2016-03-07: Custom Missions in the COVE Tool
When I am not studying Web Sciences at ODU, I work as a software developer at Analytical Mechanics Associates . In general, my work there aims to make satellite data more accessible. As part of this mission, one of my primary projects is the COVE tool . The COVE tool allows a user to view where a satellite could potentially take an image. The above image shows the ground swath of both Landsat 7 (red) and Landsat 8 (green) over a one day period. The CEOS Visualization Environment (COVE) tool is a browser-based system that leverages Cesium , an open-source JavaScript library for 3D globes and maps, in order to display satellite sensor coverage areas and identify coincidence scene locations. In other words, the COVE tool allows the user to see where a satellite could potentially take an image and where two or more satellite paths overlap during a specified time period. The Committee on Earth Observing Satellites (CEOS) is currently operating and planning hundreds of Earth obse...