Tag: aerial imagery
Aerial Mapping with Balloons, Kites, and Pigeons
What’s old is new again. Remotely acquired imagery has come a long way from its early days of balloon and kite platforms. That said, the popularity of do-it-yourself aerial mapping and imagery is rising. Aerial images, especially vertical photographs (taken straight down) have long held importance for surveying, military planning, and for enabling geographic data creation. [...]
Aerial Floor Maps as a Sales Tool
Here’s an interesting and probably effective use of aerial imagery to sell a product. The floor of the marketing suite of Bellway Homes’ Equinox development in London, England has been covered in aerial imagery from British firm Bluesky to help sell apartments. In addition to being a stunning visual display, the aerial as flooring shows [...]
GIS 101: Learn About GIS
GIS is a multi-faceted discipline built that incorporates a variety of technologies and concepts. To really understand the capabilities of GIS, it is important to learn cartography, spatial and statistical analysis, database management, and programming. Looking to get started in GIS? This GIS 101 page is the launch page for accessing information about GIS on [...]
Using Near-Infrared Aerial Imagery to Inventory Oak Trees
The first ordinance passed by the California city of Santa Clarita after it was incorporated was the Oak Tree Ordinance. Thousands of oak trees cover the Santa Clarita Valley and the presence of the trees is an important part of the city’s landscape (the city logo prominently displays an oak tree). The ordinance covers oak [...]
Grassroots Aerial Mapping
Good Magazine profiles Grassroots Mapping in the article Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good (also check out Good’s Grassroot Mapping Slideshow). Grassroots Mapping was created by Jeffrey Warren of MIT’s Media Lab as a way to provide local communities with low-cost ways to obtain their own aerial [...]