Overview of Multimedia Mapping Three technical sessions… GIS Day 2006 NAIT — November 16, 2006 — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Overview of Multimedia Mapping Three technical sessions… Multimedia Mapping Basics by Dr. Joseph Berry, Red Hen Systems Building a GeoImmersive Imagery DB by Sue Watson, Immersive Media Drone Helicopter Imaging Platform by Dale Knock, Talon Positioning Solutions

…involves integrating multiple forms of information with maps Multimedia Mapping …involves integrating multiple forms of information with maps and visualizing these linkages in a variety of ways for better understanding What …is… Where Types of Media Imagery Audio Tables / Charts Text / Data files Geo-Tagging Methods Manual Entry Drag & Drop Time Matching Direct Recording Basic Multimedia Mapping (Technical Session) Real Reality (Photos/Video) Composited Reality (Composites) …stitches photos/video together to form display containers, immersive and synthetic imagery Virtual Reality (Models) – What is Where If… …renders image-based or computer-generated objects to construct photo-realistic scenes

Linking Cameras and GPS (Time Matching) …take pictures with a digital camera while carrying a GPS with ‘track logging’ then link the Lat/Lon to each picture… Digital Camera What (picture) When (time) Calibrate / match Pictures are “imported and linked” to a map (Technical Session) See http://www.geoplace.com/gw/2001/0501/0501map.asp When (time) Where (X,Y) GPS Unit …view locally or over Internet

Historical and Contemporary Expressions Image Cataloging Methods Characteristics (Photographic Parameters, Copyright, Author), Subject, Date/Time, Location …historically the only link to geographic space was a note that included a Place Name or Latitude/Longitude Film Digital Photo Removable card / download local Hard Drive Film Digital Video Tape / DVD  local Hard Drive …in Billions GPS …Crossover I (2004) – more digital camera images than film camera images …Crossover II (2006) – more camera phone images than digital camera images

Future Trends and Directions Imagery Viewing, Storage, and Collection (extends) Global Containers Google Earth, Virtual Earth, ArcGIS Explorer… Internet Storage/Sharing Flickr, Picasa, IsWhere… Platforms drone airplanes, helicopters, robots, “intelligent dust”… (Technical Session) (Keynote Sessions) Imaging Revolutions (enhances) Immersive Photos/Video “Inside-Out” from the viewpoint of the camera Stereo Photos Real-time measurement of “solid 3D space” Synthetic Photos “Outside-In” from any viewpoint in the space (Photosyth) (Technical Session) “GPS-enabled photophone as the new camera” Imaging Devices (changes everything) Billion Photo-geographers: GIS-centric specialists who use spatial imagery to illustrate spatial relationships and landscape textures/context (thousands). Geo-photographers: Media-centric innovators who design utility within enterprises (tems of thousands). Point-ographer: Layperson who uses an inexpensive point-and-shoot camera to document personal experiences (billions of potential users). (after Neil Havermale)

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