GISCafe Voice Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » “Change matters” viewer from Esri displays Vegas sprawlMarch 13th, 2012 by Susan Smith
The Change Matters viewer from Esri can show how your area has changed over a given time period, say for instance, from 1988 to 1990. Las Vegas is known for its phenomenal sprawl over the past four decades. Time-lapseimages from the Landsat earth monitoring satellites reveal in false-color, multispectral imagery how urban sprawl has stretched out from Nevada’s “Sin City” over the past four decades.
This latest video was posted by NASA in honor of the 28th anniversary of Landsat 5’s launch on March 1, but the pictures actually go back to 1972, when the Landsat program began. Tags: Change Matters, earth monitoring satellites, ESRI, false-color, geospatial, GIS, Landsat, Landsat 5, multispectral imagery, NASA, Nevada, satellite imagery, Sin City, time lapse images Categories: Esri, remote sensing, satellite imagery |