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	The National Agriculture Imagery Program
	Keeping up with Challenging Demands
	The National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) is one of the largest orthoimagery programs in the country. Recent changes in imagery acquisition and image processing requirements have improved NAIP's services significantly.

	Battling the Sea
	High-Density LiDAR Mapping Assesses Storm-Surge Barriers
	The Netherlands boasts some of the world's largest storm-surge barriers. Low-level LiDAR helps to protect the land and people from the sea.

	Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
	Reflecting on the State of the Industry
	Earth Imaging Journal asked its Editorial Advisory Board members to analyze the remote sensing industry's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Combined, their views provide a unique look at the current state of the industry.

	Raising the Radar Bar
	Inside the RADARSAT-2 Program
	Departing from the original government-led RADARSAT-1 program, the RADARSAT-2 mission represents a public-private partnership between MDA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

	ArcGIS Image Server 9.2 Deliver Dynamic Image Distribution and Processing
	(Product Review) ArcGIS Image Server 9.2, ESRI's most significant release for Earth imagery users, offers a lot more functionality than a typical Web mapping system.

	Don Juan Pond, Antarctica
	Simulating Mars on Earth
	Discovering remote sensing signatures of locations on Earth that are analogous to Mars is one of NASA's strategies for understanding the red planet’s habitability.

	Film vs. Digital Imagery
	A Map-Accuracy Assessment Supports Large-Scale Photogrammetry
	In early 2006, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation teamed with Photo Science to study the impact of integrating digital imagery into a traditional large-scale photogrammetric workflow.

	Master Raster with the Geographic Transformer (Product Review)
	Blue Marble's Geographic Transformer is an image referencing, reprojection, mosaic creation and compression tool based on the company's core coordinate conversion technology. Blue Marble entices users to "Master Raster" with this powerful yet easy-to-use package.

	IDRISI Andes Edition Enhances Modules, Adds Land Change Modeler (Product Review)
	IDRISI software has served as the happy medium between involved image processing and "black box" GIS analysis for years. Clark Labs departs from tradition in its newest incarnation, IDRISI Andes (Version 15), by adding a vertical application that is dedicated to specific goals.

	Revolutionizing Floodplain Mapping
	North Carolina Completes Innovative Statewide LiDAR Project
	North Carolina has completed the initial phases of a statewide floodplain mapping project that may serve as the blueprint for other states to follow in updating digital flood insurance rate maps.

	Earth Imagery for the Masses
	Online Mapping Services are Promoting Remote Sensing's Commercial Value
	All sectors of the geospatial industry are acknowledging the positive impact these search engines are having on the commercial satellite imaging business.

	Defense Photogrammetry
	Data Integration Drives Military and Commercial Applications
	Photogrammetry for defense applications differs in many respects from traditional approaches, but continues to drive the discipline's development.

	Stereo Remote Sensing
	Solving a Global Aviation Problem
	New innovations in stereo remote sensing are allowing aircraft flight controllers to minimize flight delays.

	GEOINT
	A Historical Look at Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Advancements
	Modern geospatial intelligence reflects decades of monitoring activities on Earth's surface and integrating them into successful combat strategies.

	Next Generation Imagery on the Horizon
	A New Era in Commercial Earth Imaging
	GeoEye-1 will take commercial Earth imaging to new horizons.

	Geospatial Cooperation
	Statewide Map Pays Off Quickly for Mississippi
	The Mississippi Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems was tasked with developing standards and processes that would make it easier for geospatial information users to pool resources to obtain and disseminate a variety of data sets with minimal duplication of effort.

	Taming Wildfires
	Removing the Guesswork with Satellite Imagery
	The picture of many remote areas of northwestern Ontario's massive West Fire Region has become crystal clear through the addition of .60-centimeter QuickBird satellite imagery.

	Landcover Development
	State/Federal Collaboration Improves Data Quality, Saves Money
	One of the key tools used to manage natural resources and planning for Maine’s future is remotely sensed landcover data.

	Photogrammetry 101 and Beyond
	Facing 21st Century Challenges
	Most geospatial professionals can benefit by expanding their familiarity with photogrammetry.

