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The Sky’s the Limit

In 1996 staff of what would become Southern Mapping Company, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, were among the first in the world to offer commercial aerial Lidar (light detection and...

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Ambiguity Resolution in the Air

The need for ambiguity resolution in aerial survey limits aircraft banking angle to a flat turn. It also inhibits flying far from reference stations. Technology is now in place to...

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Landslide Vulnerability

Geo-information technologies (GeoIT) play an important role in all phases of the risk-management chain in hazards such as flood, forest fire, windstorm, earthquake, volcano and landslide. The application of GeoIT...

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USGS QA Plan

To facilitate acceptance of new digital technologies in aerial imaging and mapping, the US Geological Survey (USGS) and its partners have launched a Quality Assurance (QA) Plan for Digital Aerial...

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Leica PowerDigger

With the new Leica PowerDigger Excavator Guidance System, Leica Geosystems (Switzerland) presents its latest in a line of site proven guidance systems. Increased operator and machine productivity leading to reduced...

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EuroDAC2

Digital airborne imaging has grown in importance over recent years. Large-format digital cameras can fully compete with analogue mapping cameras, and for some applications their performance is better. However, methods...

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GeoEye-1 Satellite Launch Successful

GeoEye has successfully launched GeoEye-1, the world's highest resolution, commercial Earth-imaging satellite. GeoEye's ground station in Norway relayed the downlink signal it received rom GeoEye-1 confirming that the satellite successfully...

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Laser Technology Unveils TruPulse 360

Laser Technology (CO, USA) has released TruPulse 360, which combines an integrated compass, inclinometer and distance laser that delivers mapping-grade accuracy and the ability to shoot from any angle. The...

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ISPRS Announces Winner of Brock Gold Medal

The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) has announced that Professor Dr Armin Gruen, Chair of Photogrammetry at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland is the winner...

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