Numerous artificial earth satellites launched into space by different countries are equipped with equipment that allows transmitting photographic images of the surface of our planet in real time. In order to see a photo of the Earth from a satellite, you do not need to be a scientist or an astronaut - anyone who wants to - an Internet user can get acquainted with them.
Instructions
Step 1
Photographic images obtained from satellites have the widest, quite "terrestrial" application. They are used to update topographic maps and allow you to get a high-precision three-dimensional cartographic model of the terrain even in hard-to-reach areas of the globe. These images are the basis for monitoring the state of agricultural crops, natural objects for the purpose of operational remote sensing. With their help, a weather forecast is made and an assessment of large-scale damage caused by natural and man-made disasters is made.
Step 2
Modern technology makes it possible to obtain very high-resolution space satellite images, obtained from a distance of 200 to 500 km, so you can see not only cars, but also individuals on them. Reduced to one scale, transformed into a plane and assembled into a single mosaic photographic plan, they represent a real map of the earth's surface. You can see such a map in Yandex. Maps or Google. Maps, which are applications of the search engines of the same name.
Step 3
The GoogleEarth mapping service is free to install on your home computer. This will allow you to see planet Earth in 3D. The possibilities of this service are truly endless - you can take a virtual trip to any place on the planet, see different countries and historical monuments. The developed countries are most fully and reliably represented: the USA, Canada, Japan, the states of Europe.
Step 4
If you are interested in the area where you live, then on the Kosmosnimki.ru website you can see detailed pictures of large settlements and even get acquainted with the cadastral division map, find your land plot using it, if you know the cadastral number assigned to it in Rosreestr.
