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UPDATED: DH (2009)

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

:: UPDATED JUNE 24TH 2009 :: "THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES MANIFESTO 2.0" digitalhumanities.ucla.edu/images/stories/mellon_seminar_readings/manifesto%2020.pdf Meta-Manifesto � June 16, 2009 � In Development "THE PROMISE OF DIGITAL HUMANITIES" digitalhumanities.ucla.edu/images/stories/papers/promise%20of%20digital%20humanities.pdf Whitepaper � March 1, 2009 � Final Version : Characteristics : � Interdisciplinary � � Collaborative � � Socially Engaged � � Timely and Relevant � "The Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci Public Domain

Analog Creativity Re-Presented in Digital Medium

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:00:00 -0800

"Autumn Treasures" by Trixi (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic "Re Ordering" by Trixi (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic

A crossover reference: Peer-to-Patent

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Peer-to-Patent is a pilot project in collaboration with the US Patent and Trademark Office. It was established in 2007 and recently extended/expanded to June 15, 2009. It is focused on helping the patent office perform high-quality examinations of pending patent applications by enlisting the public to help find and explain prior art.... Peer-to-Patent uses social software features to facilitate discussion amongst groups of volunteer experts. Users can upload prior art references, participate in discussion forums, rate other user submissions, add research references, invite others, and more. This helps the examiners focus their attention on the submission(s) of prior art that have the highest relevance to an application. Beth Simone Noveck, Law Professor, and Director, Institute for Information Law and Policy, New York Law School launched the Peer to Patent: Community Patent Review project. Incentives for submitting an application to the project include: � Expedited review. Public review begins one month after publication of the application. Review continues for four months, after which the patent examiner conducts an expedited examination of the patent application. � Potentially stronger patents. If Peer-to-Patent review works as expected, patents that survive the process have already undergone considerable scrutiny and will be less at risk of a successful challenge later. � Public service. Applicants can feel they are contributing to a valuable experiment in new models and technologies for public decision-making. "The Peer-to-Patent Web site is built using open source technologies (RoR, MySQL, Linux OS). Hosted database/web servers, load balancers, and interactive features (threaded discussions, e-mail alerts, RSS feeds, social bookmarks, video clips, tagging, ratings, and more)." Sponsors: CA, Inc., General Electric, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intellectual Ventures, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft, Omidyar Network, and Red Hat. Peertopatent.org content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 US License, except where otherwise noted.

Open Source Font & Forges

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:20:00 -0800

An interesting post-typographical innovation... Free EcoFont uses up to 20% less ink. Results vary font size 9 or 10 is best depending on your software and the quality of your screen... Best for OpenOffice on Mac, PC, or Linux. Distributed under GPL and based upon Bitstream Vera... VeraSansSpecimen.svg by Sun Ladder CC-BY-SA 3.0 & GDFL Also check out some new forges on the top right column... : ) BioForge, Digital Commons, Media Commons, Moving Images, Open GoogleCode, RubyForge, ScienceCommons, ScientificCommons, Software Archive, SourceForge, WikiSpecies

The 1st Stanford University Open Source Lab Unconference

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:54:49 -0800

interoperable across metasociocultural gambits...

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:20:00 -0700

[download browser] manage � track � update social networks � friends � photos � sharing blog editor � webmail � favorites � search detect � drag-n-drop � subscribe � media � feeds � reader � more Firefox 3 architecture easier � faster � safer � free � open source Flock Eco-Edition [browser also includes]

FLASH: Giant Styrobot Invades from Oregon!

