Tag: Japanese Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
NASA and Japan Release Improved Topographic Map of Earth
PASADENA, Calif. – NASA and Japan released a significantly improved version of the most complete digital topographic map of Earth on Monday, 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…