GIS and Artificial Intelligence Used to Build Facebook’s World Population Map
Facebook has used a combination of existing GIS data, high resolution imagery, and artificial intelligence to develop a detailed population map of the world.
New Map of the Earth’s Night Lights
NOAA has released an updated map of the Earth, showing light sources at night from street lights, oil and gas drilling, wildfires, volanic activity, and skyglow.
Mapping the Earth – the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off on February 11, 2000 and one of its missions is an ambitious mapping of the earth.