Earth imagery’s unparalleled insights and transparency are elevating our understanding of today’s interconnected world. From Earth-orbiting satellites armed with an incredible array of sensors to cutting-edge digital airborne platforms capable of collecting...
Collective Sensing Sheds Light on Urban Landscapes
By Thomas Blaschke, Centre for Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, and Bernd Resch, Research Studio iSPACE, Research Studios Austria, Salzburg. Cities are complex systems composed of many interacting components that evolve over multiple...
Appreciating the Value of TREES
By Kevin Corbley, principal, Corbley Communications  (www.corbleycommunications.com), Castle Rock, Colo., and John Stenmark, principal, Genesee Communications (www.geneseecomms.com), Golden, Colo. The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), scheduled to launch in...
Discover the Benefits of Radar Imaging
The Top 10  Considerations for Buying and Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery By William V. Parker, principal, Global Engagement Solutions, and senior associate, PACE Government Services (http://pacegs-dc.com), Washington, D.C. The last two decades have...
Looking for a Wide-Format Scanner?
Understanding Key Attributes for Geospatial Applications By Bob Honn, director of marketing services, Wide Format Printing Systems Division, Océ North America (www.oceusa.com), a Canon Group Company, Trumbull, Conn. Gone are the days of tablets for digitizing...
Exploring GEOINT Education Opportunities
The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America’s home soil immediately prioritized homeland and national security to a level unparalleled in U.S. history. The critical need for qualified geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) professionals is on the rise, with...
Full-Motion Video Goes Mainstream
Efficiently managing and exploiting the growing volume of video data is becoming easier thanks to open-source and commercial software advances. By Mark Kozak and Ed Bohling, PAR Government Systems (www.pargovernment.com), Rome, N.Y. Ever since German engineers...
Delivering Imagery on Demand from the Cloud
By Brian Rohde, senior product manager, DigitalGlobe (www.digitalglobe.com), Longmont, Colo. As the use of satellite and aerial imagery continues to expand across a host of applications, the mechanisms to deliver and distribute such data have become critically...
Exploring the Horizon of Geospatial Imagery Analysis
Today’s warfighters can collect, manage and deliver geospatial intelligence more effectively than ever. What’s next? By Pete McIntosh, solutions engineer, Exelis Visual Information Solutions (www.exelisvis.com), Boulder, Colo. Geospatial imagery has...
LiDAR THE I IN BIG DATA
Technology innovations are minimizing the processing times and disk space required to store vast volumes of LiDAR data. By Mark Kozak and Verne LaClair, PAR Government Systems (www.pargovernment.com), Rome, N.Y.  BIGDATAis a term...