QuickBird mapping the ecosystem.The Nature Conservancy Nature Conservancy, nonprofit organization established in 1951 to preserve or aid in the preservation of natural environments. It protects wilderness areas in the United States and Canada and is affiliated with similar groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. has turned to spacecraft spacecraft Vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth's lower atmosphere. Since streamlining is not needed in the high vacuum of this environment, a spacecraft's shape is designed according to its mission (see to assess biological diversity and the environmental conservation around the world. The organization will rely on images provided by the OuickBird satellite, made by DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe, of Longmont, Colorado, USA, is a privately held commercial vendor of space imagery and geospatial content, and operator of civilian remote sensing spacecraft. Inc. of Longmont, Colo. QuickBird maps guarantee "consistent imagery over large areas, and we don't have to mosaic the pieces together as we would with aerial aerial: see antenna, in electronics. imagery," said Frank Biasi, of the Nature Conservancy. "This allows us to efficiently map large landscapes and ecosystems at a level of detail that is meaningful to local communities and conservation managers." |
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