2013 - Geoinformatics

More documents

Recommendations

Info

6 A r t i c l e The damage of Hurricane Sandy from Oct. 31, 2012 in Seaside Heights, NJ. T u r n i n g I m a g e s i n t o A n s w e r s By Stephen Wood and Shay Har-Noy The commercial geospatial industry has excelled in meeting customers’ need for the quick delivery of satellite imagery, whether for military, environmental or humanitarian efforts. However, the analytics side of the geospatial industry is growing in importance. DigitalGlobe’s constellation of five satellites can collect more than 1 billion square kilometers of imagery per year, but the company is taking it a step further by applying critical thinking and problem solving to turn its images into answers. June <strong>2013</strong>
7 Excelling in the era of analytics DigitalGlobe keeps a constant eye on the world to help customers gain an early insight into the business, military, environmental and political changes that impact people around the world. But moving forward, it is clear that the insight derived from imagery will become as important as the pixels themselves. The insight provided by imagery, geospatial and all source analysts can make a significant difference in evacuation planning, disaster response, recovery, and rebuilding in regions worldwide. DigitalGlobe plans to continue enhancing its analytical capabilities to excel in the increasingly important era of analytics. As a result of DigitalGlobe’s recent combination with GeoEye and its acquisition of Tomnod, a crowdsourced intelligence pioneer, DigitalGlobe is now a driving force in the analytics industry. Equipped with a more advanced satellite collection system and some of the world’s best geospatial production and analysis professionals, Digital Globe can provide timely insights and information about critical events worldwide. Using analytics to support disaster management DigitalGlobe has a long history of providing imagery for disasters and crises across the globe, ranging from war crimes in Sudan to the wildfire devastation in Colorado. Satellite images provide an effective way to gauge the damage from disasters through comparisons of before-duringand-after images that geospatial analysts can use to provide answers to the right people. In fact, DigitalGlobe’s FirstLook service, which monitors disasters and crises worldwide, leverages its satellite constellation and ground infrastructure to collect and deliver up-to-date imagery of an event to customers in as little as four hours. Before Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast last October, DigitalGlobe satellites captured images of the affected areas, enabling the employment of change detection to narrow in on the most damaged areas. After the storm hit, DigitalGlobe’s analysts quickly staged the before and after imagery within hours of collection so rescue workers and relief personnel could quickly understand the most affected areas and how to route first responders and relief supplies. High Park Fire, Colorado from June 13, 2012. This image shows the fire’s west and northwest extents and areas where beetle kill is evident. In this image the burnt areas are dark blue and red is healthy vegetation, smoke from the fire is mostly white. June <strong>2013</strong>
Page 1 and 2: Magazine for Surveying, Mapping & G
Page 3 and 4: 3 GeoInformatics is the leading pub
Page 5: The commercial geospatial 6 industr
Page 9 and 10: Complete Solutions for Mobile Mappi
Page 11 and 12: 11 Faraz Ravi Object animation in B
Page 14 and 15: 14 A r t i c l e By Xavier Torret R
Page 16: 16 A r t i c l e EPA SWMM Interface
Page 19 and 20: 19 not only collect information, bu
Page 21 and 22: THE FORCE THAT DRIVES SMARTER DECIS
Page 23 and 24: 23 Composite of Kitimat Arm and LiD
Page 26 and 27: 26 A r t i c l e By PG&E Geoscience
Page 28 and 29: 28 I n t e r v i e w By Eric van Re
Page 30 and 31: 30 Interview The MapInfo GIS suite
Page 32 and 33: 32 A r t i c l e Patagonia National
Page 34 and 35: 34 A r t i c l e By Paul Ramsey and
Page 36 and 37: 36 A r t i c l e WPS, server-side s
Page 38: 38 R e v i e w By Eric van Rees Esr
Page 41 and 42: 41 tion locations and profile paths
Page 43 and 44: 43 Designing Great Products Beyond
Page 45 and 46: 45 India that flows from West to Ea
Page 47 and 48: 47 Enrico Rispoli, Italian CLGE del
Page 49 and 50: 49 Mobile, Web and Desktop Apps - C
Page 52: Join us: discovermore.leica-geosyst

2013 - Geoinformatics

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?