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Fri, 6 Jun 2008 at 3:25 am · Fiona informs me of her very useful compilation, 50 Cool Things You Can Do With Google Charts API. · (0)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 at 6:20 am · Mike Childs sends out the announcement that Global Mapper version 9.03 has been released — including significant enhancements and bug fixes from version 9.02. · (0)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 at 6:15 am · USGS released updated data-sets that are more informative across the entire CONUS, with their 2008 Earthquake Hazard Maps. Well done — now the public can very easily discern fault activities in areas other than California and the West Coast. · (0)

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 at 10:07 pm · Okay, I have to speak up here — and point-out that it was what the tax-payers originally agreed to. In fact, I dropped ASPRS membership when I was asked to sign a document that approves of this current administration’s outline to make the 2011 Landsat Continuity Mission a commercialized venture moving forward. This shouldn’t be news — this should prompt a clarified explanation as to why it wasn’t set-up that way from day one! I’m still waiting on any reaction to the public being ill informed on the smaller fault-lines and whether the USGS will ever incorporate that seismic monitoring in their datasets — as was highlighted by the recent St. Louis quake. · (0)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 at 4:49 pm · Listen to this stream, and tell me how the commercial side of this industry (especially for the smaller companies and individuals) will ever survive. They’re basically looking to overturn the Copyright Act and establish a new approach — that essentially orphans anyone’s work, whether you’re an artist, a photographer, or… · (0)

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 at 4:10 am · I ran across these two map viewers via Mike Migurski, Mike having involvement with both projects — GSV, or Giant-Ass Image Viewer 1.0, a Javascript and Python library that’ll allow one to generate a viewer for a map, provided as Open Source. And Modest Maps, a Flash equivalent provided as a BSD-license offering. Nicest thing to note with the GSV project — Mike includes a PowersOfTwo.py script, something I typically see lacking in most of these similar types of packages. · (0)

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 at 6:50 am · Global Mapper updates to v9.02, which includes various bug fixes and new functionality. · (0)

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 at 4:21 pm · Unearthed Outdoors releases their True Marble™ 15 meter natural-color imagery. · (0)

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 at 11:02 am · Alexei Karpenko shares with us his HALO (High ALtitude Object) project, which demonstrates a sophisticated home-built sensor payload that integrates with Google Earth. A must-see for anyone interested in mid to high-altitude balloon and UAV acquisition systems. (Frank Taylor at Google Earth Blog has also included a well-rounded write-up of the HALO project. — Thanks, Frank!) · (0)

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 at 1:30 am · Steven A. Ruzinsky informs me in comments: “I have implemented “gradient domain” seam carving, which eliminates certain kinds of artifacts, in SAR Image Processor v. 3.4 . Example images with artifacts and removal thereof can be found in the SAR manual, http://www.general-cathexis.com/manual2/index.html. SAR is not freeware, but the save disabled demo is free.” · (0)

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 at 8:13 am · According to this AFP release, JAXA is having difficulties with Daichi — but notes that they’re working on finding alternate uses for the data. I’ve experimented with Daichi data, and I can confidently assure that it’ll have its use in the visualization markets. I’ve also found that it’s actually a more ideal low-resolution source for colorization of higher resolution sources (with typical compromises) such as WorldView-1, SPOT, and IFSAR — to compliment mid to high-resolution regional datasets (where Daichi imagery is acquired). For the Japanese government, the sensor is certainly not a waste in my opinion. · (0)

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 at 2:43 pm · I’ve been running WorldView-1 imagery through its paces through the holiday season — and although I’m getting good colorization results with my color-source, I’m still not at a point of total satisfaction with the end results to provide any immediate demonstrations. · (0)

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 at 6:47 am · My heart goes out to NASA astronaut, Daniel Tani — whose mother has passed due to a traffic related accident in Lombard, Illinois. Daniel received the news of his mother’s passing as he’s currently in orbit performing duties aboard the International Space Station. · (0)

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 at 7:04 am · Victor Nekrasov formally updates his Web site in his plans to reestablish where he left off with OrthoMap and other projects. OrthoMap 1.33 can be downloaded as a trial with 30-day unlimited capability, and purchased through ShareIt! for $99 USD. · (0)

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 at 1:50 am · Victor Nekrasov has informed me that he will reestablish progress in development of his tool OrthoMap for automatic orthorectification of satellite and aerial imagery. Feel free to contact Victor with any questions you might have, or to express your interest. · (0)

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 at 3:25 pm · Digital Globe has given me access to the first ready samples for WorldView 1 — thus, I’ll be in the process of experimenting with a range of techniques I had anticipated for this source. · (0)