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Today at the ILMF event in Denver, Wesley Newton from the U.S. Geological Survey discussed the use of lidar for wildlife habitat modeling. The USGS works to assess the quality of habitat, population demographics, species survival, and why wildlife are found in specific habitats. The group works to model and explain the mix of wildlife [...]
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To lead off the 12th International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver this week, we heard about the rigorous work that has gone into the National Enhanced Elevation Assessment. Presenters were Greg Snyder, lidar development at USGS; David Maune, senior product manager, Dewberry (author of the DEM User Manual published by ASPRS) and Larry Sugarbaker [...]
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The low-cost quadcopter Parrot AR Drone made its debut last year, and has received updates this year while still maintaining a $300 price point. These drones are controlled via ipad or mobile device, with video feeds direct on the device as they fly. This latest release features a high-definition (1280 x 720) camera and improved [...]
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Remember the successful use of balloons to map the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? The Grassroots Mapping Forum team that brought this innovative and low-cost remote sensing approach to this project now has a project on Kickstarter to raise money to make low-cost kits. For a pledge of just $85, you receive the Balloon Mapping Kit [...]
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A new geography-oriented interactive Carbon Calculator has been developed by Vizzuality along with the Convention on Biological Diversity, LifeWeb and the United Nations Environment Program – World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC). The online tool helps put the necessary global contributions into perspective by allowing users to draw an area in the world to see the [...]
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The U.S. Geological Survey has partnered with GeoEye to provide OrbView-3 one-meter satellite images from between 2003 and 2007 for free download via the USGS EarthExplorer. You may recall that the OrbView-3 satellite was put out of service in 2007 due to a malfunction of electronics, and has since been guided to a controlled reentry [...]
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Dr. Lilian Pintea, the Jane Goodall Institute’s vice president of conservation science, spoke today at the GeoDesign Summit about the Takare Project framework used to conserve great ape habitat in Africa. According to Pintea, GeoDesign is the only approach now possible with current human density in Africa where the areas they are working are seeing [...]
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A news story from Extreme Tech highlights a new drone aircraft that hovers like a helicopter, and deploys a gigapixel sensor that is capable of recording live high-resolution video over a 25 square-mile ground area. The Army is said to be almost ready to deploy this sensor platform in Afghanistan. The sensing array is called ARGUS [...]
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