	Wetlands Analysis
	Monitoring Change in South San Francisco Bay
	Human development during the last century has brought profound changes to South San Francisco Bay's estuary and marshes, fueling concern about the fate of the remaining marshlands.

	Internet Innovations
	Earth Imagery Enables a New Wave of Online Content
	The Internet revolutionized many industries when consumer and business-to-business applications came online.

	Converging Airborne Technologies
	Support for Diverse Applications
	A wide variety of airborne instruments can be used to collect high-resolution, accurately georeferenced imagery and terrain data.

	Global Change
	Revealing Humanity's Impact on Earth
	Remote sensing instruments have played a vital role in detecting environmental changes, including the impacts of human activities on the landscape, atmosphere and oceans.

	Streamlining Forest Management
	Washington State Maximizes Productivity with Digital Photogrammetric Workstations
	Innovative photogrammetric tools allow the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to manage its $5.3 million acres of land more effectively.

	High-Tech Archaeology Supports Quest for Noah's Ark
	Can High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Certify one of Ancient History's Most Coveted Prizes?
	A new age of discovery through high-resolution satellite archaeology was born when GeoEye's IKONOS satellite zoomed in on the ice cap of a remote mountain in northeastern Turkey on Oct. 5, 1999, during its calibration mission.

	Urban Forests
	Can AVIRIS Data Replace Field Surveys?
	Establishing accurate tree type and species parameters is critical for urban forest management, cost/benefit analysis and urban planning

	Satellite Photogrammetry
	Processing Innovations Maximize High-Resolution Imagery Options
	High-resolution satellite image camera models have been implemented and are supported by most commercial photogram-metric software vendors such as BAE Systems

	Transportation Planning
	Cut Project Costs with Remote Sensing
	Three corridor projects demonstrate how LiDAR and digital aerial photography complement traditional data collection techniques for environmental analysis.

	Infrastructure Management
	InSAR Marks a Shift in Ground Movement Monitoring
	InSAR is a long-established and proven technique for measuring and monitoring land subsidence

	Product Review - Lineworks
	LineWorks Solves Vector Alignment Problems
	The vector data in many geospatial systems don't line up! Lineworks to the rescue

	Forging Partnerships
	Web-Enabled Database Connects Civil Agencies, Commercial Providers
	The ability to graphically visualize a cross-government array of remote sensing requirements will benefit society and industry.

	Rangeland Mapping
	Ease Classification with an Object-Oriented Approach and Satellite Imagery
	Determining detailed vegetation characteristics to classify arid rangelands often presents unique problems due to the high reflectance of the soil background, a mixture of green and senescent grasses, and the prevalence of shrubs in grasslands.

	Lessons Learned
	Collaboration and emergency preparedness are the cornerstones of effective rapid response.
	Emergency preparedness can help rescue and recovery workers stabilize events, mitigate additional risks, and save lives through fast, efficient, sustained response.

	Product Review - Photoshop CS2
	Geographic Imager Adds Raster Functionality to Adobe Photoahop CS2
	Avenza System's MAPublisher for Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia's Freehand provide exceptional map-making capabilities.

	LiDAR for Mapping and GIS
	Determine the Right Product for any Project
	Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology offers an efficient way to produce digital elevation models (DEMs) for a variety of large-scale, high-accuracy mapping applications.

	State of the Industry Report
	The Future of Remote Sensing
	Multiple research techniques were used with a global database of more than 10,000 contacts. Data were collected through detailed on-line surveys and personal interviews.

	Application Development
	Identifying Imagery that meets your needs
	Aerial imagery users now can choose between digital or film imagery.

	The Global Balancing Act
	Developing an International approach will solidify and sustain the U.S. remote sensing industry's future.
	What is known commonly as the “U.S. industry” is more global than national.

	New Visualization Technologies Go Beyond the Screen
	More on GEOINT
	Defense and homeland security mission planning and operations managers need an in-depth understanding of an operational area’s terrain.

	Tonal Balancing
	Use a Balanced Approach to Tiled Imagery
	Although correcting tonal imbalances is complex, today’s geospatial professionals have an expanding range of tools to correct tonal imbalances.

	NGA Meets Diverse Demands with Commercial Imagery
	What Is GEOINT?
	“the exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth.”

