MUNICH, Nov. 28, 2014—European Space Imaging (EUSI) has successfully completed another year’s CwRS campaign in record time supplying almost cloud-free imagery well inside collection windows in keeping with their reputation for speedy delivery of high-quality data....
Mapping Minerals with Light
The spectacular exposed geology of northwestern China offers an ideal landscape for illustrating how satellite measurements can identify minerals from afar.
Aerial Imaging Primer: Moving Beyond the Base Map
Aircraft have several advantages over satellite platforms when collecting imagery. For example, aircraft can collect data on specific dates and times. Another advantage is the ability to put new sensors in aircraft as technology advances.
How Do New-Generation Earth Observation Satellites Affect the Future of Elevation Models?
Whether planning an infrastructure network, conducting a military intervention mission in unknown terrain or analyzing terrain features for oil and gas exploration, precise, reliable elevation data support a wide range of applications and form the foundation of any accurate geospatial product.
Earth Observation Comes of Age
Just 15 years ago, besides the familiar hurricane swirls and other weather-related phenomena, the average person had seen few, if any, images collected by an Earth observation (EO) satellite. Meanwhile, in relative obscurity, the scientific community was benefiting...
Simplicity = Power for Geospatial Solutions
By Mladen Stojic, president, Hexagon Geospatial (www.hexagongeospatial.com), Norcross, Ga. One constant in our world is change, which can have a dramatic effect on virtually any organization around the globe. Today’s dynamically transforming landscape, whether...
Common, Affordable Products Lead to ¨Analytic Innovation
By Dale Lehner, Office of Corporate Communications, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (www.nga.mil), Springfield, Va. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Advanced Visualization Branch, known as ASCSV, is taking imagery to new heights of...
An Oblique Perspective on Imaging Accuracy
Although oblique imaging products have been part of the mainstream mapping industry for more than a decade, none of the accredited mapping societies have provided standards that define accuracy requirements for oblique imagery.
Mobile Data Sharing Makes Every Worker a Sensor
More than a decade ago, the U.S. Army established the motto that every soldier is a sensor. Fast forward to today and that vision has become fact, with linked mobile devices and applications routing geospatial data back and forth between command and the field.
Bard College Releases Guide to Key Issues About Drones
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2014—The Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College announces the release of The Drone Primer: A Compendium of the Key Issues, an online and print publication about the basic facts, issues, questions, and patterns related...
