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    Maryland_Wallops_Flight_Facility_Radar_AOI

    Metadata Updated: October 11, 2025

    NASA's Wallops facility radar area of interest.

    Radars locate an object’s position by emitting electromagnetic waves that reflect off objects, such as planes, birds, and mountains, and are returned to the radar. The electromagnetic waves that are returned to the radar provide the information needed to calculate an estimated size, location, speed, and direction of an object.

    The radar viewshed, or field of view, is the area that is within range of a radar’s electromagnetic waves. The range of the viewshed is influenced by multiple factors, including the radar’s look angle, terrain, weather, as well as natural and manmade objects. Natural and man-made structures within a radar’s field of view can limit the range of the viewshed by blocking electromagnetic waves, which impacts the integrity and usefulness of a radar in identifying and locating aircraft, watercraft, weather, or other objects such as missiles. Additionally, other electromagnetic activity, such as radio waves or microwaves, in the vicinity of a radar transmitter and/or receiver (typically within 8 to 10 miles) can interfere with the electromagnetic waves emitted by the radar.

    Feature Link: https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Military/MD_Military_SmartDG/MapServer/10

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    Metadata Created Date August 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025

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    Harvested from md json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date August 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date October 11, 2025
    Publisher opendata.maryland.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/27eq-9fpe
    Data First Published 2025-07-22
    Data Last Modified 2025-10-06
    Public Access Level public
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://opendata.maryland.gov/data.json
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    Homepage URL https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/27eq-9fpe
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    Source Hash 4f7e2a681ec2f63a3193e2b3fb949a536cab16aa1ff3200f208a6803a5d12896
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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