The world is just a month away from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The winter games are held every four years, and this year athletes will compete for gold, silver, and bronze medals in the city of Pyeongchang. South Korea has built or modified 13 venues for the […]
The year 2017 was a torrent of monumental world events. The most important stories included a string of crippling natural disasters, jaw-dropping technological achievements, and geopolitical actions that ranged from uplifting to egregious. While journalists scrambled on the ground, orbiting satellites documented these scenes in breathtaking detail from space. To […]
Our view from the ground is a myopically thin slice of reality. Satellites in space, however, can record unparalleled views of Earth – from its beautiful natural landscapes to expanding human cities – in stunning detail. To bring those views closer to home, a group of architects, urban planners, mapmakers, […]
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