Alaska in 3D

Travel and Leisure (Chicago; Sept. 2) – The White House has unveiled the first-ever 3-D topographical maps of Alaska, which were created using commercial satellites. The project, called ArcticDEM, is the first big international collaboration between the science, technology and defense industries. The National Science Foundation and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, among other entities, were part of the project. Illinois’ National Center for Supercomputing Applications’ Blue Waters supercomputer was used to create the digital elevation models for the maps. Also: National Geographic (Sept. 1), Science Daily (Sept. 1), Engadget (Sept. 2), Live Science (Sept. 2), Alaska Dispatch News (Sept. 3), The Washington Post (Sept. 7), Gizmodo (Sept. 8).