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Keeping a Watch on Megacities, Earthquakes...and Crops

Jim Riley

23rd June 2015

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Yet another satellite is launched into the atmosphere - but this one should be of huge interest to geographers!

The BBC reports this morning on the launch of Sentinel-2a

Sentinel-2a has been sent to return pictures of the planet's surface in visible and infrared light. Its data will map everything from the growth of megacities to the destructive aftermath of natural disasters such as earthquakes. But Sentinel-2a will also have a particular role in monitoring the performance of the world's food crops.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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