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:40:00 -0700

Giant Styrobot & Featured Stories & More "Zoe and Styrobot, Looking Back - Rice University Art Gallery" Source: Flickr � Photo by Mr. Kimberly (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 �Ironically, the robots actually critique the very culture of which they are byproducts . . . Every time something ships there�s a piece of Styrofoam to keep it safe and sound . . . I really look at these pieces as being mechanical and robot in nature. The result is a pretty poignant statement about what we buy . . . and what we throw away.� - Michael Salter, Associate Professor, Department of Digital Arts, University of Oregon Time-lapse of "Art from Excess" at the San Jose Museum of Art.

berkeley.edu.law.tech.freeculture.con

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0700

dmax.bampfa.berkeley.edu/blog/2008/09/free-culture-2008-international-conference-2 law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/events_calendar.htm freeculture.berkeley.edu/Free_Culture_2008.html

Cycles and Spirals

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:07:09 -0700

Wikipedia : Cycles < a h r e f=" http: / / en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Systems_art" target="new">

U R Meta4, 2008 :::: From Happening to Unmuseum to Open Museum(s)

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Unmuseum recommended reading: "Possibilities for Transformational Conferences" a paper by Sunrise Facilitation, a collective that met regularly in Eugene, Oregon from 2000-2006. While no longer active, the ideas and connections from it generated this paper. Formats include: appreciative inquiry, expert time vs. participatory time, fishbowls, kinetic spectrum, pause for pairs, small group sharing, speed geeking/dating, storytelling, open space, world caf�, and more. Published (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0. In addition, view the open exhibition catalog by Sterling Israel M.S. curating and archiving Eco-Art & Artists titled, "Creative Students and Artists in Eugene: New Visions for a Healthy Planet" from March 2007, Arts & Administration, University of Oregon. Published (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0. "Basic Open System Model" by Anonymous, wikipedia, Public Domain > Digital Art Media Progam (DMAX) UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive ...the first open-source museum collection - is a preservation repository and online database of born-digital art. This next-generation cultural works project, currently in the planning phase, also provides a testbed for developing innovative legal, economic, and cultural frameworks for the digital arts. > Department of Modern Culture and Media Brown University ...the museum is entirely in the public domain (add, modify, or remove art, likewise, elements of the building). Our goal is to reimagine definitions of art, artist, curator, museum, culture, and open source. This project is underway in a virtual reality called Second Life. > "Galactic Trading Cards Installation" Illuminated, by PodCollective p.s. worth checking out when in a deeply reflective state... Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator Photo by John Swords via Flickr (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic [Part I] [Part II] ... more to come ...

Practical Ways to Foster Ecological Remediation

Fri, 23 May 2008 23:55:00 -0700

"WCI student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags" (via The Record) Synopsis: Daniel Burd's stew contains ground-up plastic in a mix of landfill dirt, yeast and tap water. After experimenting with different temperatures and configurations, he isolated the microbial remediators. He discovered that it biodegrades over 40% of the weight of plastic bags in less than three months. The only waste is water and a bit of carbon dioxide. "This is a huge, huge step forward... We're using nature to solve a man-made problem." Daniel Burd, 16-yr-old junior, Waterloo Collegiate Institute & Canada-Wide Science Fair winner Additionally, in re-meditation, continuing to reduce our consumption of packaged goods and non-reusable baggage remains a high priority. "String is king" by fixlr (via Flickr) (CC) Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic How to help limit the ever-growing patch of garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean: � Limit use of plastics when possible. � Use a reusable bag when shopping. � Take your trash with you when you leave the beach. � Make sure trash bins are securely closed.

:: MOMA OPEN'D & ELASTIC :: GRL & SPOT :: DESIGN LABS EXTRAORDINAIRE ::

