DOQQ - Navarre Beach, Florida

DOQQ of Navarre Beach, Florida downloaded from USGS.gov. Navarre Beach is located on Santa Rosa Island, a barrier island located off the coast of Northwest Florida.

Remote Sensing-Google Earth Project

I visited the MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program (http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/wms.php). MODIS stands for Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. This is the sensor used on the satellite. MODIS is a multi-spectral sensor. The spatial resolution of MODIS is 250 m (band 1-2); 500m (band 3-7) and 1000m (bands 8-36)
( http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/media/modis_brochure.pdf). These measurements indicate longer wavelengths because they are in meters. MODIS detects over a wide range of the spectrum (multispectral). The referenced brochure details each band .. land/cloud properties bands 3-7; ocean band 8, sky band 17, etc.

This kml displays the United States with symbology representing the fire detections; I zoomed in to the Arizona area to see the geography of the area. The google image displays 1 km MODIS fire detections for the past 12 hours, 12-24 hours and previous 6 days; this was downloaded from Google Earth on Tuesday, June 24th. (NOTE: MODIS completes an image of the earth every 2 days). The Incident Management Team is located north of the Yuba River and all fire incidents occur south of the river.

Choropleth Map/Proportional Circle Map

Choropleth maps can be used to show differences in area and on this map, the purple areas show the percentage of population who was eligible and who did indeed vote. The proportional circles correspond to the vote within these areas. Downloaded from http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/cctp/units/unit47/html/czech.html

Dot Distribution Map/US Census

Known at the "Nightime Map" in the map series, it represents the 2000 population of the US. This is a very unique way of showing the density and coorelates to lights in the night; the brighest lights are the urban area's with the highest (density) of population. Downloaded from: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/mapGallery/images/2k_night.jpg

Propaganda Map

This map represents the "new world" as envisioned by an American of all people. The origins of the idea of a new world order are said to date back to Roman times. The concept is that the most powerful should establish a new world and bring the rest of the nations along with them - willing or not. Downloaded from http://strangemaps/files.wordpress.com/2008/06/1942world1600.jpg.

Hypsometric Map

This is a hypsometric map of France which was downloaded from
http://www.reliefshading.com/colors/hypsometric.html. Color shading on this map represents relief within the country. Shading varies with the higher elevations being brighter. As such, along the western coast there is very little relief with the most significant elevation being found on the Eastern side of the country.

Thematic Map - Capitol

This map of the Capitol Area was downloaded from http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/. It is a flat, 2 dimensional map which shows the streets around the Capitol in Washington, D.C. with significant tourist destinations/landmarks identifed.