Tag Archives: Tips & Tech

Reaching Orbit – Or Whatever

Posted on April 3, 2018

I’ve been told that modern day humans have short attention spans. Something to do with the internet/Netflix/memes/Tide Pods. I’m not really sure. I just skim the headlines. I will take this opportunity to indulge, if only briefly, in click bait … Read more

Out of This World – The State of Art in Space

Posted on April 3, 2018

You’re probably familiar with some of the breathtaking images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. What you might not know, is how those images get from the satellite to our computer screens. Not only does the data need to travel … Read more

Mapping for Good – April 2018 – Mapping L.A.

Posted on April 3, 2018

For this month’s edition of Mapping For Good, we’ll be taking a look at one of my all-time favorite resources for in-depth web maps and spatial information, “Mapping L.A.” from the Los Angeles Times. I’ll come clean from the start … Read more

Reaching Orbit – Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument

Posted on March 6, 2018

The Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope in Arizona is getting an upgrade that will help researchers create the most detailed 3D map of the Universe. The retrofit is for the 9-ton Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Data from the BOSS… Read more

Out of this World – Lunar Benchmarks

Posted on March 6, 2018

As government agencies and commercial entities around the world set their sights on Mars and further destinations in space, they are looking to the Moon as a kind of base camp for space exploration. NASA and its commercial partners envision … Read more

Mapping for Good – March 2018 – Theban Mapping Project

Posted on March 6, 2018

In the nearly two years we’ve published the Mapping for Good series here for our Geospatial Times newsletter, we have covered a wide variety of charitable and sometimes just down-right fun mapping projects around the world. Nearly all of them, … Read more

Out of this World – Eyes to the Sky

Posted on February 6, 2018

The Cold War marked a time of unprecedented advancements in aerospace technology that the U.S. has not seen since that time. The Apollo 17 mission in 1972 was the last time a person set foot on the Moon. Buoyed by … Read more

Reaching Orbit – It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a…. Space Station?

Posted on February 6, 2018

The Chinese continue to increase their investment in space technology and exploration, but that doesn’t come without a fair share of challenges. China launched their first space station, Tiangong-1, in September 2011 as a crewed lab and experiment for a … Read more

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