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020			_a9781441969385 _9978-1-4419-6938-5
024	7		_a10.1007/978-1-4419-6938-5 _2doi
050		4	_aGA102.4.R44
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100	1		_aNorris, Pat. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWatching Earth from Space _h[electronic resource] : _bHow Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us / _cby Pat Norris.
250			_a1.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bPraxis : _bImprint: Praxis, _c2010.
300			_aXX, 284 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringer Praxis Books
505	0		_aThe threat of satellite images -- Weather satellites -- Climate change -- Commercial surveillance: mapping on a large scale -- Society and survival -- Where am I? Where are they? -- Monitoring nuclear weapons1 -- Military imaging satellites: long-range intelligence -- Military radio surveillance from space -- The future.
520			_a- Are satellites a threat to individual privacy? - How bad is climate change and global warming? - Why can we not find Osama bin Laden? - Does the world have enough fresh water? Watching Earth from Space gives you the answers to these and many other burning questions of the day. This is the story of how our planet is being monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments for both military and peaceful reasons. It highlights the technical challenges of those instruments and describes the agencies that gather useful information from them. But as well as all the essential monitoring performed by satellites - such as mapping natural or man-made disasters, agricultural performances, weather, and climate change to name a few - there is a growing swell of public opinion that they are being used by governments to erode personal privacy and freedom. This book looks at the possible conflict between public good and market forces, and the future development of new systems to deal with new needs.
650		0	_aGeography.
650		0	_aRemote sensing.
650		0	_aLife sciences.
650		0	_aAstronautics.
650	1	4	_aEarth Sciences.
650	2	4	_aRemote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
650	2	4	_aPopular Science in Nature and Environment.
650	2	4	_aMeasurement Science and Instrumentation.
650	2	4	_aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9781441969378
830		0	_aSpringer Praxis Books
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6938-5
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