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:00:00 -0700

FLEXIBILITY OF MIND!!! Two featured open source artisans on Imaginify, The Graffiti Research Lab and MM2+3 collaborator Scott Draves are now featured in the Museum of Modern Art's "Design and the Elastic Mind" (2008) curated by Paola Antonelli and Patricia Juncosa Vecchierini. "Over the past twenty-five years, people have weathered dramatic changes in their experience of time, space, matter, and identity. Individuals cope daily with a multitude of changes in scale and pace... The exhibition highlights designers� ability to grasp momentous changes in technology, science, and history..." L.A.S.E.R. Tag Graffiti Projection System (The Mobile Broadcast Unit) PopRally presents Graffiti Research Lab: The Complete First Season (May 4, 2008 @ MOMA) funded by the generous support of Katherine Farley & Jerry I. Speyer [Trailer] Imaginify : ::::::::::::: EXPERIENTIAL GRAFFITI ::::::::::::::::::::::::: (April 2006) TORRENTURL : torrentz.com/d8153e785b737b8f355c7a0ce9864de21059661a (April 2008) Electric Sheep (Spotworks) MOMA Online by Scott Draves Leonardo (cover) : Vol. 41, Issue 1 (January 2008) Discover Magazine : 14 Best Ways to Use Your Computer�s Spare Time (March 2008) Imaginify : Distributed Stimuli (October 2005) BLIP.TV : Dreams in in High Fidelity/Electric Sheep Sample (March 2007)

Online..... Ecology... Games... Innovation... Learning... Media...

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:20:00 -0700

MIT Press Journals has recently published (under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works Unported 3.0 license) a series on Digital Media & Learning, definitely worth examining "...the effect of digital media tools on how people learn, network, communicate, and play, and how growing up with these tools may affect peoples sense of self, how they express themselves, and their ability to learn, exercise judgment, and think systematically..." Read the complete creative commons'd, free & open access editions . . . Digital Youth, Innovation, & the Unexpected (cc) Edited by Tara McPherson, Associate Professor, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California. How emergent practices and developments in young people's digital media can result in technological innovation or lead to unintended learning experiences and unanticipated social encounters. Youth, Identity, & Digital Media (cc) Edited by David Buckingham, Professor, Institute of Education, London University. Contributors discuss how growing up in a world saturated with digital media affects the development of young people's individual and social identities.

Merce Cunningham's "Loops" (Open Source Choreography), 2008

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:40:00 -0800

"Loops got its name from the circular movements Merce could do with his wrists . . . sometimes Merce set the order of the Loops sections by chance operations . . . The 2008 version [an abstract digital portrait of Merce Cunningham that runs in real time and never repeats] is open source, part of the Loops Preservation Project. The project addresses cultural memory as endangered by the computer age � an age that perhaps offers a solution . . ." - The OpenEnded Group ". . . we�re trying to change the eco-system of digital art and performance . . . how digital art is taught and thought about . . . the very thing that we are trying to address in this �preservation project�: that is preservation itself . . . what if performance (or installation) of an artwork counted as distribution?" - The OpenEnded Group "loops-twenty-1202233329111-00002.jpg" "Loops is opened up completely" "Loops" by Merce Cunningham solo dance choreography : CC 3.0 license "Loops" by OpenEnded Group digital artwork : GPL license, v3 "FIELD" by OpenEnded Group development environment : GPL license, v3

WIKISTRUCTION OF WIKITECTURE

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Wikitecture [wiki+architecture] "...a diverse spectrum of individuals interested in exploring the potential of applying an Open Source paradigm to the design and production of both real and virtual architecture and urban planning... conducting �Wikitecture� experiments to work out the exact procedures and protocols necessary to harness a group�s collective intelligence in designing architecture... in much the same way Wikipedia enables a loose, self-organizing network of contributors to collaborate on content creation, the Studio Wikitecture group has been using these experiments to work out the manner by which a group of geographical disperse individuals can come together to share ideas, edit the contributions of others, and to vote on the success or failure of proposed design iterations..." "OAN Nepal Challenge" via Flickr (updated March 4, 2008) "Wikitecture Progress Machinima" (video update February 10, 2008) the Open Architecture Challenge 3D Wiki interface, architectural collaboration, Building Information Model (BIM) technology. Music by DJ BLUE, via ccMixter. "Improving Architecture and City Planning by Harnessing the Ideas behind... Mass Collaboration, Social Networking, Wikis, Folksonomies, Open Source, Prosumers, Networked Intelligence, Crowd Sourcing, Crowd Wisdom, Smart Mobs, Peer Production, Lightweight Collaboration, Emergent Intelligence, Social Production, Self-Organized Communities... and the like."

