
System requirements: graphical Web browser with forms support and the ability to display GIF and JPEG images. Some applications of remote sensing include imaging the Earths surface (see above), environmental monitoring, military intelligence, weather prediction.

"You can view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe."-Home page. System requirements: graphical Web browser with forms support and the ability to display GIF and JPEG images. The science of remote sensing can be used to image objects from space, air, or distant locations when on-site inspection is impractical or the object being sensed is invisible to the naked eye.
