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Watching earth from space : how surveillance helps us -- and harms us / Pat Norris.

Title
Watching earth from space : how surveillance helps us -- and harms us / Pat Norris.
Author
Norris, Pat.
Publication
Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester : Praxis, 2010.

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Description
xx, 284 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Uniform Title
  • Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
  • Springer Praxis Books
Alternative Title
How surveillance helps us -- and harms us
Subject
  • Artificial satellites in remote sensing
  • Geography
  • Remote sensing
  • Life sciences
  • Astronautics
  • Earth Sciences
  • Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
  • Popular Science in Nature and Environment
  • Measurement Science and Instrumentation
  • Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
  • Earth (Planet) > Remote-sensing images
Genre/Form
  • Remote-sensing images
  • Images-satellite.
Note
  • Published in association with Praxis Publishing.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The threat of satellite images -- Weather satellites -- Climate change -- Commercial surveillance: mapping on a large scale -- Society and survival -- Where am i? Where are they? -- Monitoring nuclear weapons -- Military imaging satellites: long-range intelligence -- Military radio surveillance from space -- The future.
ISBN
  • 9781441969378 (pbk.)
  • 1441969373 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 697592249
  • SCSB-11748966
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library