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AAM and AOC Release Free World Cup Stadium Viewer
To celebrate the opening of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, AAM and partner company, AOC Geomatics, have released two products on their websites: movies/fly throughs of the stadiums in 3D and a free World Cup Stadium Viewer.
The World Cup Stadium Viewer is quick and easy to use. Simply click onto one of the soccer balls to open up a Pictometry® captured image of the stadium, then click onto the stadium image to start an interactive experience of the stadium with perspectives: north, south, east, west and vertical.
To view the World Cup Stadium Viewer, click here.
To view the 3D Stadium Models, click here.
AAM and AOC Embrace the World Cup with Free Pictometry Online Access
Just as football brings the nations of the world together, AAM and partner company AOC Geomatics have embraced football’s greatest tournament and brought together world leading technology and sources of visual intelligence to provide Pictometry Online® access for viewing of hundreds of high resolution oblique aerial images of South Africa’s football stadiums and surrounds.
For further details, click here.
RapidEye Library Now Contains More Than 3 Million km2 of India
RapidEye announced today that over 95% of India (over 3 million square kilometers) of its satellite imagery is now available in the RapidEye Library.
Much of the country has been collected cloud-free, with the remainder containing less than 10% cloud cover. The image campaign began in January, however the majority of the imagery was collected within a period of about 8 weeks.
For the latest information, click here.
Latest Asian Case Studies Available Now
AAM has released a new edition of Scanning the Horizons. This edition focuses on the latest news and product information from Asia, including LiDAR, SiteSeeV, Satellite Imagery, Pictometry and 3D Building Models.
To read the case studies online, or to download a PDF version, click here.
Valuable New Imagery Available over PNG
GeoEye has successfully upgraded its archive of 50cm satellite imagery as the illustration above highlights. Dedication of satellite resources to capture of new imagery over PNG has paid off.
A rapid way to check coverage over your area of interest is via the easy to use, DIY archive search tool.
For more information, or to place an order, click here.
Extensive Satellite Imagery Coverage over Western Australia
A new milestone has been reached: this month the Western Australian archive of RapidEye satellite imagery has surpassed 1.75 million sq km.
Satellite imagery coverage over Western Australia has increased significantly in the past four months. Almost 3,000 RapidEye image tiles with less than 20% cloud cover were acquired this year alone over Western Australia.
For the latest coverage maps and information, click here.
GeoEye-1 Archive Reaches New Milestone
A recent review of the GeoEye-1 archive shows a substantial increase in recent data coverage in Australia in comparison to the previous 2 years. More than 1 million sqkm of data has been captured in recent months.
The 50cm imagery (originally captured at a resolution as small as 41cm at nadir) is proving popular with groups as diverse as agribusiness, energy companies, mining and government.
To search for imagery online and get the latest information, click here.
RapidEye Collects One Billion km2 of Satellite Imagery in Just Over a Year
RapidEye announced today that it has imaged one billion square kilometers of the surface of the Earth since it became commercially operational on February 4, 2009.
The rapid data capture by the RapidEye constellation of satellites has benefited Australia. In recent months massive amounts of data have been acquired. To date Australian clients of RapidEye have included state government interested in environmental issues and private sector companies in energy, mining and agricultural sectors.
For the latest coverage maps and information, click here.
AAM Launches Pictometry Online
AAM introduces hosted imagery and spatial tools for major urban areas of Australia and New Zealand. Pictometry Online® is ‘software and data’ as a service, which can be used to view your project site from any angle, providing new capabilities for confirmation of property value and site assessment that includes accurate measurements, all from your desktop.
For the latest developments on Pictometry Online, click here.
Extensive New GeoEye-1 Satellite Image Coverage over New Zealand
The magnificent image clarity and pleasing colour balance of the 50cm GeoEye-1 satellite imagery over New Zealand now provides an option for agencies to cost effectively update portions of their aerial photography coverage.
“The availability of GeoEye-1 archive data makes adoption of GeoEye high resolution imagery feasible for many government agencies. The DIY archive search tool makes it easy to confirm the availability of new data,” says Dr Gail Kelly, Business Development Manager of AAM.
For more information, click here.
Key Agricultural Districts: Unique Spectral Info Now Available
Several key agricultural districts of Australia are currently being imaged with the unique spectral instruments onboard the five RapidEye satellites currently orbiting the planet. For the first time imagery is available in the ‘red edge’. Other satellites only provide 10m multispectral imaging capabilities across Green, Red and Near Infra-Red and 20m resolution for Short Wave Infra-Red.
For more information, click here.
New Zealand: RapidEye Capture Now Underway
RapidEye satellite imagery now extends across areas of New Zealand. In the last few weeks substanial coverage with less than 20% cloud has been placed in the archives.
RapidEye is the only commercial geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites. AAM is the distributor for satellite data products from RapidEye.
For more information, click here.
Brisbane’s new 12.5cm imagery, 3D building models and more
A multitude of high resolution datasets have been released for Brisbane, Australia.
- New 12.5cm orthophotos
- Online oblique imagery and measurement tools
- Photorealistic 3D building models
- Building footprints for the CBD
For more information, vist our GeoExtra webpage.
RapidEye Covers 70% of Australia in 11 Months
RapidEye archive satellite imagery now extends across some 5.3 million sq km of Australia, representing almost 70% of the continent.
This represents recent archive coverage, acquired since February 2009, at less than 10% cloud cover, and generally less than 15 degrees off-nadir imaging angle.
For more information, click here.
