McCarthy, Tim and Farrell, Ronan and Curtis, Andrew and Fotheringham, Stewart (2008) Integrated remotely sensed datasets for disaster management. In: SPIE Europe Remote Sensing, 15th - 18th September 2008, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, Wales.

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Abstract

Video imagery can be acquired from aerial, terrestrial and marine based platforms and has been exploited for a range of remote sensing applications over the past two decades. Examples include coastal surveys using aerial video, routecorridor infrastructures surveys using vehicle mounted video cameras, aerial surveys over forestry and agriculture, underwater habitat mapping and disaster management. Many of these video systems are based on interlaced, television standards such as North America’s NTSC and European SECAM and PAL television systems that are then recorded using various video formats. This technology has recently being employed as a front-line, remote sensing technology for damage assessment post-disaster. This paper traces the development of spatial video as a remote sensing tool from the early 1980s to the present day. The background to a new spatial-video research initiative based at National University of Ireland, Maynooth, (NUIM) is described. New improvements are proposed and include; low-cost encoders, easy to use software decoders, timing issues and interoperability. These developments will enable specialists and non-specialists collect, process and integrate these datasets within minimal support. This integrated approach will enable decision makers to access relevant remotely sensed datasets quickly and so, carry out rapid damage assessment during and post-disaster.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords:	Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS, Spatial Video, Navigation, Mobile Mapping, Interoperability, Mobile Devices
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering
Item ID:	1417
Depositing User:	Ronan Farrell
Date Deposited:	27 May 2009 14:03
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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