Geospatial Future Trends

Leveraging Sensor Technology• Active Sensors

– LiDAR and energized laser beams– Multi-beam and high energy sonar pulses

• Passive Sensors– Multi-spectral sensors (red, green, blue,

near-infrared bands)– Hyperspectral sensors (electromagnetic

radiation outside visible spectral range)– Thermal sensors (temperature signatures)

What lies beneath?

Near shore and seabed data

What lies beneath?

Channel characteristics

What lies around?

What lies across?

What lies across?

What lies underneath?

What lies underneath?

THE POWER OF DATA ENHANCED PHOTOGRAMMETRY

What data types are these?

What data types are useful?

The future of geospatial technology is . . . .

Sensor Fusion

3D Mobile MappingKelvin L. Caudell / Positioning Solutions Company

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Workflow – Point Cloud & Image GenerationWorkflow – Point Cloud & Image Generation

GNSS+INS Post Processing

Forwards and Backward trajectory computation

Raw Image Data (PGR)

Raw LiDar Data

Stitched Spherical Images

Point Cloud Data

Spatial Factory Viewer

Query “StreetView” Images

GIS Asset Collection Utility Locations Road Sign Inventories Traffic Signal Inventories Energy Distribution Tree Inventories

Internet Mapping and GIS in the Cloud

Tom Brenneman

What do people use to interact with web maps?

DesktopDesktop•Highly interactiveHighly interactive•Feedback based on Feedback based on context in the applicationcontext in the application•Analysis / compilationAnalysis / compilation

TabletTablet•Simple interactivity (big button)Simple interactivity (big button)•Dashboards and Dashboards and information aggregationinformation aggregation

MobileMobile•Focused interactivity Focused interactivity •Location sets the context for Location sets the context for interactivityinteractivity

•My…My…•Augmented realityAugmented reality

•NotificationsNotifications

Where is internet mapping going?• Mobile

• 2 Billion Internet users worldwide & 5 Billion cell phone users- UN telecommunications agency

• Mobile internet adoption outpaces desktop internet adoption by 8x (Economy + Internet Trends)

• More smart phones than PCs will be sold in 2011- RBC analyst Mike Abramsky

• Within 5 years “More users will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs.”- Mary Meeker

How is the infrastructure of the internet changing?

Internal infrastructureInternal infrastructure•High riskHigh risk•InflexibleInflexible•InefficientInefficient

Cloud infrastructureCloud infrastructure•Low riskLow risk•Easy to scaleEasy to scale•Use only what you needUse only what you need

Three Scenarios for the CloudThree Scenarios for the Cloud

Private CloudsPrivate Clouds

Public CloudsPublic Clouds

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