Re-Re-Archiving Sundog & Re-Remixing Crossroads of Hope

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800

" R E - R E M I X " Imaginify 'synchron'icity This happened by coincidence ! (0�) CLICK ABOVE IMAGINAL IMAGE " R E - R E - A R C H I V E " Imaginify 'synchron'ization This simply happened ! "Cowley-V�dersolstavlan-HaloSim-stockholm38" A HaloSim ray tracing calculation of the sky over Stockholm on April 21, 1535 Produced by Les Cowley, 25 February 2008, GNU Free Documentation license "V�dersolstavlan" ("The Sun Dog Painting") by Urban m�lare, 1535 Copy by Jacob Heinrich Elbfas at Storkyrkan in Stockholm, Sweden, 1636 1998-1999 restoration, Public Domain

The Present is a Gift

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:59:23 -0800

"When generativity, creativity, generosity, and the capacity to embrace life dry up, the Water of Life has gone underground. At such times, the earth becomes arid, life becomes devoid of meaning, the ground of culture cracks and splits, and gaps develop among peoples and between people and nature. Only water can bring the pieces back together, awaken seeds hidden in the ground, and enliven the parched Tree of Life." - Michael J. Meade, Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men (1994) "...the simplest, most direct answer to the question of how do we make our society stronger. Whether your working for the environment, health, or education, it doesn't matter so much as long as you're working at it. The great resource of any country is the energy and intelligence of its people. That's where the investment of money and thought ought to go..." - Lewis H. Lapham, Editor & Historian ("if you're not in, you're out." ?) "The future is now." "I make technology ridiculous." - Nam June Paik, Composer & Video Artist (1932-2006) & author of the phrase "Information Superhighway" "The crime of difference is eclipsed by the power of self realization" by Steven "Frustr8" Lopez, � used with permission by Imaginify

The Tetra-Questions : Metta-Quadrents

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:29:51 -0700

"Media Ecology is the study of media environments, the idea that technology (codes) and techniques (modes), affect human perception, understanding, feeling, and value; and how our interaction with media facilitates or impedes our chances of survival." - Integration of definitions by various Media Ecologists * + *** "the postindustrial and the postmodern, & the preliterate and prehistoric." - Lance Strate, Professor, Communication & Media Studies, & Co-Founder, Media Ecology Association, Fordham University. "the medium (figure) operates through its context (ground)" ** Enhancement (figure) : What does the (new) medium improve or enhance, amplify or accelerate? Obsolescence (ground) : What is driven out of prominence, obsolesced, pushed aside by the (new) medium? Retrieval (figure) : What earlier action or service is brought back into play or recovered by the (new) medium? What older, previously lost ground is brought back and becomes an essential part of the (new) medium? Reversal (ground) : When pushed to its limits or extremes, of its potential, the (new) medium will reverse what was its original characteristics. What is the potential reversal of the new form? **** * Image: "Media Tetrad" under GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 ** Image: "The Resonating Interval: Exploring the Process of the Tetrad" by Anthony Hempell, Communication 453, Simon Fraser University American Society for Information Science and Technology "Parts of this web site may be reproduced freely if not for profit �" *** Video: "A Vision of Students Today" by Michael Wesch Digital Ethnography, Mediated Cultures, Kansas State University 2007 Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. **** Image: "Tetrad" is Public Domain. Recycle

: "meta"graffiti :

