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Conventional satellite imagery may underestimate forest clearing for subsistence agriculture

2013-12-09 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Analysis of forest cover using medium-scale satellite imagery may miss deforestation for small-scale subsistence agriculture, finds a study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The study, which involved researchers from the University of Maryland, the State University of New York and Woods Hole Research Center, is based on change in forest cover in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which accounts for the bulk of the world's second largest tropical rainforest. The researchers...

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Satellite imagery shows before & after devastation

2013-11-13 04:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Satellite images of Tacloban taken before and after Typhoon Haiyan destroyed much of the city have shown how the city in the Philippines has been flattened. Several hours before the typhoon hit, DigitalGlobe -- a Colorado-based company that provides high resolution images from its own satellites to mapping agencies, defence contractors and governments -- switched on its cameras above the city of Tacloban. The city of 200,000 people was teeming with life. Roads were thick with lorries and cars....

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Interactive 3D Product Imagery May Help Online Grocery Experience

2013-10-08 11:00:16| Grocery - Topix.net

As tech-savvy consumers download coupons and compare prices at retail by using their smartphones, there are many other consumers less inclined to use technology while they shop, according to Fusion Marketing.

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