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The first Philippine satellite launched to space was Agila-2 which was placed to orbit in 1997. The Philippine Space Agency is the lead government organization of the Philippine space program since 2019 but all active satellites are built and operated by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and its child agencies.
Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering addresses and ...
Geography of the Philippines. The Philippines is an archipelago that comprises 7,641 islands, [ 8] and with a total land area of 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi), it is the world's fifth largest island country. [ 2][ 3][ 9] The eleven largest islands contain 95% of the total land area. The largest of these islands is Luzon at about ...
Laguna de Bay ( Spanish for "Lagoon/Lake of Bay "; Filipino: Lawa ng Bay, [bɐˈʔi] ), also known as Laguna Lake and alternatively spelled " Laguna de Bae ", [ 1] is the largest lake in the Philippines. It is located southeast of Metro Manila, between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the north.
The satellite is named Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment (MULA). [4] MULA would be the first of a "next-generation satellites" under the Philippine space program, with the team behind the satellite building on the knowledge gained in developing the Diwata and Maya nanosatellites. [5] The investment cost for the satellite is at least US$34 ...
Pag-asa Island, also known as Thitu Island ( Filipino: Pulo ng Pag-asa, lit. 'Island of Hope'), Đảo Thị Tứ ( Vietnamese: Đảo Thị Tứ) and Zhongye Dao ( Chinese: 中业岛/中業島; pinyin: Zhōngyè Dǎo ), having an area of 37.2 hectares (92 acres), it is the second largest of the naturally occurring [ 4] island in Spratly Islands.
OpenStreetMap ( OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial imagery and also import from other freely licensed geodata sources. OpenStreetMap is freely licensed under the Open Database License and as a result ...
Cebu island satellite image captured by Sentinel-2 in 2016. Cebu Island is the 126th largest island in the world. Cebu Island itself is long and narrow, stretching 196 kilometers (122 mi) from north to south and 32 kilometers (20 mi) across at its widest point. [43] It has narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus, and coastal plains.