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Microsoft adding to portfolio with imaging camera and services courtesy of Vexcel
This from the Rocky Mountain News… Microsoft Corp. is in the process of acquiring Boulder-based remote-sensing company Vexcel Corp. for an undisclosed sum. “The acquisition is part of Microsoft’s exciting vision to deliver a dynamic . . . digital representation of the real world that provides the best local search and mapping experience to consumers, businesses and government,” said Jerry Skaw, Vexcel’s marketing communications manager. The news comes two days after Google Inc. announced it bought Boulder-based @Last Software, also for an undisclosed amountAbout VexcelFounded in 1985, Vexcel Corporation is an internationally recognized remote sensing company specializing in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Technologies, remote sensing ground stations and mapping and photogrammetry systems with offices in the US, Canada, Austria, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and sales operations in China and Australia. In 1999 its Austrian office—Vexcel Imaging GmbH—introduced the UltraScan 5000™ precision film scanning system, today’s best selling photogrammetric scanner, and in 2004 started shipping the UltraCam-D aerial camera. In addition to these aerial imagery collection devices, Vexcel offers the UltraMap-Server for image cataloging, archiving and post-processing. FYI, Vexcel’s flagship product is UltraCam, a large-format digital aerial camera… sounds to me like Microsoft plans on enhancing the recently announced “street side” offering with some more imagery.. now courtesy of their own camera! – see http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/8274/ – For more on this see http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/tech/article/0,2777,DRMN_23910_4552066,00.html
Free NAIP ortho imagery downloads and FTP sites – a gift.. here’s a TON of free resources with Ortho imagery
Looking for free ortho imagery? Don’t stress out, these data are easily available online and you don’t need to crack open your wallet even if commercial data providers are offering you free orthoimagery “on sale” even for some slick “Saint Patty’s day ortho imagery sale” – don’t get caught up in these pitches unless you have some cash to burn! See the following resources for some great leads to image servers and FTP sites where you can access and download free ortho imagery, even 2005 data from the NAIP program – See http://www.apfo.usda.gov/naip.html & see also this awesome wiki with numerous pointers to download sites http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Sources_of_free_orthoimagery or, for NAIP imagery,
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/GatewayHome.html
You really want some ortho imagery??? Here’s a TON of useful links to pretty much every state where you can access and download the latest ortho imagery for free! Next time you want to orthos, save some cash and spend a bit of time downloading for yourself. There’s loads of useful tools like GoZilla (See also cnet free downloads) that will enable you to easily and quickly download data from resources.. simply point and click…
So, here’s the list of ortho sites for you… happy St. Patty’s day, merry Christmas, etc…
http://www.faygis.org/datasearch.cfm
http://www.cast.uark.edu/cast/geostor/raw_DOQ/index.html
http://sal.uamont.edu/pages/nsdd/Arkansas_State.htm
ftp://ccwgov.co.calaveras.ca.us/GIS/Raster_Data/Aerial_Photos/2002_2ft_Color_DOI/
http://www.sonoma-county.org/gis/dataportal.asp
ftp://ftp.ci.corvallis.or.us/pw/gis/orthophotos/
http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/kerncog.org/
http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/usgs.gov/
http://www.landwateruse.water.ca.gov/basicdata/landuse/digitalsurveys.cfm
http://www.fcgov.com/gis/downloadable-data.php
http://www.udel.edu/dgs/dgsdata/hundreds.html
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37811&Loc=0001
http://data.labins.org/2003/MappingData/DOQQ/doqq.cfm
ftp://gisftp.hicentral.com/AirPhotoImages/
http://inside.uidaho.edu
ftp://itoc.in-span.net/
http://cairo.gis.iastate.edu/map.html
http://gisdasc.kgs.ku.edu/kgcc/
http://gis.sedgwick.gov/view/
http://musashi.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=24k
http://www.mass.gov/mgis/laylist.htm
http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/deli/data_search.html
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/airphoto_usda.html
http://www.maris.state.ms.us/HTM/DataWarehouse/NAIP.htm
http://msdisweb.missouri.edu/data/naip/
http://nris.state.mt.us/nsdi/orthophotos/
ftp://www.co.missoula.mt.us/Surveyor/Horizx/MR_SID/
http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/databank/fsa03.html