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700

"More and more practitioners are seeing the past-present divide is not something that's absolutely critical to the definition of what archaeology is... Many are beginning to understand archaeology more as a wider sensibility about how humans live with their material environments." - Christopher Witmore, Landscape Archaeologist & Post-doctoral Research Associate, Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University from "Writing on the Walls" by Samir S. Patel, Archeology [Magazine], July/August 2007 "Meta" by Schr�edinger's Cat (S�o Paulo, S�o Paulo) (CC) 20 February 2007 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic "A project devoted to the study of graffiti-covered walls as they change over time." - BY CASSIDY CURTIS, THE GRAFFITI ARCHEOLOGY PROJECT & FLICKR SLIDESHOW POOL "Archaeological sensibility" ? "...it resonants with the notion... that foregoes defining the discipline upon subject matter criteria ('the remote past') and instead emphasizes what is unique to how archaeology understands our complex relationships to things. Attention to minutiae of the everyday; detailed documentation of change through time; the processes behind the accretion of an archaeological trace; the individual and creative acts of even 'marginalized' groups. This broader and bolder view of what is unique to archaeology takes action and practice over etymology and definition to contribute a specialized perspective to deep time and modern material practices." - Timothy Aaron Webmoor, Department of Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Archaeology Center, MetaMedia Laboratories, Stanford University

PLEASE GIFT, SHARE . . . AND HAVE A GREAT SUMMER ! ! !

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:46:09 -0700

"Net Art" also known as "Software Art" Image: "Jackson_Pollock_by_Miltos_Manetas" by Amalyah Keshet, 2006 Software Remix: "JacksonPollock.org" by Miltos Manetas, 2003 Software: "Splatter" by Michal Migurski & re-elaborated by Iashido, 2003 CC Atttribution Non-Commerical Share-Alike 2.5 License "Jackson Pollock painting "One: Number 31, 1950" at the Museum of Modern Art", 2007 Image: "Pollock31.jpg" by Americasroof (wikipedia) CC Attribution Share-Alike License version 2.5

1st Life + 2nd Cosmic Law + 3rd Generation GNU/Linux Phone = "NOW GO OUTSIDE"

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:43:47 -0700

Letter from Second Life (Ginsu Yoon) to First Life (Darren Barefoot) Archive: JAN 2007: darrenbarefoot.com Creative Commons License � � � � "Symposium on Creativity" "Why Creativity Matters", Aug 2007 Larry Johnson, CEO, The New Media Consortium (NMC) NMC Creative Commons License �� InternetGen Communicator �� Post-New Silent Gen...

MUSIC � The point where they meet...

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:30:34 -0700

Image: "The Flammarion woodcut" (Recoloured 1998) - anonymous, wood engraving (wikipedia) Link: "Sogno ad Occhi Aperti (Daydream) PART 1" by Giovanni Sollima.

∞≈Ω∆π�∑�� = OPEN LIBRARY (FREE)

Wed, 23 May 2007 01:29:45 -0700

"VISION OF AN OPEN LIBRARY" | "LIBRARIES GOING OPEN (2007)" By Brewster Kahle � Table of Contents � Guided Tour

