LBx Journal – Jan 2010 – What's in an Image?

Imagery—photos taken from satellites and airplanes—is now ubiquitously available through a number of Internet, desktop, and mobile applications. As a result, imagery is becoming a defacto communication tool as it finds its way into all sorts of applications and reports, from navigation to title insurance to site selection to market research. Even for those who have not made a career of analyzing imagery to detect missile silos or national security threats, or of scientific research on planetary changes, there are purposes for integrating imagery into workflow.