Satellite & Aerial Imagery Mapping BLOG

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We took some raw Landsat satellite imagery, adjusted the color, draped it over some terrain data, added water and a few different atmosphere's--then created this 3d animated video. It is an illustration of what can be done with raw 2d satellite imagery. Can anyone recognize the location?

This video are a few map template animations from WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from back in 2006. Satellite and Aerial Imagery on TV. ScapeWare3d was instrumental in introducing high-resolution aerial and satellite into the Broadcast market. Long before there was Google Earth, ScapeWare3d worked […]

This is a series of airchecks from KPIX (San Francisco) from 2002. KPIX-TV was an "early adopter" TV Station that used aerial & satellite imagery in all three of their news, weather & traffic systems. They used a system called Curious World Maps (now Vizrt)...with imagery from AirPhotoUSA (now DigitalGlobe.) They […]

ScapeWare3d was instrumental in introducing high-resolution aerial and satellite into the Broadcast market. Long before there was Google Earth, ScapeWare3d worked with TV stations and vendors on the “integration” of high-resolution imagery into News Mapping, Weather, Traffic and Radar systems. This […]

Back in late 2001 (early 2002) ABC15 in Phoenix was one of the first TV stations in the world to use aerial and satellite imagery for news mapping. They used a system called Curious World Maps (now Vizrt)...with imagery from AirPhotoUSA (now DigitalGlobe.) They were an "early adopter" and an early […]

This is a video replay of DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 imaging satellite being launched on October 8th, 2009. We took the small raw video and added some graphics, text and audio sfx. Imagery from WorldView-2 should be available in January 2010. This is DigitalGlobe's 3rd commenrcial satellite orbiting […]

AerialRobotics EasyUAV Scenario 4 aerial photography and mission simulator. The video shows benefits of mission planning using mission simulator on the PC connected directly to the autopilot built in the RC plane. You are sure what photos will be triggered and in what order the waypoints will be visited. Using […]

Here is a CSI-NY Promo produced by CBS using DigitalGlobe imagery of Manhattan. They purchased the imagery from us, then created this masterful promotion using show clips and high-resolution aerial imagery from DigitalGlobe.

This is a project we did with Pickerel Pie Entertainment www.pickerelpie.com in May 2009. They needed imagery for the end of their commercial. We worked with them to get the "perfect area" for their SFX. Needless to say their client was happy, Pickerel Pie Entertainment was happy...so we were happy! In […]

This is a 3d Visualization we did for the ICI Design Group. They are amazing architects that primarily serve the Casino and Hotel/Resort community. The entire project was modelled from scratch, we designed and modelled complimentary elements, rendered the raw animation clips, then took the project […]

This is a new "streaming imagery" feature being offered by DigitalGlobe. Vizrt has integrated this feature into their Curious World Maps software and showcased the new technology at NAB 2009 in April.