Watching Earth from Space How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us /

- Are satellites a threat to individual privacy? - How bad is climate change and global warming? - Why can we not find Osama bin Laden? - Does the world have enough fresh water? Watching Earth from Space gives you the answers to these and many other burning questions of the day. This is the story of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Norris, Pat (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint: Praxis, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:Space Exploration,
Temas:
Geographic information systems.
Environment.
Measurement.
Measuring instruments.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Geographical Information System.
Environmental Sciences.
Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The threat of satellite images
  • Weather satellites
  • Climate change
  • Commercial surveillance: mapping on a large scale
  • Society and survival
  • Where am I? Where are they?
  • Monitoring nuclear weapons1
  • Military imaging satellites: long-range intelligence
  • Military radio surveillance from space
  • The future.

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