[meteorite-list] New ASTER Global Satellite Digital Elevation Model Data Now Available Online

[Claudiu Tanaselia]

Should we expect updated maps in World Wind and/or Google Maps?

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Paul<bristolia at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Articles that describe this new global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) dataset are:

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> 1. Most Complete Earth Map Published, BBC News, June 30, 2009

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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8126197.stm

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> 2. Most Complete Topographic Map of Earth, GM International

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> http://www.gim-international.com/news/id3889-Most_Complete_Topographic_Map_of_Earth.html

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> "NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday

> that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with

> detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. The new global digital

> elevation model of Earth was created from nearly 1.3 million individual

> stereo-pair images collected by the Japanese Advanced Spaceborne Thermal

> Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or ASTER, instrument aboard Terra.

> NASA and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),

> developed the data set. It is available online to users everywhere at no cost."

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> Homepages for the ASTER Global DEM are:

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> http://www.gdem.aster.ersdac.or.jp/

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> https://wist.echo.nasa.gov/~wist/api/imswelcome/

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> https://wist.echo.nasa.gov/wist-bin/api/ims.cgi?mode=MAINSRCH&JS=1

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> Yours,

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> Paul V. Heinrich

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