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EU Galileo and its triple C: Costs, China, Catastrophy

The German goverment has warned that the European Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) Galileo will be again more expensive as planned. Calculated costs of 1.8 billion Euro until 2013 for development and 3,4 billion Euro for the construction phase will not … Continue reading

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Haiti Earthquare Before/After satellite photo

The New York Times has published an article about the Haiti Quake which inlcudes statellite phones before and after Jan 12 2010.  At this webmap with image slider you can image the destruction in Port-Au-Price. It shows areas around: National … Continue reading

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First satellite photo from the “Google” satellite appeared

As posted the new GeoEye-1 Satellite, which is sponsored by Google, has send the first satellite image of the earth. It shows the area of the Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, USA. The purpose of the Earth-Imaging-Satellite is to sell pictures … Continue reading

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“Google Satellite” Successfully Launched Into Space

I’ve already posted that Google together with GeoEye will launch a new Satellite for Google Earth and Google Maps images. The so called “GeoEye-1” satellite will take photos with a resolution of 0.41 cm / pixel. In the following pictures … Continue reading

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Satellite Images: Austria in HD

Searching the own home place with Google Earth or Google Maps is definitively one of the most popular activities for many users. “Geoimage-Austria” has provided Google with new imagery for Burgenland, Upper Austria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Salzburg. All data is … Continue reading

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Green light for Galileo

The European Union (EU) has finnaly decided about financing the statellite navigationsystem Galileo. All in all until the year 2013, when the project should be finnisched, the EU will provide 3.4 billion Euros. “Mit der Einigung des Rates haben die … Continue reading

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