Intriguing Images of 2011

Intriguing Images of 2011

  Earth imagery is elevating our understanding of today’s interconnected world by providing unparalleled insights and transparency. The images on the following pages highlight just a few of the many ways remote sensing helped chronicle some of 2011’s noteworthy...

After the Deluge

After the Deluge

Fast Image Delivery Helps Nashville Respond to Historic Flooding By Kevin Corbley, Corbley Communications (www.CorbleyCommunications.com), Castle Rock, Colo.   On more than two days in May 2010, the city of Nashville and much of western Tennessee was pounded by...

GeoPDF Maps Accelerate Japan Disaster Damage Assessment

GeoPDF Maps Accelerate Japan Disaster Damage Assessment

By Rick Cobb, CEO, TerraGo Technologies (www.terragotech.com), Atlanta. GeoPDF maps, which can compress geospatial data by more than 20:1, are easy to distribute to the field where users can readily view, update and share information.   When a 9.0 magnitude...

Intriguing Images of 2011

Earth imagery is elevating our understanding of today’s interconnected world by providing unparalleled insights and transparency. The images on the following pages highlight just a few of the many ways remote sensing helped chronicle some of 2011’s noteworthy...

Solutions from the Point Cloud

Solutions from the Point Cloud

The third and final stage of our mobile mapping road trip reveals some of the benefits of the collected data. By Joshua I. France, Riegl USA (www.rieglusa.com), Orlando, Fla., and Craig Glennie, University of Houston (www.uh.edu), Houston, Texas.   Our mobile...

Deepwater Horizon REVISITED

By John Amos, president, SkyTruth (www.skytruth.org), Shepherdstown, W.Va., and Elliott A. Norse, president, Marine Conservation Biology Institute (www.mcbi.org), Bellevue, Wash. n the early months of 2010, a technological marvel floated in the Gulf of Mexico, 50...

Motion Video Exploitation

By Robert Mott, Intergraph Government Solutions (www.intergraphgovsolutions.com), Reston, Va. s today’s military, public safety and intelligence organizations fight terrorism and combat weapons of mass destruction and their proliferation, it’s increasingly...

USGS Takes To the Sky

The U.S. Geological Survey’s recent success using drones to observe sandhill cranes in southern Colorado foreshadows the future of using unmanned aircraft for scientific research. By Mike Hutt, U.S. Geological Survey, Rocky Mountain Geographic Science Center...

Entering the Point Cloud

By Joshua I. France, Riegl USA (www.rieglusa.com), Orlando, Fla., and Craig Glennie, University of Houston (www.uh.edu), Houston, Texas. A detailed in the last issue of Earth Imaging Journal, a recent mobile mapping project was motivated by a highway paving...

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