Aerial Mapping is a slamming breakthrough with the advancement of satellite technology. It is a constant monitoring, image capturing, analysing and documenting of satellite images which are georeferenced into maps. This pioneering technology puts the entire map of the world with its limitless details in the user’s lap.
Aerial mapping is maps, documented by images takes from an aerial view and signals are transmitted to enable live images of the required location. This is not like topographical maps which give the elevation and roughness of the terrain, but just pure images from above.
Aerial Mapping is used to record locations of not only various cities, and places but also areas of sight-seeing, real estate information, government buildings, and enabling the user to find out the various routes and stops of an exact location. The Global Positioning System is a Global satellite navigation system which constantly captures live images from the satellite view on any part of the earth at any given time.
A map image captured from an aerial view, in parts, to form a larger map is known as the orthophotomaps. These maps are linked together to be able to span the whole earth for panning and zooming and browsing. These maps are conveniently used by software and programs such as Google maps and the likes.
With the whole world under the bird’s eye view, every area being captured and kept track of, there was a huge concern about secret military operations which have high security restrictions. That area was then decidedly and purposely made out of focus in respect to their privacy.
With simple Java scripted programs, any user was able to access these orthophotomaps to any location of the world and get the exact route information at their fingertips. When such java enabled mobile phones were developed, these aerial maps were accessible anywhere and anytime for information and routes wherever you could be.
Aerial Mapping is especially useful in tracking events and areas which have been hit by natural disasters and are inaccessible to man in the event of crisis. The government can get updated live images and pictures and be updated of the turn of events and take immediate action. There seems to be no end for technology as it is being improved everyday and as we talk. Satellite imagery has also been able to capture infrared images from the planet mars and space. Everyone can access maps and locations and get to know the exact information of any place at any given time.
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