The Known Universe: Carter Emmart and the American Museum of Natural History’s “Digital Universe Atlas”

I first met Carter Emmart, Director of Astrovisualization at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History at NextNow Collab project ISDE5, where Carter presented the Uniview, powerfully demonstrating how it could be used within the Digital Earth community.  (Carter was also at ISDE6 in Beijing, presenting “The Global Eye:  Simultaneous Earth system“).  About the Uniview, from their site: Uniview is a computer graphics platform bringing information data- bases to life in a 3D environment much like an immersive computer game.  Loaded with scientific content, Uniview brings your audience to the science and makes…

State of the World Forum Indefinitely Postponed: Letter from Jim Garrison

Dear Friends, I want to inform you that we have decided to postpone indefinitely the Washington conference Feb. 28 – Mar. 3. There is simply not a critical mass of receptivity at this time for the kind of “Climate Summit” we have designed, which has emphasized an integral approach to climate change and the need for an “urgency coalition” to come together to take immediate and decisive action to resolve the climate crisis As disappointed as we are that the conference will not take place, the considered opinion of all our conference partners has been that this is simply not…

Community Remote Sensing and Remote Sensing Capacity Building and the United Nations (Updated)

Thanks to NextNower Myrna Yoo, Publisher of Imaging Notes, for sharing these articles that are of particular relevance to many of us–the first on global vision for local action, and the second on the peaceful uses of outer space.  Both articles are by Ray A. Williamson, PhD, editor of Imaging Notes and Executive Director of the Secure World Foundation, an organization devoted to the promotion of cooperative approaches to space security.  From the most recent issue: For nearly the first three decades of satellite remote sensing, the utility of the data was limited by the expert knowledge of complex software…