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ESA Satellites keep an eye on Dutch dikes

In the Netherlands, local authorities are looking to satellite observations as a promising option for dike monitoring and to protect against dike failures.

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Wed, 24/10/2012 - 11:01
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ESA
Processed on Oct 24th 2012

New data shows El Mayor–Cucapah earthquake was simple on surface, complicated at depth

Like scars that remain on the skin long after a wound has healed, earthquake fault lines can be traced on Earth's surface long after their initial rupture.

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Thu, 11/08/2011 - 17:34
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Caltech's Tectonics Observatory
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34.1383
longitude: 
-118.124
Processed on Aug 11th 2011

8th Beijing International Workshop on Geographical Information Systems

Time and Duration
Venue City: 
Fuzhou
Basic Information
Date: 
29/06/2011 - 01/07/2011
Venue Country: 
China
Event Organisers: 

  • Spatial Information Research Center of Fujian, Fuzhou University,China
  • State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, the Chinese Academy of Science,China
  • Commission on Modeling Geographical Systems, International Geographical Union
  • Commission on Geographical Information Science, International Geographical Union
  • Commission on Quantitative Geography, the Chinese Geographical Society
  • Commission on Cartography and Geographical Information System, the Chinese Geographical Society
  • Key laboratory of Spatial Data Mining & Information Sharing, Ministry of Education of China
  • College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fuzhou University,China
  • College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University,China

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BJ-IWGIS 2011
Language of event: 
English

BJ-IWGIS 2011 is the eighth forum of this successful series and will take place for the first time outside Beijing. Its main goal is to become a prestigious and high quality international con

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26.0745
longitude: 
119.296
Processed on Apr 20th 2011

Earth movements from Japan earthquake seen from space

Processed on Mar 30th 2011

Satellite images have been essential for helping relief efforts in Japan following the massive quake that struck on 11 March.

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Wed, 30/03/2011 - 14:17
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ESA on March 30, 2011
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36.2048
longitude: 
138.253