| Here is a lisiting of some of the contents of the 'Window on the World' CD-ROM:
Launch Site
Business Launchpad
Business Case Studies:
Communications Case Studies
The Satellite Superhighway
Digital Land Cover Mapping for Mobile Telecommunications in Germany
Remote Sensing Applied to Radio Communications
Network Planning for Mobile Radio Communications
A Clearer Way to Communicate
The Journey of a National Lottery Ticket
Keeping Track of Your Parcels
Olympic Team Get Personalised Shipping Forecast
Satellite Communications Aid Whitbread Sails
Are you Receiving Me?
Engineering Case Studies
Dam and Reservoir Construction - An Environmental Impact Assessment
Revising Maps
Siting Studies for Small Hydro-Electric Power Stations
Rapid Landslide Hazard Mapping
The Selection of a Platform Site in the North Polar Region
COAST - Monitoring Coastal Sediment Transport
Offshore Vessel Traffic Monitoring System
Surveying Mining Related Subsidence
Pipeline Mapping
SAR Interferometry for Monitoring Earthquakes
Keeping an Eye on the Weather
Environment Case Studies
Monitoring Oil Spills
Monitoring Military Training Areas
Mapping and Monitoring Habitats
Energy Conservation
Dam and Reservoir Construction - An EIA
Temperate Forest Monitoring
Offshore Vessel Traffic Monitoring System
Bathymetric Surveying
Monitoring Chernobyl
Controlling the Mississippi River
CLEVER Mapping - A procedure for Creating a Database of UK Land Cover
Estimating and Monitoring Atmospheric Emissions
Climate Research at the Hadley Centre
Modelling Air Quality
Farming Case Studies
ALIS - An Agricultural Land Information System
CROPINS - A Remote Sensing Crop Information System
Monitoring Agriculture Subsidy Claims
Energy and Water Balance Information for Yield Forecasting
Monitoring the UK Potato Crop
Support for Precision Farming
Updating Maps of Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESAs)
Fishing Case Studies
Algal Bloom Monitoring System
Identifying Potential Shrimp Farming Sites
Offshore Vessel Traffic Monitoring System
Upwelling off the Norwegian Coast
STARFISH - Fisheries Information Service
Investigation of Accidents at Sea
Marketing and Distribution Case Studies
Energy Conservation
Updating Urban Maps
Production of a Road Map Atlas
Tourist Maps of Zimbabwe
New Perspectives for Travel and Tourism
Anyone for Ice Cream?
Defining Urban Areas: Future High Resolution Systems
Pipeline Mapping
The Journey of a National Lottery Ticket
Keeping Track of Your Parcels
Renewable Natural Resources Case Studies
Temperate Forest Monitoring using Remote Sensing
A Forest Inventory of Gunung Leuser National Park
Modelling Deforestation Risk in Southern Cameroon
Monotoring Tropical Rainforest in Benin
Monitoring Revegetation of Parks Following Urban Fires
Forest Fire Detection in China
CLEVER Mapping - A Procedure for Creating a Database of UK Land Cover
Drought Impact Monitoring in Portugal
Providing Drinking Water in India
Resource Exploration Case Studies
Regional to Prospect Scale Structural Analysis
Satellite Seep Screening
Surveying Mining Related Subsidence
Integrated On and Offshore Studies With ERS-1
Mapping Mineralisation and geological Structures
Offshore Oil Exploration Atlases
Oil Exploration in Rugged Terrain, Saudi Arabia
Bathymetric Mapping for Seismic Data Acquisition
Forecasting Operating Conditions
Risk Management and Insurance Case Studies
Controlling the Mississippi River
Algal Bloom Monitoring System
Investigation of Accidents at Sea
Monitoring Oil Spills
Upwelling off the Norwegian Coast
Rapid Landslide Hazard Monitoring
Surveying Mining Related Subsidence
Pipeline Mapping
Forest Fire Detection in China
SAR Interferometry for Monitoring Earthquakes
Burst Pipes or a Clumsy Spanner?
