Book - Satellite Remote Sensing

Satellite Remote Sensing

A New Tool for Archaeology

ISBN 978-90-481-8800-0

  Available here

Each chapter is composed as an authoritative contribution to help the reader grasp the value of its content. The authors are renowned experts from the international scientific community.

Audience: This book will be of interest to scientists in remote sensing applied to archeology, geoarcheology, paleo-environment, paleo-climate and cultural heritage.

• Provides a collection of outstanding articles focused on advanced satellite data processing, analysis and interpretation for archaeological applications
• Features examples of the high potentiality of the Integration of EO multitemporal, multiscale, multisensors techniques
• Includes examples of the integration of EO techniques with other traditional archaeological data source, such as aerial photos, field survey, trials, excavations and historical documentation 

Not one for the faint hearted methinks, but sounds fascinating.

NORTH AMERICA - the visual size of airports

Original article here.

Amazing what simple visualisations can give you.

In a single glance you get the impression of size, and when you put them together in one article like this it is quite apparent which cities have the larger airports.

Very good.