The American space agency and Japan 's Ministry of Economy , Trade and Industry have released a new digital topographic map of Earth that accurately portrays more of our planet than ever before . New digital topographic map shows more of Earth than ever before . Images were taken by Japanese optical instrument on NASA satellite . It consists of millions of digital images to create unified picture of planet .
New digital topographic map shows more of Earth than ever before . Images were taken by Japanese optical instrument on NASA satellite . It consists of millions of digital images to create unified picture of planet .