Government agencies around the world are investing in earth observation data from commercial satellite providers for defense and security purposes in an effort to avoid the high capital cost of building their own...
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Recent oil spill events in the Gulf of Mexico should cause others to awaken to the possibility that their coasts could be threatened by similar circumstances. Asian countries are now in a position to learn many...
Friday, June 11th, 2010
LiDAR is another tool in the surveyor’s toolbox. It is capable of providing a three-dimensional X,Y,Z position with a possible accuracy of 5 cm.. The key components of aerial LiDAR instruments include:
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
As countries have exhausted their terrestrial natural resource reserves, they are turning to sea-bed resources. Perhaps nowhere else in the world is this practice as politically charged as the East China Sea. Particularly...
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
The Pacific Ocean plays a dominate role to the many countries and people of Asia. This contribution can be measured in many ways, from food to resources, transport and weather moderation. But how much do we...
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
ERDAS has recently released ERDAS Software 2010, Version 10.1, which traces an imagery and geospatial data manipulation workflow from the raw image to the Internet. V1 editor Matt Ball spoke with Joel Campbell, who became president...
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
VisionMap emerges from Israel as a successful digital aerial camera manufacturer. Based upon new approaches for gathering high resolution images over wide areas, the company has gained attention with it's A3 system. Vector1 Media editor Jeff...
Monday, May 10th, 2010
This month the U.S. Air Force begins the launch of new GPS satellites that will dramatically improve the accuracy of GPS signals. The IIF generation of satellites will eventually replace half of the existing satellite constellation, with...
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Surveying and GIS technologies continue to expand and grow. Trimble has initiated a market solutions group to help early adopters capture the benefits of new technology applications across a spectrum...
