The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) thinks that today's computer maps of the Earth are inaccurate for its needs. So it recently awarded a grant to a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) researcher to develop better computer terrain maps of the surface of Earth and even our moon or Mars. RPI will develop new methods of compressing the data gathered by radar and laser scanning. Even if there is a specific focus to improve navigation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and to position soldiers where they have the best visibility of their surroundings, other applications are envisioned, such as radio-rowers on the moon or Mars. Read more...
Sources: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute news release, October 31, 2005; and various web sites
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