Incompleteness and Strange Loops

Fri, 18 May 2007 17:08:21 -0700

"Kurt G�del's (1906-1978) monumental theorem of incompleteness demonstrated that in every formal system of arithmetic there are true statements that nevertheless cannot be proved. The result was an upheaval that spread far beyond mathematics, challenging conceptions of the nature of the mind."- Rebecca Goldstein, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Harvard University "I am a Strange Loop" (2007), seeks to demonstrate how the properties of self-referential systems, demonstrated most famously in G�del's Incompleteness Theorem, can be used to describe the unique properties of minds. - Douglas_Hofstadter, Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition Indiana University "Douglas R. Hofstadter: Analogy as Core, Core as Analogy" Glen Worthey, Humanities Digital Information Service (HDIS), Stanford University Libraries, 2006 "Is the core of cognition and animacy essentially only self-representation and self-reference (as in Bach, in our DNA and elsewhere)? Is it essential incompleteness (as in G�del�s Theorem and elsewhere)? Is it strange loops and tangled hierarchies (as in Escher, in Hofstadter�s own book, I Am a Strange Loop, and elsewhere)? Is it in the patterns, puzzles, paradoxes, puns, poetry, and programming that we see throughout Hofstadter�s work? Or is it elsewhere? Elsewhere.... Perhaps it is precisely in analogy that we find the common thread of all these cognitive and creative phenomena, and thus the common element in the endeavors that make us human, and thus the core of our humanity..." "The Year of Mathemagical Thinking" Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine, March 15, 2007 Review: "A Reflection on The Loopy Self" Ben C. Burns, Harvard Crimson, April 27, 2007 �I Am a Strange Loop� sets out to probe the essence of the soul�in a philosophical, cognitive sense... Consciousness, soul, and �a light on inside� are all terms referring to the essential �I� which somehow composes an individual human self... ...is very self-referential, and that any explanation of the concept bends back onto the same concept again. The resulting loop, though, isn�t like most loops caused by self-reference, since there�s no feedback as in... an infinite corridor of TV screens on videotape. So consciousness isn�t a regular loop; it�s a strange loop. ..while presenting arguments of logic, clever bits of analogy here and there add up to reveal that the book itself is more than just a friendly essay: everywhere you turn, �Strange Loop� is drawing back on itself, too. For example, the book�s arguments are made almost entirely through symbols, analogies, and tales of personal experience. Appropriately, Hofstadter devotes much discussion to the reasons that symbols, analogies, and empathy (or, as he calls it, �Varying Degrees of Being Another�) actually work. This book is a work of art, unabashedly self-referential on every level..." "Trying to Muse Rationally about the Singularity Scenario" [Quicktime] [MP3] Singularity Summit, Stanford University, May 13, 2006 Abstract: "...And yet there are some basic ideas that we should not lose track of, and that should help to keep us from confusing wild speculation with grounded reality. In my talk, I will attempt to chart out a way of looking at the �singularity scenario� with one's feet on the ground, and I will try to give, using my moderate familiarity with a number of different scientific disciplines, a personal appraisal of what I see as the likelihood of our being eclipsed by (or absorbed into) a vast computational network of superminds, in the course of the next few decades." "The So-called Singularity: An Onrushing Tsunami, or Another Y2K?" [MP3] Artificial Life X: Tenth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems Bloomington Campus, Indiana University, June 3-7, 2006 Abstract: "In the past few years, a number of futurologists, extrapolating on the basis of many interrelated exponential curves such as Moore's Law, have come to the conclusion that computer intelligence is rising so swiftly that quite soon, it will inevitably reach and then surpass human intelligence, and that at that monumental juncture in the history of this planet, humanity will be eclipsed and replaced by its own creations. Within a few decades, these cyberprophets proclaim, we humans will be living among superintelligent entities that are just as incomprehensible to us as we are incomprehensible to bacteria, and the upward spiral will continue from there on without limit, resulting in entities "who" are literally billions of times more intelligent than today's humans are, and "who" will soon commandeer stars and then whole galaxies, finally turning the entire universe into one single inconceivably intelligent self-reflective organism akin to the Omega Point of the mystic Jesuit philosopher Teilhard de Chardin..."

Confluence : April 19-20-21-22, 2007

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:57:36 -0700

Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability is the only ecological design conference developed and managed by students... working to promote the deeper understanding and broader application of sustainable design principles. "We live on a water planet. Its complex properties have been inspirational for science and art since time immemorial. As water sculpts our physical landscape, it manifests energy to form civilizations or erode them. Its power is shadowed by continuing degradation and scarcity throughout the world. As designers, we are called to a confluence to understand our interdependence and connection to water." Descrption: Lena River Delta (Visible Earth v1 ID: 18024) Public Domain Credit: Image provided by the USGS EROS Data Center Satellite Systems Branch. This image was acquired by Landsat 7�s Enhanced Thematic Mapper plus (ETM+)