NASA Surfs the Skies Above Oahu, Hawaii [720p]

NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on October 17, 2011, produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft.

The map, known as a global digital elevation model, was created from images collected by the Japanese Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or ASTER, instrument aboard Terra. So-called stereo-pair images are produced by merging two slightly offset two-dimensional images to create the three-dimensional effect of depth. The first version of the map was released by NASA and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in June 2009.

This video flyover of Oahu, Hawaii, was made by draping Jan. 13, 2010, image data from the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft over new ASTER Version 2 digital elevation data. Vertical dimensions in this animation are exaggerated 2x.

credit: JPL / Caltech

source: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/index.cfm?id=1027

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• topographic map
• radar mapping
• Terra spacecraft
• NASA

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[ufoguy1962]

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[antho862008]

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