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Geological Society of America (GSA)
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Centralized Remote Sensing In 2030 – our struggling institutional systems
The centralized satellite and aircraft observing systems we have historically used to understand the environment are struggling to address this ‘scale gap’. Such systems are increasingly limited by their cost and complexity; society’s growing need for knowledge that spans global to local is simply outpacing…
Distributed Remote Sensing In 2030 – augmenting the institutional systems
An emerging solution to the ‘scale gap’ is to call on the capabilities of community (citizens and non-professionals) to ‘augment’ centralized remote sensing systems. Centralized systems will remain critical to our knowledge base, but community remote sensing (CRS) may be the only means to bridge…
Private Sector’s Role In 2030 – brief editorial
What role will the private sector play in remote sensing two decades hence? Over the last twenty years, the private sector’s traditional role as a contractor for government-led projects has evolved markedly. We have witnessed a rapid growth of purely private-sector offerings, from commercial satellites…
Applications In 2030 – the ‘scale gap’
Technology evolution will have an enormous impact on what we do by 2030, but demand-driven changes are probably even more important. The ability of governments and businesses to improve efficiency and grow productivity requires increasingly sophisticated information about the world they work in – implying…
Remote Sensing History 1990-2010 – the evolving private sector role
Two decades ago, remote sensing was largely a government-led activity. The private sector provided most aerial photogrammetry, but otherwise supported government programs mainly by building spacecraft and developing applications under government contracts. The first big change occurred with the emergence of commercial remote sensing satellites…