	Stereo Photogrammetry
	Technology Trends lead to 3-D Innovations
	Today's stereoscopic viewing solutions, such as StereoGraphics' CrystalEyes, allow geospatial professionals to extract complex geographic information from a wide variety of imagery.

	Managing Native American Lands
	A Digital Workflow Streamlines Solutions and Support
	Spanning 81 square miles, Pueblo de Cochiti hosts a variety of land and vegetation types

	Drilling Deep for Energy
	Radar Imagery Improves Oil Exploration Success
	Oil and gas exploration is inherently risky, and offshore oil exploration is an especially huge gamble.

	Sizing Up a Maritime Disaster
	Satellite Imagery Helps Responders Quickly Access Alaskan Oil Spill
	Applied Analysis Inc. (AAI) acquired high-resolution QuickBird satellite imagery of the accident site from DigitalGlobe.

	Las Imágines
	Spain's Cartographic Institute of Catalonia Delivers Digital Imagery Online
	In addition to maintaining a huge on-site paper map library, ICC maintains a vast library of digital data, including source data from the Servei Geològic de Catalunya (Geological Survey of Catalonia).

	Coastal Development
	Change Analysis Program Monitors Impact of Costal Development
	A healthy coastline is essential for the economic and ecological well being of the United States and its territories.

	Markets and Opportunities?
	A Guide to the Global Explosion of Land-Imaging Satellites
	It would be the rare reader, indeed, who would know about all 66 satellites orbiting the Earth.

	The Frozen Frontier
	Commercial Satellite Imagery Help with Climate Issues
	Mapping and monitoring habitat change in Antarctic ecosystems requires a continuous source of high-resolution imagery.

	Coastal Zone Management
	New Programs and Data Sources
	The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) offers coastal resource managers a variety of data, information and products derived from remote sensing technology.

	Destructive Forces
	Space-Based Resources Deliver Innovative Disaster Management Solutions
	The space technology and disaster mitigation communities work together to develop efficient methods for disaster prevention.

	The Cold, Hard Facts
	SAR Imagery Helps Users Chart a Safer Path through Icy Waters
	Fortunately for ship captains, the operational use of SAR satellite imagery for sea ice and iceberg monitoring is well solidified.

	Mining Safety
	Satellite imagery Adds Realism to Training Simulators
	Some of today’s simulator training programs for the mining industry are made as realistic as possible by incorporating high-resolution satellite imagery.

	Deep Water Ahead
	Using Satellite Imagery for Underwater Mapping
	Mapping submerged water features with satellite imagery requires an approach that differs from land mapping.

	Help from Above
	Assessing Tsunami-Ravaged Areas from Space
	Satellite imagery vividly illustrated the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami's human, social and environmental toll.

	Stereo Photogrammetry
	Making 21st Century Air Transportation Safer
	Techniques rooted in the 1950s form the basis for modern airport analysis.

	Merging Technologies
	LiDAR Complements Multispectral Imagery
	Recent mapping technology advances such as direct digital imagery acquisition and Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)- derived data sets are quickly changing the remote sensing industry's service offerings.

	Automated Feature Extraction
	Software Advances Extract Impervious Surfaces from Satellite Imagery
	Traditional image-content analysis methods in machine vision and photogrammetry used gray-scale and shape characteristics to extract roads, buildings, etc., while remote sensing focused on spectral signatures to classify pixels in smaller scale images. Now feature-extraction techniques are able to effectively combine these separate approaches to create a more robust, powerful feature-extraction capability.

	JPEG 2000 and GML
	Standards that Work Together
	The JPEG 2000 image-compression standard allows users to leverage another standard, the Geography Markup Language, to bridge the gap between raw imagery and existing geospatial systems.

	The Dangers of Non-Interoperability
	Open Geospatial Data Standards Minimize the Potential for Havoc
	Real-world risks are a serious consequence of geospatial data non-interoperability.

	When Disaster Strikes
	VIEWS System Applies Satellite Imagery to Post-Disaster Analysis
	ImageCat Inc. has pushed the geospatial technology envelope when it comes to analyzing and mitigating risks associated with natural disasters.

	Local Decisions, National Consequences
	Meaningful Remote Sensing Tools, Education Are Keys to Effective Decision-Making
	Using remote sensing and GIS technology, the University of Connecticut's NEMO Project has been educating local land use officials for more than 13 years on the links between land use and water resource protection.

