(Keystone, SD) Despite the snow and rain from the past week, the 3-D digital scanning project at Mount Rushmore National Memorial has captured some impressive data from the scans.
Surrey Embraces the Open Data Initiative
Surrey Embraces the Open Data Initiative – Local Authorities and Communities to Benefit From Public Domain Aerial Photography
Amerisurv Spotlight – Eye In The Sky: A Visit to GeoEye
From The American Surveyor Magazine… The Editor pays a visit to the headquarters of Earth Imagine leader, GeoEye.
Visualizing National Geodetic Survey Control Stations in Google Earth
Google Earth is rapidly becoming the land surveyor’s tool-of-choice for preliminary job site reconnaissance and survey planning (see "Topography is Dead," by Joel Leininger, March 2007). Survey projects often begin with the investigation and selection of nearby NGS marks to establish horizontal and vertical control.
Commercial data sales top $1 billion in 2009 for Earth observation sector
According to Euroconsult’s new report Satellite-Based Earth Observation, Market Prospects to 2018 there will be over $1 billion in annual data sales in 2009 – a figure expected to nearly quadruple by 2018 – indicating the commercial Earth observation sector is establishing itself as a legitimate source of revenue growth for the global economy.