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Tuesday, September 30. 2008

Challenging Pictometry in New Jersey

Remote Sensing

Some in southern New Jersey are not comfortable with the use Pictometry's oblique imagery for assessment.

"It's Big Brother," said [State Senator Jeff] Van Drew, D-Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic. "We're not supposed to be spying on people. When it gets to the point where we're doing aerial spying on people's lives, I've had enough," Van Drew said.

Van Drew is pondering a law to limit the uses of Pictometry.

Resident farmers in West Cape had their assessment challenged since the imagery didn't show as much acreage in pumpkins as claimed. Farmer Diane Rae explained "We don't grow pumpkins in March." The plan is to challenge the legality of the imagery's use.

- Press of Atlantic City

Posted by Adena Schutzberg in Remote Sensing at 06:00 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0) | Bookmark and Share

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I hope this doesn't get through committees and readings without a technical person weighing in on the subject.
#1 John Reiser (Link) on 2008-09-30 13:25 (Reply)
I agree with John. Furthermore, it is up to the Assessor's office to use the imagery wisely. If the issue was that the pumpkin patches were assessed at the wrong time of the year, that is the fault of the Assessor's office, not Pictometry.
#2 Matt on 2008-10-01 07:40 (Reply)

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