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Forest Planet

Iain Woodhouse's blog on forests, Earth observation and everything in between

Tag: Google Earth

An extract from my eBook: “Chapter 4: Two things that gives remote sensing a bad name”

Here is an extract from my recent eBook, Thirteen Short Chapters on Remote Sensing.  It is the first part of … More

backscatter, biomass, eBook, Google Earth, Land, observation, remote sensing, satellites, synthetic aperture radar, technical, textbook

How high is an Earth observing satellite? (infographic)

I just created this infographic to help my students get a handle on the scales involved when dealing with Earth … More

atmosphere, Climate Change, Google Earth, Land, observation, satellites
Two villagers near Mkuwazi interpret a satellite image of their village from Google Earth.

Phones in the forests

Imagine this: A rural village on the outskirts of Mkuwazi forest reserve in Northern Malawi. A woman, stops, takes out … More

community mapping, Deforestation, Google Earth, Malawi, participatory GIS

Jambula!

– Jambula, verb, the Chichewa word meaning to record on film or cassette [1]. Do I have the right to capture your … More

Africa, Alice Ladenburg, CIA, Google Earth, jambula, Malawi, observation
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