U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are looking to expand the use of remotely piloted surveillance aircraft to cover nearly all of California.
Oblique Imagery Offers Powerful Tools for Geospatial Analysis
Geospatial data users are leveraging oblique imagery for a range of innovative applications. By Art Kalinski, GISP, former GISÂ manager for the Atlanta Regional Commission and geospatial military projects consultant, including consulting for Pictometry International...
Taking Operation IceBridge to the Next Level
NASA’s annual Antarctic mission yields record results as researchers dig deeper into a host of factors that impact global warming. By Holli Riebeek, NASA Earth Observatory (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov), Greenbelt, Md. Additional IceBridge information is ...
Understanding the Benefits of LiDAR Data
How can utilities maximize 3-D modeling? Electrical utilities worldwide are faced with aging and overloaded transmission lines. But with the challenges of acquiring permits and approvals to construct new lines, many utilities concentrate on rating and up-rating...
LiDAR Supports Advanced Geospatial Analysis
Fusing LiDAR’s 3-D feature and elevation data with geospatialimagery creates powerful and accurate mapping applications. By Cherie Darnel, senior technical solutions engineer, Exelis Visual Information Solutions (www.exelisvis.com), Boulder, Colo. Light detection...
What to Watch in 2012
We’re pleased to present our annual State of the Industry report. Once again, our Editorial Advisory Board members have done a great job of identifying the most significant forces impacting the remote sensing industry, as well as key challenges and potential...
Earth Observation Industry Buoyant Despite Challenging Economic Environment
By Adam Keith, Euroconsult (www.euroconsult-ec.com), Montreal. The upswing in Earth observation (EO) satellite capacity looks set to continue, matching growing commercial and political demand for EO data, services and supporting missions. In total, 111 satellites were...
Ground Truth: Empowering the Warfighter with GEOINT
By Army Capt. Edward Major, formerly executive officer to the director of military support staff, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Bethesda, Md. Simply put, the “where†is what ties everything together. Geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) helps...
State of the Industry Report
What Are the Most Significant Forces Shaping the Remote Sensing Industry? How would you respond to this question? Perhaps even more important, what are the key industry challenges and their possible solutions? Earth Imaging Journal’s staff solicited the professional...
A Cloud Highway Hovers Over the Bering Sea
Most of us prefer our winter roads free of ice, but cloud streets depend on it. The cloud formations shown in this satellite image developed over the Bering Sea partly because of the snow and ice blanketing the land and partly due to the sea ice clinging to the coast. The resulting cloud formations resemble streets.
