Author: EODataHub

Mediterranean Aerospace Matching event on 22-24 September 2021 in Apulia Region (Italy): registration is open!

The Mediterranean Aerospace Matching is an international event that will take place from 22 to 24 September 2021 at the Marcello Arlotta airport in Grottaglie, Taranto, Apulia Region, Italy. You may register here: https://www.medaerospace.it/registrazione/   The event, led by the Aerospace Technological District (DTA), currently sees among its organizers the Apulia Region, ITA (Italian Trade…
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Visualizing Changes in Nitrogen Dioxide Levels During the COVID-19 PandemicNASA Earth Observations (NEO)on August 12, 2020 at 1:20 pm

On March 11, 2020, COVID-19 was classified as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. That same month, all New York City non-essential businesses were ordered to close by the governor’s office and several residents fled the city to get away from the rapidly spreading virus. There is typically a significant amount of nitrogen…
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Questions asked frequently at NEONASA Earth Observations (NEO)on September 4, 2020 at 12:00 am

After many years of serving the public with global visualizations of Earth’s system processes, we gathered the most frequent questions visitors of our site ask and answered them for you. The FAQs page can be found on the home page and lives here: https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/faq/. Please look these questions over and see if they answer questions…
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How to Visualize NEO Imagery in ExcelNASA Earth Observations (NEO)on September 15, 2020 at 3:37 pm

Did you know you can use Excel to visualize raster datasets? If not, follow this short tutorial and find out how. Let’s use the cloud fraction imagery NEO provides for this example. Step 1. Go to the cloud fraction imagery page and choose the CSV for Excel download option from the drop-down at 1.0-degree resolution…
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Create and Apply the Right Color Palette in Adobe Photoshop for your Map Visualization (Part 1 of 3)NASA Earth Observations (NEO)on October 16, 2020 at 2:58 pm

Applying the right color palette to an image is crucial to conveying the right message to your audience. There are obvious no-nos in map-making like, do not color land and water blue because it may look like your entire map is water. Or, do not color a disaster map green because it may convey a…
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Create and Apply the Right Color Palette in Adobe Photoshop for your Map Visualization (Part 2 of 3)NASA Earth Observations (NEO)on October 21, 2020 at 1:56 pm

Now that we have finished part one and understand how the color table provided with each dataset on NEO is applied to each grayscale map, let’s focus on creating custom color palettes that are easy for everyone to see. Color-blindness is a common condition that prohibits some individuals (mostly men) from distinguishing between colors. Especially,…
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Create and Apply the Right Color Palette in Adobe Photoshop for your Map Visualization (Part 3 of 3)NASA Earth Observations (NEO)on October 28, 2020 at 12:50 pm

We have added the NEO color table to a grayscale image, learned how to accommodate the color blind easily with our maps, and now we are ready to build custom color palettes. Adobe has an online color wheel that is helpful to use when surfing through different colors. If you are unsure what colors to…
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View NEO Imagery on a SphereNASA Earth Observations (NEO)on November 23, 2020 at 10:12 pm

There are several companies and organizations that provide spherical projector technology, but the first one I had ever heard of was Science on a Sphere (SOS) created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Originally envisioned in 1995 by Dr. Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald and later patented in 2005, these Science on a Spheres (and…
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Raster and Floating Point GeoTIFFs: What is the difference?NASA Earth Observations (NEO)on December 23, 2020 at 10:59 pm

When you are considering which format to download for a NEO image, there are two GeoTIFF format options: GeoTIFF (raster) and GeoTIFF (floating point). This can be confusing at first. Let’s take a look at both examples using the Chlorophyll Concentration dataset to distinguish the two formats. Here is a screenshot showing the Downloads box…
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How to add NEO layers to your map using the NEO Web Mapping Service (WMS)NASA Earth Observations (NEO)on February 8, 2021 at 11:47 pm

A Little Background Information on WMS The Web Mapping Service (WMS) protocol has been around since 1999 and gives users the capability to access georeferenced maps via machine-to-machine contact. This means you can connect to a WMS server from a software of your choice that has WMS capabilities and load all or some of the…
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