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

• Main Author: Norris, Pat (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis : Imprint: Praxis, 2010.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Geography.; Remote sensing.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Nature.; Environment.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

- 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...