Transport Case Studies
Investigation of Accidents at Sea
Offshore Vessel Traffic Monitoring System
Satellite Imagery for Flight Simulation
Production of a Road Map Atlas
Bathymetric Surveying Case Study
Bathymetric Mapping for Seismic Data Acquisition
Cliosat: A Satellite Metocean Atlas
Sea Ice Map Production
Arctic Sea-Ice Monitoring
Preparation of an Ocean Wave Atlas to assist Ship Trials
Updating Urban Maps
Siting Transportation Corridors
Olympic Team Get Personalised Shipping Forecast
Satellite Communications Aid Whitbread Sails
I’d Rather be a Duck!: Sea
I’d Rather be a Duck!: Air
I’d Rather be a Duck!: Land
Urban Planning Case Studies
Revising Maps
Boundary Changes and Land Classification using Aerial Photography
Updating Urban Maps
Defining Urban Areas: Future High Resolution Systems
Estimating and Monitoring Atmospheric Emissions
Monitoring Revegetation of Parks Following Urban Fires
Where in the World ?
Project Clipboard
Sunday Times Guided Tour
Teachers' Information Section
Update the CD
Winchester Case Study
World Map for Case Studies
Education Launchpad
Monitoring Planet Earth:
Atmosphere
Three Meteorological Case Studies
Hurricane Hugo
Burns' Day Storm
A Thundery Day over England and Wales
Met. Success Story
Monitoring and Analysing the Weather
Weather Hazards
Biosphere
Two Deforestation Case Studies
Monitoring Land Cover and Detecting Change
Vegetation Change in Africa
Managing Fish Stocks
Lake Malawi
Environmental Change
Monitoring Global Change
Desertification
Ancient River Channels and the Sahara Desert
Antarctic Sea Ice
Aral Sea
Greenhouse Effect
Ozone Depletion
Hazards and Disasters
Weather Hazards
Volcano Hazards
Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault
Chernobyl
Locusts' Damage
Acid Rain
Mississippi River Flood
Oil Spills
Hydrosphere
Mississippi River Flood
Irrigation in Egypt
Sea Surface Temperature
LOIS
Providing Clean Drinking Water for Villages in India
Lithosphere
Oil Exploration
Earthquakes and the San Andreas Fault
Volcanoes
Geologists' Use of Remote Sensing
People and Economic Activities:
Energy
Acid Rain
Chernoby
Choosing HEP Sites
Oil Exploration
Farming
Preventing Swarms of Locusts
Predicting the Potato Crop
Predicting the Sugar Beet Harvest
Monitoring Agriculture in the Economic Union
Irrigation in the Nile Valley
The Aral Sea
Fishing
Monitoring Fish Stocks
Lake Malawi Project
Forestry
Acid Rain
Temperate Forests
Tropical Forests
Making Maps
Land Cover Change in Australia
Mapping Cyprus From Space
Mapping Urban Areas
Mining and Minerals
Geological Structures
Oil Exploration
Detecting Subsidence
Settlement and the Built Environment
Archaeology and Remote Sensing
The Heslerton Parish Project
Morton Fen, Lincolnshire
Pueblo Boniton
Sub-Saharan Channels
Middlesborough
Durban
Transport
Ash Clouds
Ice Breakers
How Satellites and Sensors Monitor Planet Earth
Types of Orbit
Polar Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit
Types of Sensor
Cameras and Photography
Multispectral and Hyperspectral Scanners
Radar
Passive Microwave Scanners
Satellite Missions
Comparison of Common Sensor Types
Contact Information and Address database
Contents Section (main menu)
Download Software
Find Out More Section
Games and Simulations
Glossary
Guided Tours
Multimedia Guided Tour
Help Section
Internet Links Section
Introduction to Earth Observation (EO)
Keyword Search for Java Compatible browsers
Learn about the Principles of Earth Observation
People and Careers in Earth Observation
Agriculture and Environment Specialist
Assistant Director of Johnson Space Center and Astronaut
Astronaut (Mission Specialist)
Cartographic Specialist
Chief Wizard
Earth Observation Consultant
Exploration Geologist
Geography Teacher
Geological Mapping Consultant
GIS Consultant
Image Analyst
Information Technology Project Manager
Postgraduate Researcher
Research Scientist
Remote Sensing Specialist
Science Center President
Satellites and Sensors
Active Sensor Satellites
ERS-1
ERS-2
RADARSAT
Passive Sensor Satellites
Landsat
Landsat MSS
Landsat TM
SPOT
Small Satellites
The Shuttle
Weather Satellites
Meteosat
Meteosat 2
NOAA
GMS
INSAT
Future Satellites
ENVISAT
ARIES-1
Next Generation Hi-Resolution Satellites
EarlyBird
Carterra
OrbView
QuickBird
What is a Satellite?
Using Satellites for Communication
Exploring the Universe
Using Satellites for Military Purposes
Using Satellites to Find Out About The Weather
Using Satellites to Find Out About The Earth
Using Satellites to Find Out Where You Are
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