PE&RS April 2005

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On November 17, 2004, EarthData, in partnership with Raytheon Solipsys and Trex Enterprises, completed phase-1 development of the Airborne Rapid Imaging for Emergency Support (ARIES) system by conducting a full-scale demonstration at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. The pre-prototype system confirmed ARIES’ capabilities to acquire multi-sensor aerial data and transmit it to the ground for near-real-time processing, product development, and dissemination.The cover images show the geo-referenced products of the November 17th demo including the thermal data (smallest, top layer), the orthophoto, the reflective surface lidar, and the bare earth lidar. ARIES and the demonstration are described in the article on pages357-360.

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Highlight Article

357 ARIES: Technology Fusion for EmergencyResponse (Adobe PDF 746Kb)
Karen Schuckman and George R. Hoffman

Columns & Updates
361 Book Review (Adobe PDF 108Kb)
365 Headquarters News (Adobe PDF 131Kb)
368 Industry News

Introduction
375 Introduction to MMS Special Issue
Jonathan Li and Michael A. Chapman

Peer-Reviewed Articles (Click the linked titles to see the full abstract)

377 On Improving Navigation Accuracy of GPS/INSSystems
Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska, Charles Toth, and Yudan Yi

A demonstration of incremental improvements in the performance of integrated GPS/INS systems by using better gravity compensation, IMU signal de-noising, and sensor-customized stochastic modeling of IMU errors.

391 A Fully Integrated Solution for Aerial Surveys: Design, Development, and Performance Analysis
Mohamed M.R. Mostafa and Joe Hutton

Current technical developments in the field of system integration for airborne image acquisition, georeferencing, and map production.

399 Airborne Non-metric Video Image Orientation Determination Using Two GPS Receivers
Gilad Even-Tzur, Uzi Ethrog and Amir Bar-Maor

The development and testing of a method for the re-construction of a photogrammetric strip of non-metric video images from a helicopter based on two kinematic GPS receivers without ground control or an IMU.

405 Real-time Speed Limit Sign Recognition Based on Locally Adaptive Thresholding and Depth-First-Search
Jianping Wu and Yichang (James) Tsai

An algorithm for recognizing speed limit signs from videoimaging and extracting the numerical figures to support real-time road inventory data collection operations.

415 Updating A Digital Geographic Database using Vehicle-borne Laser Scanners and Line Cameras
Huijing Zhao and Ryosuke Shibasaki

A method of fusing the data output of a mobile mapping system employing laser scanners and line cameras with an existing geographic database.

425 Hierarchical Recovery of Digital Terrain Models from Single and Multiple Return Lidar Data
Yong Hu and C. Vincent Tao

Automatic generation of DTM from lidar data with varying point densities and scene complexity by processing the image pyramid using the hierarchical strategy and adaptive filtering.

435 Small-Format Digital Imaging for Informal Settlement Mapping
Jonathan Li, Yu Li, Michael A. Chapman, and Heinz Rüther

Using high-resolution, digital color imagery captured with a small format digital camera for mapping complex urban informal settlement.

443 Mobile GIS with Enhanced Performance for Pavement Distress Data Collection and Management
Bo Huang, Chenglin Xie, and Hongga Li

The design and implementation of a airport pavement distress data collection and management system utilizing GPS, Pocket PCs, digital cameras, and wireless communication.

453 Integration of Mobile GIS and Wireless Technology for Coastal Management and Decision-Making
Xutong Niu, Ruijin Ma, Tarig Ali, and Rongxing Li

A web-based, mobile, spatial system for coastal management decision-making integrating portable mapping devises.

461 The Development and Testing of a Prototype Mobile Mapping System for Real-time Forest Fire Hot Spot Detection
Naser El-Sheimy and Bruce Wright

The development of a mobile mapping system to test the feasibility of automatic, real-time identification and location of forest fire hot spots

Announcements
360 Pecora 16 — Global Priorities in Land Remote Sensing
366 Call for Papers — The 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography,and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment
442 PE&RS Special Issue Call for Papers — “The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission– Data Validation and Applications”
460 PE&RS Special Issue Call for Papers — “Mapping from High Resolution Satellite Imagery”

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362 New Member List
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Resource 2005
472 Introduction
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