Connect with The International Space Station and People From all Around The World!
Last year Dave MacLean (@DaveAtCOGS), a GIS instructor from the Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS) in Nova Scotia combined Chris Hadfield’s (@Cmdr_Hadfield) amazing collection of aerial photos that he captured while commanding the International Space Station into an interactive online map. The map quickly grew traction and popularity all over the world and allows users the ability to locate the places in each photo while interacting with Hadfield and the other astronauts as they rotated the earth around 18 times a day.
Now a new joint project between NASA, COGS, and Esri was recently kicked off by Reid Wiseman (@Astro_Reid), one of the astronauts currently living on the space station by tweeting from the Space Station. The new map (http://bit.ly/SpotTheStation2) is sort of an inverse idea to the original one, as this one is maps the many locations around the world where people have spotted the International Space Station. The community driven project is open to all and anyone can contribute.
Come outside and try to #spotthestation during #Exp40. Put your location in {brackets} so we can map it!
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) June 4, 2014
How can you contribute?
- First spot the Space Station in the sky as it flies over your location (easiest to locate just after dusk or near dawn – Space Station schedule http://www.isstracker.com)
- Then tell the world about it by … tweeting your location (town, country-or-prov-or-state) and include the hashtag #SpotTheStation (include a picture, if you’d like)
- e.g. “ISS just flew over head here in Merigomish, Nova Scotia #SpotTheStation”
Your Tweet will then automatically appear on the map at your location containing your tweet with your info & photo For more info, contact Dave MacLean (@DaveAtCOGS)
Where were you when you saw the Space Station? Tweet #SpotTheStation & add your location http://t.co/37nX9vnZ4j pic.twitter.com/YDD29LrUtO
— Cdn. GIS & Geomatics (@CanadianGIS) June 12, 2014
International space station over Amherst, Nova Scotia https://t.co/kjabDzRgnn #SpotTheStation #ISS #photography pic.twitter.com/gFpjgQz4uM — len wagg (@flyboylenny) June 5, 2014
#ISS from Scandicci (Florence, Italy) while Soyuz is docked with the new crew #SpotTheStation @Astro_Alex @astro_reid pic.twitter.com/IvfR7U4LQc — Alex Barucchieri (@alexZalex_) June 10, 2014
You can see the Space Station at night ISS orbits over Hollister Ca 6/3 1st of 2 passes #SpotTheStation @astro_reid pic.twitter.com/w3oPVdanbD — George Krieger (@GeorgeKrieger) June 5, 2014
Caught this shot of the #ISS passing last night; 7 shots total to show angle. #SpottheStation pic.twitter.com/axbYLNpuYm — Casey Stanford (@Casey_Stanford) April 24, 2014
Cheers @Astro_Reid! We took a picture of you too! Can you see us? 
#SpotTheStation pic.twitter.com/XmdeWDSiYM — Carlsberg (@carlsberg) June 4, 2014
What to know when to look up to see the #ISS fly over you? Get alerts to #SpotTheStation at http://t.co/I8fjb4dMXI pic.twitter.com/QBQayYQCJX — NASA (@NASA) June 4, 2014
Where were you when you saw the Space Station? Tweet #SpotTheStation & add your location then go to http://bit.ly/SpotTheStation2
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