11/11/2023 0 Comments Maps earth satelliteTogether they have changed the way we view the world. This month Google Maps celebrates its ninth anniversary, and in June so does the company’s 3-D mapping app, Google Earth. It is the latest in a series of spacecraft designed to beam back high-resolution pictures of our planet, images that most of us will eventually see on Google Maps or Google Earth. Spinning around the planet some 600 kilometres (370 miles) above us, it will cover every part of the Earth’s surface every couple of days.īall Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado is building WorldView-3 for commercial satellite operator DigitalGlobe. Once in orbit later this year, WorldView-3 will be one of the most powerful Earth observation satellites ever sent into space by a private company. All rights reserved.Behind a long rectangular window, in a high white room tended by ghostly figures in masks and hats, a new satellite is taking shape. Labels and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tropical storm tracks are created using the latest data from NHC, JTWC, NRL and IBTrACS. Weather forecast maps show precipitation, wind, temperature and more using the latest global model data from DWD ICON and NOAA-NWS GFS. Coverage is limited and may show glitches/anomalies. Radar maps show rain and snow detected in real-time. Heat sources show areas of high temperature using the latest data from FIRMS. HD satellite images are updated twice a day from NASA polar-orbiting satellites Aqua and Terra, using services from GIBS, part of EOSDIS. ![]() ![]() EUMETSAT Meteosat images are updated every 15 minutes. Live satellite images are updated every 10 minutes from NOAA GOES and JMA Himawari geostationary satellites. View LIVE satellite images, rain radar, forecast maps of wind, temperature for your location.
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