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AOC Celebrates the First 6 Months of GeoEye-1 Captures over Africa
Vast amounts of 50cm GeoEye-1 satellite imagery are now available over the African continent. This recently captured imagery, which is either low cloud or cloud-free, is available at a 50% discount, once it is older than three months.
The GeoEye-1 archive imagery available at 50% discount will prove popular. In addition to the high spatial resolution, clients can enjoy the delivery of products usually within two weeks from order placement.
For all the details, click here.
AOC Releases First Newsletter
AOC has released their first edition of the newsletter 'Scanning the Horizons' to coincide with the increased interest in imagery, 3D models and 360 datasets.
This 6 page newsletter covers many technical issues and case studies, including:
- Introducing SiteSee to Africa
- Pictometry Imagery for 2010 Soccer World Cup Sites
- Contouring a Kingdom
- Social Responsibility
- GeoEye-1 Product Accuracy
- Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality adopts Pictometry
To read the articles, or download the full PDF, click here.
GeoEye-1 Product Accuracy - New Case Study
AOC has released a new case study on the product accuracy of GeoEye-1. An area of ~270km2 was captured in stereo by the GeoEye-1 satellite for engineering design purposes.
The GeoEye-1 satellite was used to generate accurate 50cm ortho imagery and 2m contours over the site. The purpose of the imagery was for use during preliminary engineering design for an energy client.
For all the project details and client feedback, click here.
Airborne InSAR and LiDAR Compared
In the last decade, applications of Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) and Digital Surface Models (DSMs) have rapidly increased. DTMs are routinely used in engineering applications and environmental studies, risk analysis and disaster monitoring. Growing demand and technological advances have accelerated the development of new techniques capable of delivering rapid, high resolution and accurate terrain definitions.
This paper compares Airborne InSAR with a more widely known technology: LiDAR. Advantages and disadvantages of each technology are addressed. This furnishes potential users with salient information to make informed decisions on which technology and products are more appropriate for specific applications.
To download the full technical paper, click here.
360 Degree Video - Check Out Our New Awesome Interactive Viewer
SiteSeeTM is a powerful visualisation tool introduced to Africa by AOC. The 360 degree views offered by SiteSee enable users to visualise any feature as if they were actually there. It has proven a safe method of visualising hazardous sites and an efficient way of 'walking through' a remote site.
Teams viewing SiteSee can be based anywhere in the world. Various viewing platforms, including web-enabled viewers, increase the flexibility and accessibility of these visualisation datasets. SiteSee enables virtual walkthroughs of the plant by hyper-linking each spherical photograph within the SiteSee system. Powerful zoom functionality is another feature of the high resolution imagery featured in SiteSee.
To take a virtual tour of SiteSee, click here.
