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 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 Mapping Kelvin L. Caudell / Positioning Solutions Company Positioning Solutions Company Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Missouri Toll Free Cell

Workflow – 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? Desktop Highly interactiveHighly interactive Feedback based on context in the applicationFeedback based on context in the application Analysis / compilationAnalysis / compilation Tablet Simple interactivity (big button)Simple interactivity (big button) Dashboards and information aggregationDashboards and information aggregation Mobile Focused interactivityFocused interactivity Location sets the context for interactivityLocation sets the context for interactivity 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 UN telecommunications agency Mobile internet adoption outpaces desktop internet adoption by 8x (Economy + Internet Trends)Economy + Internet Trends More smart phones than PCs will be sold in RBC analyst Mike Abramsky RBC analyst Mike Abramsky Within 5 years “More users will connect to the Internet over mobile devices than desktop PCs.” - Mary Meeker Mary Meeker

How is the infrastructure of the internet changing? Internal infrastructure High riskHigh risk InflexibleInflexible InefficientInefficient Cloud infrastructure Low riskLow risk Easy to scaleEasy to scale Use only what you needUse only what you need

Three Scenarios for the Cloud

Private Clouds Public Clouds

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