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Published online 5 December 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/450778a
Earth Monitoring: The planetary panopticon
Technology will soon allow the world to be mapped in near-real time and at high resolution. Declan Butler investigates the potential for operational monitoring of the planet.
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