The claim: Earth's oceans have no 'elevation features' and are in a 'container' A Facebook post shows an image of a string of islands in a calm expanse of ocean alongside a diagram of different ...

NASA Complex mathematical graphs involving three numbers allow for the digital rendering of topographic maps. This one, of the San Andreas Fault, was developed from a satellite radar image. Select an ...

NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

The elevation of nearly every place on Earth is now available, thanks to a NASA satellite mission. By analyzing 1.3 million images collected by a Japanese instrument aboard the spacecraft, the agency ...

NASA and Japan has released a new digital topographic map of Earth that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. NASA ...

The most complete digital topographic ever made of the Earth was released by NASA Monday. The map, known as a global digital elevation model, was created from images collected by the Japanese Advanced ...

This is pretty nifty: a new elevation map of the Earth has just been released by NASA and Japan. It’s a “significantly improved” version of one that came out in 2009. It uses Japan’s ASTER, the ...

High-precision 'TanDEM-X 30 m DEM Change Maps' show changes in the Earth's surface. The 3D change maps are the latest product of the TanDEM-X radar satellite mission. The global TanDEM-X elevation ...

NASA and Japan released an improved version of a digital topographic map Oct. 17 that was produced with measurements from NASA’s Terra Earth-observing satellite. The map, known as the global digital ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The most complete digital topographic ever made of the Earth was released by NASA today (Oct. 17) ...