http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/databank/lanc_doqq.html
http://njgin.nj.gov/OIT_IW/index.jsp
ftp://ims.bernco.gov/data
http://rgis.unm.edu/loader_div.cfm?theme=Digital%20Orthophotos
http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/
http://lnweb02.co.wake.nc.us/gis/gismaps.nsf
http://www.state.nd.us/gis/mapsdata/download/
http://www2.ocgi.okstate.edu/2003img1/
ftp://ftp.ci.corvallis.or.us/pw/gis/orthophotos/
ftp://imagery.pasda.psu.edu/pamap/
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/
http://www.pasda.psu.edu/documents/datalist.cgi/naip
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/mrsid.html
http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/register/index.html
http://www.capco.state.tx.us/Information_Clearinghouse/Orthoimagery_main.asp
http://agrc.utah.gov/agrc_sgid/naip.html
http://gis.vcu.edu/datausda.html
ftp://ftp.spokanemaps.com/
http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=254#Download
Free NAIP ortho imagery downloads and FTP sites – a gift.. here’s a TON of free resources with Ortho imagery
Looking for free ortho imagery? Don’t stress out, these data are easily available online and you don’t need to crack open your wallet even if commercial data providers are offering you free orthoimagery “on sale” even for some slick “Saint Patty’s day ortho imagery sale” – don’t get caught up in these pitches unless you have some cash to burn! See the following resources for some great leads to image servers and FTP sites where you can access and download free ortho imagery, even 2005 data from the NAIP program – See http://www.apfo.usda.gov/naip.html & see also this awesome wiki with numerous pointers to download sites http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/Sources_of_free_orthoimagery or, for NAIP imagery,
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/GatewayHome.html
You really want some ortho imagery??? Here’s a TON of useful links to pretty much every state where you can access and download the latest ortho imagery for free! Next time you want to orthos, save some cash and spend a bit of time downloading for yourself. There’s loads of useful tools like GoZilla (See also cnet free downloads) that will enable you to easily and quickly download data from resources.. simply point and click…
So, here’s the list of ortho sites for you… happy St. Patty’s day, merry Christmas, etc…
http://www.faygis.org/datasearch.cfm
http://www.cast.uark.edu/cast/geostor/raw_DOQ/index.html
http://sal.uamont.edu/pages/nsdd/Arkansas_State.htm
ftp://ccwgov.co.calaveras.ca.us/GIS/Raster_Data/Aerial_Photos/2002_2ft_Color_DOI/
http://www.sonoma-county.org/gis/dataportal.asp
ftp://ftp.ci.corvallis.or.us/pw/gis/orthophotos/
http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/kerncog.org/
http://casil.ucdavis.edu/casil/usgs.gov/
http://www.landwateruse.water.ca.gov/basicdata/landuse/digitalsurveys.cfm
http://www.fcgov.com/gis/downloadable-data.php
http://www.udel.edu/dgs/dgsdata/hundreds.html
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/cgi-bin/MAGIC_DBsearch2.pl?Geography=37811&Loc=0001
http://data.labins.org/2003/MappingData/DOQQ/doqq.cfm
ftp://gisftp.hicentral.com/AirPhotoImages/
http://inside.uidaho.edu
ftp://itoc.in-span.net/
http://cairo.gis.iastate.edu/map.html
http://gisdasc.kgs.ku.edu/kgcc/
http://gis.sedgwick.gov/view/
http://musashi.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/catalog.asp?state=2&extent=24k
http://www.mass.gov/mgis/laylist.htm
http://maps.dnr.state.mn.us/deli/data_search.html
http://www.lmic.state.mn.us/chouse/airphoto_usda.html
http://www.maris.state.ms.us/HTM/DataWarehouse/NAIP.htm
http://msdisweb.missouri.edu/data/naip/
http://nris.state.mt.us/nsdi/orthophotos/
ftp://www.co.missoula.mt.us/Surveyor/Horizx/MR_SID/
http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/databank/fsa03.html
http://www.dnr.state.ne.us/databank/lanc_doqq.html
http://njgin.nj.gov/OIT_IW/index.jsp
ftp://ims.bernco.gov/data
http://rgis.unm.edu/loader_div.cfm?theme=Digital%20Orthophotos
http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/gisdata/
http://lnweb02.co.wake.nc.us/gis/gismaps.nsf
http://www.state.nd.us/gis/mapsdata/download/
http://www2.ocgi.okstate.edu/2003img1/
ftp://ftp.ci.corvallis.or.us/pw/gis/orthophotos/
ftp://imagery.pasda.psu.edu/pamap/
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/
http://www.pasda.psu.edu/documents/datalist.cgi/naip
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/
http://www.edc.uri.edu/orthosf/orthos/2003usda/mrsid.html
http://www.sdgs.usd.edu/register/index.html
http://www.capco.state.tx.us/Information_Clearinghouse/Orthoimagery_main.asp
http://agrc.utah.gov/agrc_sgid/naip.html
http://gis.vcu.edu/datausda.html
ftp://ftp.spokanemaps.com/
http://wvgis.wvu.edu/data/dataset.php?action=search&ID=254#Download