	From Obscurity to Mainstream
	Oblique Imagery and Orthophotography Combine to Spark New Applications
	The growing use of oblique imagery is being driven by a new set of users—primarily for public safety, 9-1-1, appraisal and land use planning applications.

	Streamlining Transportation Decisions
	NCRST Promotes Best Practices Among Education, Government and Industry
	The National Consortium for Remote Sensing in Transportation develops innovative ways to improve transportation planning and management.

	Land Use Planning
	High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Enables New Opportunities
	Although traditional film-based aerial photography offers many benefits for mapping applications, the advantages of high-resolution satellite imagery shouldn't be overlooked.

	An Aerial Approach to Risk Management
	Digital Maps Help Insurers Identify Risks Worth Taking
	For more than a century, insurers have recognized the value of geographic information for risk management. Now they benefit from digital maps and GIS technology.

	Bridging the Information-Knowledge Gap
	Geospatial Decision-Support Systems Hold Promise for Nontechnical Users
	The need for true decision support is greater today than ever, as the future of the geospatial industry depends largely on the ability to extend spatial data use to the mass market.

	Geospatial Data on Demand
	Business-Centric GDS Tools Spur Change
	What’s the value of that property? What new structures are appropriate for that site? To accelerate the site-analysis process, Geospatial Decision Support tools have arrived to give business decision makers access to geospatial data on demand.

	Auto-Correlation Advancements
	Cut Months from Ortho Production Projects
	In business for just three years, Vertical Mapping Resources Inc. (VMR) has built a reputation as a company that completes highly accurate aerial mapping projects ahead of schedule. VMR’s commitment to state-of-the-art digital processing technology, especially auto-correlation of elevation models, has been a major factor in enabling it to complete projects quickly.

	Canada's Green Miles
	An Ambitious Satellite Study Is a Benchmark for Global Forest Management
	Canada’s wild forests—how much are left, and where are they? Global Forest Watch Canada and Russia’s Socio-Ecological Union International recently answered these questions using more than 1,000 satellite images.

	Agribusiness Prepares to Harvest RADARSAT-2 Data
	Today’s agricultural industry is a sharp contrast to yesteryear, when farmers wished for better and cheaper mechanization, and information reconnaissance meant walking fields, eyeing crops and probing the soil with bare hands to determine moisture levels.

	Taming Wildland Fires
	Advanced Imagery Analysis Aids Mitigation and Tactical Planning
	Innovative remote sensing analysis techniques can benefit fire-fighting professionals by providing a quantifiable data link for wildfire mitigation planning and action.

	Building a Better Base Map
	Aerial Photography, LiDAR Create a Solid Foundation for Calvert County’s New GIS
	Aerial photography and LiDAR met Calvert County's goal of creating an accurate base map to serve as the foundation for its new GIS.

	EIJ Interview: ORBIMAGE CEO Matt O'Connell
	Wall Street-Savvy Executive Eyes Opportunities, Profits
	Led by CEO Matt O'Connell, ORBIMAGE has overcome a launch failure and restructured its debt to become the third U.S. company to operate a high-resolution commercial imaging satellite.

	Maximize Geodata Use
	Move from Image Management to Workflow Management
	Effective data-management products query and search massive amounts of data, taking the guesswork out of finding and managing information.

	Going Digital
	Florida DOT Creates a 3-D Airport Map with All-Digital Processing
	In late 2003, the Florida Department of Transportation purchased Z/I Imaging's Digital Mapping Camera, making it one of the first organizations in the world to have a digital workflow that includes acquisition, processing and distribution.

	Earthquake Recovery
	QuickBird Imagery Supports Damage Detection and Relief Efforts
	ImageCat Inc.'s use of satellite imagery for postearthquake analysis in Algeria represents a milestone in the field of earthquake research.

	Satellite Imagery Reveals Southern California Infernos
	Satellite imagery chronicled the evolution of the 2003 Southern California fires and their devastating consequences.

	Are U.S. Ports Safe?
	U.S. leaders know how vulnerable the country is to the threat of ship-borne terrorism. But how can the United States prevent terrorists from taking advantage of its decentralized port system?

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