with 35,000km for geostationary - and so can observe the Earth in closer detail. The satellite will carry instruments for monitoring the... [10 Jul 2006]
'Mobile Linux "revolution" on the way'
News Qtopia is in turn based on the company's Qt platform, which has been used to develop applications as diverse as Adobe Photoshop Elements, Google Earth, the Opera web browser, Skype and space flight simulation modules for Nasa. [29 Jun 2006]
Microsoft launches Virtual Earth in the UK
News Microsoft has this week launched the beta version of its online location service and Virtual Earth satellite image mapping platform in the UK. Virtual Earth, which was launched in the US last year, is a platform for a number of online location... [24 May 2006]
Photos: Google reinvents the waiting room...
Photo Google's latest venture is trial project, Google Space, which offers travellers in Heathrow Airport free internet access and a chance to get to grips with applications such as Google Earth, Google Mail and Picasa. [25 Nov 2005]
