Tired of your Windows PC? I know I’ve wanted to toss mine onto the Interstate lately! Today’ a new Linux solution hit the market… The Glide Desktop Atop Linux. Details – Glide Sync is available today for download at http://www.glideos.com/ completing the Glide Desktop solution for Linux. Glide Sync currently supports Linux 2.6 / x86 architecture (Intel x86 and compatible CPUs including AMD x86). Glide Sync support for Linux x64 architectures (Intel x86-64 / IA- 64, and AMD64) will be added in September.
Archives for August 13, 2007
SDTS2DXF utility – available on the USGS FTP server
One of the most common data translation utilities floating around on the web is the SDTS2DXF translator. Users are commonly sent to resources (like the datadepot) to access this translation tool, however, isn’t this a USGS developed tool?? See ftp://ftp.blm.gov/pub/gis/sdts/dlg/ to grab SDTS2DXF 2MIF and others
DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 1 Satellite to lift off Tuesday, September 18, 2007
DigtalGlobe has delivered their latest satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its scheduled launch on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Some specs on World View 1:
Highest resolution available commercially
50 cm panchromatic at nadir
55 cm out to 20° off-nadir
50 cm panchromatic at nadir
55 cm out to 20° off-nadir
Orbit
Altitude: 496 kilometers
Type: Sun synchronous, 10:30 am descending node
Period: 94.6 minutes
Altitude: 496 kilometers
Type: Sun synchronous, 10:30 am descending node
Period: 94.6 minutes
Mission Life
7.25 years, including all consumables and degradables
(e.g. propellant)
7.25 years, including all consumables and degradables
(e.g. propellant)
Spacecraft Size, Mass & Power
3.6 meters (12 feet) tall x 2.5 meters (8 feet) across,
7.1 meters (23 feet) across the deployed solar arrays
2500 kilograms (5500 pounds)
3.2 kW solar array, 100 Ahr battery
3.6 meters (12 feet) tall x 2.5 meters (8 feet) across,
7.1 meters (23 feet) across the deployed solar arrays
2500 kilograms (5500 pounds)
3.2 kW solar array, 100 Ahr battery
Sensor Bands
Panchromatic
Panchromatic
Sensor Resolution
(GSD = Ground Sample Distance)
0.50 meters GSD at nadir
0.55 meters GSD at 20° off-nadir
(note that imagery must be re-sampled to 0.5 meters for non-US Government customers)
(GSD = Ground Sample Distance)
0.50 meters GSD at nadir
0.55 meters GSD at 20° off-nadir
(note that imagery must be re-sampled to 0.5 meters for non-US Government customers)
See http://www.digitalglobe.com/about/worldview1.html for mroe info – FYI, World View 2 is tentatively scheduled for a launch sometime in 2008.
DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 1 Satellite to lift off Tuesday, September 18, 2007
DigtalGlobe has delivered their latest satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its scheduled launch on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Some specs on World View 1:
Highest resolution available commercially
50 cm panchromatic at nadir
55 cm out to 20° off-nadir
50 cm panchromatic at nadir
55 cm out to 20° off-nadir
Orbit
Altitude: 496 kilometers
Type: Sun synchronous, 10:30 am descending node
Period: 94.6 minutes
Altitude: 496 kilometers
Type: Sun synchronous, 10:30 am descending node
Period: 94.6 minutes
Mission Life
7.25 years, including all consumables and degradables
(e.g. propellant)
7.25 years, including all consumables and degradables
(e.g. propellant)
Spacecraft Size, Mass & Power
3.6 meters (12 feet) tall x 2.5 meters (8 feet) across,
7.1 meters (23 feet) across the deployed solar arrays
2500 kilograms (5500 pounds)
3.2 kW solar array, 100 Ahr battery
3.6 meters (12 feet) tall x 2.5 meters (8 feet) across,
7.1 meters (23 feet) across the deployed solar arrays
2500 kilograms (5500 pounds)
3.2 kW solar array, 100 Ahr battery
Sensor Bands
Panchromatic
Panchromatic
Sensor Resolution
(GSD = Ground Sample Distance)
0.50 meters GSD at nadir
0.55 meters GSD at 20° off-nadir
(note that imagery must be re-sampled to 0.5 meters for non-US Government customers)
(GSD = Ground Sample Distance)
0.50 meters GSD at nadir
0.55 meters GSD at 20° off-nadir
(note that imagery must be re-sampled to 0.5 meters for non-US Government customers)
See http://www.digitalglobe.com/about/worldview1.html for mroe info – FYI, World View 2 is tentatively scheduled for a launch sometime in 2008.