News: Quantum and Blockchain in Space
Myrna James YooPublisher and Managing Editor Apogeo Spatial Dear Readers, As a quarterly magazine, it is rare that we get to announce actual news for our space and satellite industry. In this issue, we...
View ArticleThe Role of Satellite-Derived Geospatial Data for SDGs
SDG Special Section Brought to You by Maxar Technologies For half a century, Earth observation (EO) satellites have provided consistent and accessible information about the state of our natural...
View ArticleClimate Change: The Looming Threat That Can’t Be Wished Away
Ray A. Williamson, PhDEditor, Apogeo Spatial Climate change, climate change, climate change…After years of being a niggling background issue for many, the effects of climate change are now front page...
View ArticleThe Earth from Space
This oblique nighttime view of Western Europe and the well-lit coasts of Spain, France and Italy (left to right) was taken by Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques on May 13, 2019, as it orbited 256...
View ArticlePanaMapping: GIS for Conservation Science
Editor’s Notes: This article is an excerpt from the book GIS for Science: Applying Mapping and A Spatial Analytics originally published by Esri Press, Redlands, CA. Copyright 2019. The companion...
View ArticleWelcome to Earth Matters
Life 2.0 Podcast Features Myrna James Yoo To hear the interviews with Bill Kurtis and Myrna, and about how this partnership came about via synchronicities, listen to the April 22 and May 26 episodes of...
View ArticleHope for the Great Barrier Reef
.asset-bg.light-style {background-position:center bottom !important;} Long thought to be “too big to fail,” the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is under serious threat and its outlook is dire. One of the...
View ArticleGarbage Patches in the Oceans
Etop Esen, Ph.D. Commercial Innovation Manager ISS U.S. National Laboratory www.ISSNationalLab.org Amanda S. O’Connor Director of Geospatial Solutions Teledyne Brown Engineering https://tbe.com...
View ArticleChanges Abound in 2020
Myrna JamesPublisher and Managing Editor Apogeo Spatial Dear Readers, The year 2020 will be one to remember. The current global situation is complicated. While it’s extremely challenging for some, much...
View ArticleChanging Global Risk Perception
Prof. Hans-Peter Plag, PhDMitigation and Adaptation Research InstituteOld Dominion University Norfolk, Va.www.mari-odu.org LONG FEARED BY THOSE WHO STUDY GLOBAL CATASTROPHIC RISKS (GVRs), a pandemic...
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