The City of Chicago utilizes aerial imagery to supplement its geospatial database to track building footprints, support change detection, and for planning and asset management. The year 2005
marked the first time the city opted to use direct digital sensor technology over traditional film, and selected Pixxures to capture and process the color imagery at 6-inch resolution. “The post processing is much shorter than film,” said Molly Mangan, Deputy CIO of the City of Chicago. “The ability to do infrared and not buy it, but have the option to get it later without an additional flight was appealing.”
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GIS Weekly Magazine
Susan Smith
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Look for the next issue of GIS Weekly Magazine on May 28, 2012.
Each GISWeekly Review delivers to its readers news concerning the latest developments in the GIS industry, along with a selection of other articles that we feel you might find interesting. |
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