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title: Surprises in satellite maps
date: "2005-04-14T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 664
description: Explore how high-resolution satellite imagery reveals dramatic global events as they happen, from the devastating Sri Lankan tsunami and volcanic eruptions to the aftermath of bombings in Baghdad captured in digital maps.
keywords: [satellite imagery, remote sensing, natural disasters, mapping, baghdad, sri lanka]
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[Surprises lurk in satellite maps](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67190,00.html). Like the tsunami hitting Sri Lanka, an erupted volcano, bombing at Baghdad, etc.