The height map compiled according to the Aster project, the joint work of the NASA and the Japanese Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry. Image NASA.
NASA experts, with the participation of Japanese colleagues, amounted to the most complete and detailed map of the world, which covers 99% of the Earth, including Spring regions. With its help, experts around the world will be able to track processes that were invisible on old -style maps. The National Aerospace Agency ( NASA ) reported the creation of a detailed card.