Feds Open Unclassified Spy Satellite Data on Arctic to Public

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Feds Open Unclassified Spy Satellite Data on Arctic to Public

September 9, 2015

If you are an environmental journalist, you may be keeping a wary eye these days on ice in the Arctic or the Greenland Ice Sheet. Now our nation's spies are going to help you.

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which runs satellites collecting geodata both classified and unclassified, has put up a new Web page with Arctic information. It just went up, and it's as little geeky, but it shows promise for longer-term utility. It helps to have some experience with mapping software, such as ESRI products.

The main portal to Arctic geodata is here.