Internet Spy in the Sky
p2pnet.net News:- Ground-breaking technology that will allow users to visually zoom in on – or fly over – any place on the planet in real time has been developed by a Vincent Tao, a professor at York University in Toronto, Canada.
His SAME (See Anywhere – Map Everywhere) is an Internet-based technology that provides 3-D imagery with ground resolution of a half-metre to one metre – close enough to identify automobile makes, for example, but not the human face, says York’s Y-File.
Tao, Canada research chair (CRC) in geomatics engineering and director of York’s Geospatial Information and Communication Technology Lab (GeoICT), says potential applications include defence, emergency response, environmental monitoring, telecommunications and urban planning.
His work in geomatics engineering utilizes geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and positioning, and navigation systems to develop geospatial information technology, says Y-File, going on:
“Modern geomatics is a Canadian invention that has spawned an industry generating over $2 billion in products and services annually, and employing a workforce of approximately 30,000.”
A familiar consumer application of geomatics is the dashboard-mounted map navigation systems in some automobiles, technology Tao was working on in 1996, says the story.
“Visualize that technology employed in the near future on a global scale,” states Tao.
Indeed.
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See:-
3-D imagery – SAME enables virtual views of anywhere on Earth, YFile, November 22, 2004
November 1st, 2006 at 8:25 pm
July 30th, 2007 at 4:59 am
Very interesting developments. This has the potential to change the end result of global conflicts. Imagine watchdog groups being able to find and track military units in real time. The military must already have this technology one would think. Add the power of a million eyes to it and “bad guys” will have a much harder time hiding. A++