GEOinfomatics – March 2011 – Limitless Potential of Geospatial Imagery

GEOinfomatics – March 2011 – Limitless Potential of Geospatial Imagery
Professionals across disciplines have over the past several years begun to use geospatial imagery more, as it becomes more readily accessible and cost effective. Its widespread availability, coupled with modern software packages which make it easier to uncover information down to the pixel level, has made imagery an integral element to a GIS, providing not just a visual backdrop to a map or visual context to GIS layers, but pertinent, current information about a geographic area of interest.