This Presentation will address the notion that the future of Geospatial Information Technology belongs to the simple and the quick. The assertion is that we are witnessing a new normal emerging within the Geospatial community whereby many incoming members of this industry increasingly are professionals with backgrounds across several disciplines but they are not experts in Remote Sensing, nor do they want to be. Instead, they desire to gain the geospatial advantage and solve application-specific problems and make better decisions based upon imagery-derived information products, specifically from UAV/UAS systems, without needing to become domain experts on the detailed science of rigorous photogrammetric methods. Recent examples illustrating several use cases will be presented, along with observations on near-term trends related to drone use within GIS systems.
The Illusion of Simplicity: The Case for Making Drones Easy to Use Part 2 3/28/17
This Presentation will address the notion that the future of Geospatial Information Technology belongs to the simple and the quick. The assertion is that we are witnessing a new normal emerging within the Geospatial community whereby many incoming members of this industry increasingly are professionals with backgrounds across several disciplines but they are not experts in Remote Sensing, nor do they want to be. Instead, they desire to gain the geospatial advantage and solve application-specific problems and make better decisions based upon imagery-derived information products, specifically from UAV/UAS systems, without needing to become domain experts on the detailed science of rigorous photogrammetric methods. Recent examples illustrating several use cases will be presented, along with observations on near-term trends related to drone use within GIS systems.