Every trucker knows that the road can have its set of challenges. Even a minor miscalculation can lead to delays or safety ...

The map data has a resolution of one arc second, or one elevation reading every 30 meters (98 feet). This elevation data represents what Heady calls foundation data, or the underlying information upon ...

Thenew height map was constructed from data gathered in the first 10days of the Jason-3's operational life, at an altitude of 830 miles (1,336 km).

Hotelier Richard Kessler's request for a height map amendment for a proposed multi-million dollar West River Street development hit a speed bump Tuesday after the city's planning commission tabled ...

The map depicts average height over 5 square kilometers (1.9 square miles) regions), not the maximum heights that any one tree or small patch of trees might attain.

The forest-height map has implications for an ongoing effort to estimate the amount of carbon tied up in Earth's forests and for explaining what sops up 2 billion tons of "missing" carbon each year.

The grand recalibration, called “height modernization,” is part of a broader effort within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, to establish more accurately where and ...