Satellite imagery was made available to the public when NASA launched their first Landsat mission in 1972. Forty-four years and 100+ satellites later, humans have found countless ways to use this technology for commercial, humanitarian, academic, and personal reasons. So we decided to put together a list of the 5 coolest ways that the power of satellite imagery is being harnessed.
Sample of the satellite imagery used to create the Aerial Bold font. Photo courtesy of Aerial Bold and www.kickstarter.com.
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you ever been on Google Earth and, as you are scrolling around, found something (a building, tree, river, forest, etc.) that looks like a letter of the English alphabet? Well MIT alumni Joey Lee and Benedikt Gro
Sample of the satellite imagery used to create the Aerial Bold font. Photo courtesy of Aerial Bold and www.kickstarter.com.<span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you ever been on Google Earth and, as you are scrolling around, found something (a building, tree, river, forest, etc.) that looks like a letter of the English alphabet? Well MIT alumni Joey Lee and Benedikt Gro