NASA scientists knew February 2010 wave would be too small to cause destruction in Hawaii
Scientists used GPS sensors placed close to the epicenter of February's destructive Chilean earthquake and experimental computer modeling to predict the size of February's tsunami. Listen to this interesting Hawaii Public Radio report.
http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hpr/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=42&Itemid=166
What are other real world uses for GPS you can think of?
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Forecasting Tsunami with GPS Technology
Labels:
Geography Awareness Week,
GIS,
GPS,
Hawaii Data,
Real World Use
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