Demonstration of delivery of orthoimagery in real time for local emergency response

Donald McKeown; Jason Faulring; Robert Krzaczek; Stephen Cavilia; Jan van Aardt

doi:10.1117/12.884054

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20 May 2011 Demonstration of delivery of orthoimagery in real time for local emergency response

Donald McKeown, Jason Faulring, Robert Krzaczek, Stephen Cavilia, Jan van Aardt

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Proceedings Volume 8048, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XVII; 80480G (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884054
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2011, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The Information Products Laboratory for Emergency Response (IPLER) is a new initiative led by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop and put into use new information products and tools derived from remote sensing data. This effort involves technical development and outreach to the user community having the two-fold objective of providing new information tools to enhance public safety and fostering economic development. Specifically, this paper addresses the demonstration of the collection and delivery of geo-referenced overhead imagery to local (county level) emergency managers in near realtime. The demonstration proved valuable to county personnel in showing what is possible and valuable to the researchers in highlighting the very real constraints of operatives in local government. The demonstration consisted of four major elements; 1) a multiband imaging system incorporating 4 cameras operating simultaneously in the visible (color), shortwave infrared, midwave infrared and long wave infrared, 2) an on-board inertial navigation and data processing system that renders the imagery into geo-referenced coordinates, 3) a microwave digital downlink, and 4) a data dissemination service via FTP and WMS-based browser. In this particular exercise, we successfully collected and downloaded over 700 images and delivered them to county servers located in their Emergency Operations Center as well as to a remote GIS van.

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Donald McKeown, Jason Faulring, Robert Krzaczek, Stephen Cavilia, and Jan van Aardt "Demonstration of delivery of orthoimagery in real time for local emergency response", Proc. SPIE 8048, Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XVII, 80480G (20 May 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.884054

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