Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce that our season opener is next Wednesday 12 September. Johnathan Carley of ASAP Geomatix will be speaking about super high definition aerial imagery. We are back in the Dunsmuir Auditorium in the BC Hydro office tower, 333 Dunsmuir. The meeting will start at 5:30. Remember, everyone is required to sign in after 5:00 at the security desk in the main lobby. For more information about the Vancouver GIS User Group, please visit our website: http://www.vancouvergis.org. I hope to see many of you out next week. Regards, Doug Hrynyk _________________ September 12, 2012 Topic: Super High Definition Aerial Imagery Speaker: Johnathan Carley, ASAP Geomatix Inc If your organisation or a customer of yours has ever asked if you can zoom into an image better, this presentation will answer that question. A presentation discussing the features and uses behind super-high resolution aerial imagery. Satellite and aerial imagery are well understood by any GIS specialist. However the use of small area, super-high definition imagery for precision mapping, survey and 3D modelling are often overlooked. Imagery is usually used for large-scale features such as tree lines, terrain elevation, water features, roads/highways etc. SHD imagery allows for much more detailed mapping and planning for engineering projects, environmental assessments, geological survey and analysis, emergency response planning and management. Highlights for this presentation include: · Introduction to ASAP Geomatix. · What is SHD Super High Definition imagery? · What are the benefits to SHD? · What SHD imagery is for and not for? · Large volume data management techniques. · Who uses SHD image data? · Geo-referencing & layer management. · Object analysis within SHD image data. · Presentation of SHD information to the customer. · Workflow with SHD data, KMLs, POIs (Points of interest), and WMS (Web Mapping Service) from ASAP. Bio: Johnathan Carley, BSci Multimedia & Interactive Computer Systems, Technical Systems Development, ASAP Geomatix Inc. Johnathan is the Co-founder of ASAP Geomatix and has worked with its sister company ASAP Avionics as head of the research and development team since 2009. Johnathan obtained his degree from the University of Birmingham in the UK and then moved to Canada where he obtained his own private pilot license. Culminating his passion for flight and technology, Johnathan has worked with ASAP to develop systems to capture some of the highest definition aerial imagery on the market to date. Johnathan has been asked to present his technology and insight on numerous projects to do with aerial survey techniques and related high capacity storage and mapping solutions. _________________