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
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...
2012 Remote Sensing Market Guide
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GeoEye Receives Contracts for Imagery Production Totaling More Than $25 Million
HERNDON, Va.,Oct. 24, 2011—GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY), a leading provider of geospatial information and insight, announced today it received two new awards worth more than $25 million. These awards will increase the backlog for the Company's production services...
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...
Cataloging Geospatial Data for the Cloud
The emergence of cloud computing in government is reducing geospatial data costs and improving user access. By James S. Blundell, Mike West, Betty Davlin, and Brandon Johnson, Geospatial Products and Solutions, Overwatch Systems (www.overwatch.com), Sterling, Va. Â ...
Defining a Military Strategy for the New Space Environment
By William J. Lynn, III, U.S. deputy secretary of Defense, Washington, D.C. As disaster struck Japan and revolution swept the Middle East, Americans again watched global events unfold in real time through a network of satellites in space that has revolutionized both...
