Satelite Images

The Story Of Satelite Images

In this modern era, you just have to say that this thing is impossible and the next day science will prove you wrong. There are little ventures unknown to man and yet there is infinity of darkness before us. With the incredible advancements in science and technology, the whole world has not only shrunk to a much smaller place, but it has also become a place where going astray or lost is a thing from history. Forget the days when explorers used to risk their lives and had to travel to far and wide places so that you can have your geography maps updated and route maps properly chalked out. Today, thanks to live satelite images, even your backyard has been recorded for later reference.

In case you are still gaping then let me tell you that we are talking about live satellite images technology. The technology that has changed our world as well as the way we look at our world. This technology has seem tremendous developments in the past few decades and the way it is creeping into every part of our daily life, one can be sure that it is here to stay for long.

Sattelite images took their infant steps in 1950 when the Russian Satellite, Sputnik went in space. Although these satellite images of earth were a bit unclear and hazy and showed the earth to be nothing but a blurred sphere, it still was marked the beginning of a new revolution. In 1970, we started having color satellite image maps, which were better than their earlier versions but still quite rough. The scenario completely changed from 1990's onwards. Soon you were having nasa satellite images that had precision up to things two feet across. Thus you could literally you're your own backyard in these maps and images.

In those days, satilite images, real time satellite images and weather satellite images were for the exclusive use of scientist and engineers for research work and for high-end politician sand military strategists for military work. It was unheard that a common man could view these images. Things completely took a summersault after the advent of the Internet. From that day to now, anyone and everyone with an Internet connection are well familiar with the concept of satellite images. There are many websites like Google Earth, NASA website as well as many other private concerns that offer you these live satellite images free of cost. Some of these have even promised to bring real-time satellite images in few decades. These images will also be interactive and promise to change things for better.

The uses of this technology are immense in many sectors like rural development, education, geology, biodiversity conservation, weather forecasting etc. geologists can look at these images to determine how various parts of the Earth have changed over time. This will help them immensely in their research work.