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What is Geo-Synchronized and Sun-Synchronous

Chapter 303
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Fourth Edition
The platforms are designed to follow a north-south orbit and in conjunction with the Earth’s west-east rotation, they are able to capture the entire Earth’s surface over a certain period of time. These satellite platforms orbits are often sun-synchronous: - They are able to cover each particular area on the Earth’s surface at a constant local time of day. This ensures consistent illumination conditions for images of the same area that have been acquired at different times.
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Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
Joyce Gosata Maphanyane (University of Botswana, Botswana)
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2255-3.ch303
Abstract
The first human footprints dated more than 1, 9 million years ago; the Homo erectus Era; ‘upright man'; marks the beginning of man socio-economic-Historical Development. It culminated to Bronze Age, Iron Age, Industrial Revolution and currently Information Age. The current Era has allowed rapid global communications and networking to shape modern society. Individuals are able to transfer information freely, with instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult/ impossible previously. This chapter elaborates upon GIS/Remote Sensing; the highest echelon in ICT world. It compares and contrasts the four globally used GIS systems of GOES: the Geosynchronous Orbiting Environmental Satellite; LANDSAT, SPOT: Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre and the WorldView. Their temporal resolution; spatial resolution (Figure 6 – WorldView3); spectral resolution (Figure7 Landsat8); radiometric resolution (Figure8 WorldView3) and their DEM characteristics (Figure9 SPOT DEM) are reviewed. The human side of information reference services in the form of TEK is alluded to.
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Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method
The platforms are designed to follow a north-south orbit and in conjunction with the Earth’s west-east rotation, they are able to capture the entire Earth’s surface over a certain period of time. These satellite platforms orbits are often sun-synchronous: - They are able to cover each particular area on the Earth’s surface at a constant local time of day. This ensures consistent illumination conditions for images of the same area that have been acquired at different times.
Published in Chapter: Parallel Development of Three Major Space Technology Systems and Human Side of Information Reference Services as an Essential Complementary Method; From: Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Engineering and Environmental Science
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Chapter 305
Developments of the Digital World of Remote Sensing and GIS, Their Comparison to, and the Importance of the Human Side of Information Reference Services
The platforms are designed to follow a north-south orbit and in conjunction with the Earth’s west-east rotation, they are able to capture the entire Earth’s surface over a certain period of time. These satellite platforms orbits are often sun-synchronous: - They are able to cover each particular area on the Earth’s surface at a constant local time of day. This ensures consistent illumination conditions for images of the same area that have been acquired at different times.
Published in Chapter: Developments of the Digital World of Remote Sensing and GIS, Their Comparison to, and the Importance of the Human Side of Information Reference Services; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
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