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AvatarCameron Windham

Cameron is a graduate of Pomona College with a degree in Geology, currently working for Apollo Mapping located in Boulder, Colorado. Apollo Mapping is proud to offer Image Hunter, the most fluid search engine of high and medium-resolution satellite data available, with access to all major archive catalog and incredibly fast performance. Apollo is also close to starting a beta test phase of their GISrack, a cloud-based, on-demand, and scalable GIS platform that offers flexible pricing, industry-leading security and performance as well as a large repository of free map data.
Image 2: Workers manually harvest sugarcane near San Piedras, Puerto Rico. Image courtesy of The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Remotely Tracking Growth of the Sugarcane Industry in São Paulo, Brazil

September 1, 2020May 27, 2014 by Cameron Windham

The use of remote sensing technologies to track the development of the sugarcane industry is a topic of much attention

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags Apollo Mapping, remote sensing, sugarcane

ASTER and the Spectral Recipe for Finding Gold

April 24, 2014 by Cameron Windham

In the last section of this series, we took a look at both the ASTER sensor and the vast library of spectral profiles built as a … Read more

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags ASTER, linear unmixing, remote sensing

The ASTER Spectral Library – a True Monument of Remote Sensing Data

February 28, 2016March 26, 2014 by Cameron Windham

In the first part of this series, Cameron Windham from Apollo Mapping takes a look at the nuts and bolts of the widely-used ASTER Spectral Library.

Categories GIS Data Tags ASTER, remote sensing

The Rainforest Magician – Optical Illusions and the Spectra of the Canopy

June 29, 2020February 24, 2014 by Cameron Windham

The findings of a recent paper published in Nature found a sun-sensor geometry arrangement was the cause for historically high readings of green-ness in the rainforest canopy.

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags remote sensing, vegetation analysis

Shadows and Angles: Measuring Object Heights from Satellite Imagery

September 1, 2020February 4, 2014 by Cameron Windham

Because of the wonderful metadata that comes with satellite images, shadows can be employed to estimate the height of the objects which cast them.

Categories Spatial Analysis Tags remote sensing, satellite imagery
Flood damage in Colorado as a result of the rainfalls this September. (Photo Source: FEMA, public domain )

The Role of High-Resolution Imagery and GIS in Flood Relief Efforts in Colorado

August 27, 2020January 6, 2014 by Cameron Windham

With flooding events in the United States, high-resolution imagery and GIS play a role assessing flood-related damages in order to assign and focus relief efforts.

Categories GIS Data Tags Colorado flooding, disaster management, satellite imagery
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