The first of these 3-D Arctic Digital Elevation Models were released at the beginning of this month. The new maps can be viewed via Web browser using tools supplied by Esri. The interface allows the user to navigate Alaska’s landscapes and apply a variety of filters to examine the terrain’s various aspects. Another app allows users to view differences between Alaska today versus historical data.
What type of maps did the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and National Science Foundation recently release of Alaska?
Answer: 3-D Arctic Digital Elevation Models
Following President Obama’s 2015 trip to the Arctic, he directed the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the National Science Foundation to create the “first-ever, publicly available, high-resolution, satellite-based, elevation maps of Alaska” by 2016 and the entire Arctic by 2017.
The first of these 3-D Arctic Digital Elevation Models were released at the beginning of this month. The new maps can be viewed via Web browser using tools supplied by Esri. The interface allows the user to navigate Alaska’s landscapes and apply a variety of filters to examine the terrain’s various aspects. Another app allows users to view differences between Alaska today versus historical data.
The first of these 3-D Arctic Digital Elevation Models were released at the beginning of this month. The new maps can be viewed via Web browser using tools supplied by Esri. The interface allows the user to navigate Alaska’s landscapes and apply a variety of filters to examine the terrain’s various aspects. Another app allows users to view differences between Alaska today versus historical data.
