1. Geospatial Future Trends

2. 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)

3. What lies beneath?

4. Near shore and seabed data

5. What lies beneath?

6. Channel characteristics

7. What lies around?

8. What lies across?

10. What lies underneath?

11. THE POWER OF DATA ENHANCED PHOTOGRAMMETRY

12. What data types are these?

13. What data types are useful?

14. The future of geospatial technology is.... Sensor Fusion

15. 3D Mobile Mapping Kelvin L. Caudell / Positioning Solutions Company Positioning Solutions Company Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Missouri 800.632.3923 Toll Free 517.290.4652 Cell

16. 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

17. Spatial Factory Viewer

18. Query “StreetView” Images GIS Asset Collection  Utility Locations Road Sign Inventories Traffic Signal Inventories Energy Distribution  Tree Inventories

19. Internet Mapping and GIS in the Cloud Tom Brenneman

20. 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

21. 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 2011 - 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

22. 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

23. Three Scenarios for the Cloud

24. Private Clouds Public Clouds

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