New Global Land Cover Image Is 'Sharpest Ever'

Satellite image mosaic is the most detailed picture of the earth's land cover.

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May 7, 2005, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A mosaic of global land cover from Envisat's MERIS instrument. The same sensor is to be used as the basis of ESA's GLOBCOVER project to creating the most detailed land cover map ever. For this mosaic a total of 1561 orbits taking place over the period May, July, October and November 2004 have been used to screen the clouds."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Envisat making sharpest ever global Earth map

Saturday, May 7, 2005 in ESA - Observing The Earth

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