Feds Open Unclassified Spy Satellite Data on Arctic to Public [1]
September 9, 2015
If you are an environmental journalist, you may be keeping a wary eye these days on ice in the Arctic or the Greenland Ice Sheet. Now our nation's spies are going to help you.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which runs satellites collecting geodata both classified and unclassified, has put up a new Web page with Arctic information. It just went up, and it's as little geeky, but it shows promise for longer-term utility. It helps to have some experience with mapping software, such as ESRI products.
The main portal to Arctic geodata is here. [2]
- "NGA Launches Public Website for Unclassified Arctic Data," [3] ExecutiveGov, September 4, 2015, by Anna Forrester.
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